Name: Live Oak, TX statistics
Creator: Citytistics

Moving to Live Oak

Bexar County gains about 1.7 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in83,133

Moved out80,328

Net+2,805

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Guadalupe County, TX3,3715,014−1,643

Comal County, TX2,5104,978−2,468

Harris County, TX3,0322,881+151

Travis County, TX2,7192,736−17

Medina County, TX1,4111,972−561

Atascosa County, TX2,003

Kendall County, TX1,762

Wilson County, TX1,654

Within Texas, other states or abroad

Arrivals

49%48%

Leavers

56%42%

Within TexasOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$63K

Leavers$72K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Bexar County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here: 3.2% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 1.5% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves: Households moving into Bexar County report $63,300 a year in income on average; those leaving, $72,000, so leavers earn more than newcomers.
Income you would need: $65,400 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy: Median rent is $1,634 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,776 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $246,300.
Getting to work: 21 minutes each way on average; 15.0% work from home; 1.6% take transit.
If it is close but not quite: Ridgecrest, CA matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two

Moved here in the past year1
3.2%
44% below the median place
Moved from another state1
1.5%
26% below the median place
Income of households moving in7
$63,297
10% below the median place

All 5 moving measures

Measure	Live Oak	Vs median
Moved here in the past year1	3.2%	44% below
Moved from another state1	1.5%	26% below
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure	1.7	above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure	$63,297	10% below
Income of households moving out7County figure	$72,028	2% above

What it costs to live here

Owning with a mortgage costs only about $142 a month more than the median rent, a smaller gap than in 89% of the 2,298 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.

Live Oak24.6%

Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent

$65,360

a year, at the 30% line

Rent to income

24.6%

21% above the median place

Home price to income

3.1x

19% below the median place

Could you afford it?

Your household income, before tax

The median rent would take

25%

comfortably under the 30% line

Left after rent, in US prices

$63,700

a year

Vs the typical household here

Same

as the median household

Uses the median rent in Live Oak, $1,634 a month, and local prices for everything else (94.7 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Live Oak, but easier on the budget

Places that match Live Oak on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

Place	Match	Rent to income	More left a year
Ridgecrest, CA	95	15.9% vs 24.6%	$9,400	Compare
Tomball, TX	94	18.7% vs 24.6%	$2,100	Compare
St. Marys, GA	94	19.1% vs 24.6%	n/a	Compare
Cartersville, GA	93	17.5% vs 24.6%	$7,800	Compare

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Renters paying 30%+1
39.4%
22% below the median place
Property tax rate1
1.7%
84% above the median place
Vacant homes1
4.6%
35% below the median place

All 15 cost and housing measures

Measure	Live Oak	Vs median
Median gross rent1	$1,634	20% above
Rent to income1	24.6%	21% above
Property tax rate1	1.7%	84% above
Home price to income1	3.1x	19% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure	94.7	6% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure	$1,441	11% below
Property tax paid (median)1	$4,113	26% above
Median home value1	$246,300	23% below
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure	0.5%	83% below
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure	36.7%	29% below
Homeownership1	57.9%	13% below
Renters paying 30%+1	39.4%	22% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1	$1,776	5% below
Vacant homes1	4.6%	35% below
Median year built1	1990	1% above

Work and pay

Poverty rate is 5.5%, 48% below the median place.

Poverty rate1
5.5%
48% below the median place
Mean commute1
21 min
18% below the median place
Works from home1
15.0%
20% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Income per person$41,485 +4%

Median household income$79,696 −1%

Unemployment4.9% +1%

All 10 work and pay measures

Measure	Live Oak	Vs median
Median household income1	$79,696	1% below
Income per person1	$41,485	4% above
Unemployment1	4.9%	1% above
Average annual pay5County figure	$67,846	3% above
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure	3.0%	19% below
Jobs5County figure	937,109	above (median 150,665)
Poverty rate1	5.5%	48% below
Mean commute1	21 min	18% below
Works from home1	15.0%	20% above
Commutes by transit1County figure	1.6%	88% above

Who lives here

Homes with broadband is 97.5%, 6% above the median place.

Homes with broadband1
97.5%
6% above the median place
No health insurance1
12.1%
89% above the median place
High school or higher1
95.5%
3% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Median age35.7 −8%

Household size2.4 −4%

Born abroad9.4% +6%

Bachelor's or higher32.1% +0%

All 9 people measures

Measure	Live Oak	Vs median
Population1	15,984	2847th largest
Population change since 20206	4.1%	258% above
Median age1	35.7	8% below
Bachelor's or higher1	32.1%	0% above
High school or higher1	95.5%	3% above
Household size1	2.4	4% below
Born abroad1	9.4%	6% above
No health insurance1	12.1%	89% above
Homes with broadband1	97.5%	6% above

Life in Live Oak

Public schools here have 21.8 students per teacher, more than in 93% of the 1,707 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. It is the 3rd-highest of 335 Texas places we track.

