What is the population of Terrell Hills city?

Terrell Hills city has 5,050 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #422 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Terrell Hills city?

Median household income in Terrell Hills city is $217,800 a year, 177.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,154 a month and the median home value is $762,200, so rent absorbs about 6.4% of median household income.

Is Terrell Hills city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Terrell Hills city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 6.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Terrell Hills, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Terrell Hills, Texas (Terrell Hills, TX — Census place “Terrell Hills city”) is 5,050 residents, ranking #422 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $217,800, the median home is worth $762,200 and median gross rent runs $1,154 a month. Looking for the Terrell Hills Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Terrell Hills, TX: 78209.

Population: 5,050Terrell Hills city residents
Median household income: $217,800Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $762,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,154Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 78.3%Owner-occupied households

Terrell Hills ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Terrell Hills.

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

78209

What the numbers mean in Terrell Hills city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Terrell Hills city median would spend about 6.4% 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 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.9% of residents and 78.3% of households own their home.

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

Terrell Hills city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Terrell Hills city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 5,050 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #422 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 43.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Terrell Hills city earn a median of $217,800 a year, 177.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 237% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 6.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Terrell Hills city is valued at $762,200, 151.2% above the national figure and 326% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,154 a month, 17.9% below the national figure, or roughly $13,848 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 6.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 78.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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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What is the population of Terrell Hills city?: Terrell Hills city has 5,050 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #422 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Terrell Hills city?: Median household income in Terrell Hills city is $217,800 a year, 177.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Terrell Hills city?: Median gross rent is $1,154 a month and the median home value is $762,200, so rent absorbs about 6.4% of median household income.
Is Terrell Hills city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Terrell Hills city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 6.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Terrell Hills city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.