City safety & data profile
NacogdochesTX
Nacogdoches, TX is a 34K-resident city in Nacogdoches County with a median household income of $39,281.
Nacogdoches County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Nacogdoches, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Nacogdoches has a population larger than 68% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $186,000, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 34K
- Population (place)
- Top 32%
- By size
- $39,281
- Median income (place)
- $186,000
- Median home (place)
- 31.5%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Nacogdoches
Nacogdoches posts a median household income higher than 2% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Nacogdoches area.
- Bottom 3%
- by median income, US cities
- 2
- hospitals in & near Nacogdoches
Where Nacogdoches income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$39,281 Bottom 2% higher than 2% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in TX
Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Houston
Houston, TX
2,314,157 residents
- San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
1,526,656 residents
- Dallas
Dallas, TX
1,326,087 residents
- Fort Worth
Fort Worth, TX
1,008,106 residents
- Austin
Austin, TX
974,447 residents
- El Paso 678,815
El Paso, TX
678,815 residents
- Arlington 388,125
Arlington, TX
388,125 residents
- Corpus Christi 316,239
Corpus Christi, TX
316,239 residents
- Plano 283,558
Plano, TX
283,558 residents
- Laredo 256,153
Laredo, TX
256,153 residents
What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.
Highest median incomes in TX
Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Southlake
Southlake, TX
$250,001 median
- University P…
University Park, TX
$250,001 median
- West Univers…
West University Place, TX
$250,001 median
- Bellaire
Bellaire, TX
$244,015 median
- Colleyville
Colleyville, TX
$218,328 median
- Trophy Club
Trophy Club, TX
$201,054 median
- Prosper
Prosper, TX
$195,281 median
- Lakeway
Lakeway, TX
$190,060 median
- Murphy
Murphy, TX
$175,699 median
- Keller
Keller, TX
$174,950 median
What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Nacogdoches, TX beyond the headline numbers
Nacogdoches sits inside Nacogdoches County, Texas, at roughly 31.60°N, -94.66°W. Population 33,894, $39,281 median household income. Median home value $186,000, median rent $964. Poverty rate 31.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
2 hospitals in/around Nacogdoches, 2.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.
31.5% of Nacogdoches, TX residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
A median home in Nacogdoches runs about 4.7 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Only 6.5% of Nacogdoches workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 22.7% in Nacogdoches, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Public transit carries 0.1% of Nacogdoches workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Nacogdoches's median age is 25.6 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Nacogdoches from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Nacogdoches County): Nacogdoches's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 31.5% +154% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 8.2% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 31.2% |
| Work From Home | 6.5% |
| Public Transit | 0.1% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 2 total
What alerts and safety updates affect Nacogdoches?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Nacogdoches right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet TX-NACOGDOCHES · Nacogdoches
Nacogdoches: 2 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.
- VOL-TRACE 2 on record
- WX-LED 100% weather
- DESK-MIX NOAA
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose
Tagged alert mix: Nacogdoches
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Weather Alerts
Weather Alerts
2
What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Nacogdoches.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Nacogdoches; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology
Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Nacogdoches, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (31.5% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($39,281 here).
Compare Nacogdoches with another city
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Nearby Cities 8
Using Nacogdoches's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Nacogdoches County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.