Texas · Census place 73352
Tool city, TX
Quick answer
Tool city has 2,399 residents, ranking #668 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $71,964, the median home is worth $163,700 and median gross rent runs $1,120 a month.
- Population
- 2,399Tool city residents
- Median household income
- $71,964Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $163,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,120Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 52 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 87.7%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Tool city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Tool city median would spend about 18.7% 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 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.6% of residents and 87.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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