City safety & data profile

ParisTX

Paris, TX is a 25K-resident city in Lamar County with a median household income of $47,239.

Lamar County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Paris, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Paris has a population larger than 55% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $150,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

25K
Population (place)
Top 45%
By size
$47,239
Median income (place)
$150,000
Median home (place)
26%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Paris

Paris posts a median household income higher than 6% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Paris area.

Bottom 7%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Paris

Where Paris income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$47,239 Bottom 6% higher than 6% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Paris $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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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.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Paris, TX beyond the headline numbers

Paris sits inside Lamar County, Texas, at roughly 33.66°N, -95.56°W. Population 24,782, $47,239 median household income. Median home value $150,000, median rent $971. Poverty rate 26%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Paris, 1/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

26% of Paris, 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.

The median home in Paris costs roughly 3.2 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 7.8% of Paris 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, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 5.1% in Paris, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Paris workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Paris 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.

Population (place)
24,782
Paris · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$47,239
-47% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$150,000
-64% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Lamar County): Paris'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.

20132024
Population
51K+2%
Median Income
$61,880+54%
Median Home Value
$200,700+135%
Poverty Rate
19%-1%
Unemployment
4%-47%

Economics

Economics indicators for Paris, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$971/mo
Poverty Rate
26% +110% vs avg
Unemployment 5.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 19.3%
Work From Home 7.8%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 64.1%
African American 22.2%
Asian 1.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
42.5%
Short Sleep Duration
41.3%
Obesity
41.2%
Physical Inactivity
34%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.1%
Current Smoking
18.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
17%
Diabetes
16.5%
Lack of Health Insurance
16.5%
Binge Drinking
14.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 48.5%
Annual Checkup 76.3%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.5%
Stroke
5.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
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1
Average Rating
1/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
PARIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
PARIS · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★☆☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Paris?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Paris right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-PARIS-TX · Paris

Paris: 63 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 63 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Paris

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 63 tagged notices on record for Paris.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ27)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Paris; 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 (63 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Paris, TX? ▼
Paris, TX has a population of 24,782 people, located in Lamar County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Paris? ▼
The median household income in Paris, TX is $47,239 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 26%.
What is the median home value in Paris? ▼
The median home value in Paris, TX is $150,000. Median rent is $971/month.
What are the top health concerns in Paris? ▼
The top health indicators in Paris include High Blood Pressure (42.5%), Short Sleep Duration (41.3%), Obesity (41.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Paris? ▼
Paris has 1 hospital with an average rating of 1/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Paris? ▼
The median age in Paris, TX is 35.8 years. 19.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Paris, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (26% here).

Buffalo, NY 26% Roswell, NM 26% Morristown, TN 26% Champaign, IL 25.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($47,239 here).

Albany, GA $47,240 Greenville, OH $47,237 Eden, NC $47,260 Rochester, NY $47,213

Compare Paris with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Paris's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Paris area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Paris against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

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 (Lamar 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.