What is the population of Chico city?

Chico city has 1,174 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #953 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Chico city?

Median household income in Chico city is $58,125 a year, 26% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Chico city?

Median gross rent is $1,130 a month and the median home value is $160,300, so rent absorbs about 23.3% of median household income.

Is Chico city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Chico city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Chico, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Chico, Texas (Chico, TX — Census place “Chico city”) is 1,174 residents, ranking #953 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $58,125, the median home is worth $160,300 and median gross rent runs $1,130 a month. Looking for the Chico Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Chico, TX: 76431.

Population: 1,174Chico city residents
Median household income: $58,125Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $160,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,130Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 30.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.5%Owner-occupied households

Chico ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Chico.

The Chico TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

76431

What the numbers mean in Chico city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Chico city median would spend about 23.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.3% of residents and 62.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Chico city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Chico city is a small town in Texas, with 1,174 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #953 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 48% of them. The median age here is 30.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Chico city earn a median of $58,125 a year, 26% below the national figure of $78,538 and 10% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 10.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Chico city is valued at $160,300, 47.2% below the national figure and 10% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,130 a month, 19.6% below the national figure, or roughly $13,560 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 62.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Chico city?: Chico city has 1,174 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #953 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Chico city?: Median household income in Chico city is $58,125 a year, 26% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Chico city?: Median gross rent is $1,130 a month and the median home value is $160,300, so rent absorbs about 23.3% of median household income.
Is Chico city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Chico city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Chico city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.