1 site is on the National Register of Historic Places, 10 of them National Historic Landmarks. Its history on Wikipedia

Live Oak Park Site listed 1978

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents5.0 −51%

Playgrounds per 10k4.4 −53%

Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%

Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k13.8 +23%

Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%

Named paths and bike trails0 km −90%

Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park 15 miles
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park 50 miles
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail 63 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars20.7 −0%

Shops24.4 −19%

Arts, recreation and fitness2.8 −32%

Doctors' offices and clinics21.4 +6%

Child care centers1.6 −30%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Public schools13
2
78% below the median place
Students per teacher13
21.8
42% above the median place
Public school students13
1,591
68% below the median place

All 18 schools and local life measures

Measure	Live Oak	Vs median
Public schools13	2	78% below
Public school students13	1,591	68% below
Students per teacher13	21.8	42% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure	20.7	0% below
Shops per 10k8County figure	24.4	19% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure	2.8	32% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure	21.4	6% above
Child care centers per 10k8County figure	1.6	30% below
Parks per 10k9	5.0	51% below
Playgrounds per 10k9	4.4	53% below
Grocery stores per 10k9	0.0	below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k9	13.8	23% above
Libraries per 10k9	0.0	below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails9	0.2	90% below
Transit stops per sq mi9	0.0	below (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site10	14.5	53% below
National Park Service sites within 60 miles10	2	0% above
National Register listings11	1	92% below

Safety, weather and risk

Violent crime per 100k is 257, 34% above the median place.

Violent crime per 100k

257

34% above the median place

Property crime per 100k

3,088

155% above the median place

Months reported

12 of 12

by the city police department to the FBI

Counts only offenses reported by the city police department. Sheriff, state and campus police are not included, and some departments do not report to the FBI at all, so compare with care.

Tornado risk15
99.9
23% above the median place
Heat wave risk15
99.4
10% above the median place
July average high14
95°F
10% above the median place

All 11 weather and risk measures

Measure	Live Oak	Vs median
July average high14County figure	95°F	10% above
January average low14County figure	41°F	62% above
Average temperature14County figure	70°F	27% above
Annual precipitation14County figure	31.4 in	28% below
Natural hazard risk15County figure	99.4	8% above
Hurricane risk15County figure	83.5	18% above
Tornado risk15County figure	99.9	23% above
Wildfire risk15County figure	92.4	51% above
Heat wave risk15County figure	99.4	10% above
Median air quality index16County figure	52	21% above
Good air days16County figure	43.3%	37% below

How it is changing

Five-year survey estimates, one point per release. Between the 2019 and 2024 releases, which share no survey years, the median rent went from 22.2% to 24.6% of the median income.

Median gross rent

Up 44.2% from 2019 to 2024.

Median household income

Up 30.0% from 2019 to 2024.

Median home value

Up 62.9% from 2019 to 2024.

Population estimate

Up 3.8% from 2020 to 2025.

Citytistics measures

Paycheck stretch

$63,400

left a year after rent, in US prices. Better than 41% of places

Pay vs rent

-2.2 pts

a year, rent outrunning pay. Better than 23% of places

Family fit

of 100 on cost, space and class size

Affordability trend

+2.4 pts

rent share of income, 2019 to 2024 (22.2% to 24.6%)

Rent vs fundamentals Experimental

+17%

against places with the same traits in this market

Growth

of 100 on population and income growth

Measures only Citytistics publishes, built from the figures on this page. Scores of 100 beat every place we track. Formulas

Live Oak in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 25% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 25% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Live Oak does better than 46% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 69%.

Measure	Latest	2030 projection	Likely range	Avg. per year
Median rent	$1,634/mo (2024)	$2,110/mo	$1,730 to $2,570/mo	+4.4%
Median household income	$79,696 (2024)	$101,000	$85,500 to $119,500	+4.1%
Median home value	$246,300 (2024)	$358,000	$260,000 to $493,000	+6.4%
Population	16,426 (2025)	16,860	16,180 to 17,580	+0.5%

The median home would be worth 3.5 years of the median income in 2030, against 3.1 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

Places like Live Oak

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

Place	Rent	Income
Glendale Heights, IL	$1,590	$86,545	Compare
Middle River, MD	$1,636	$78,398	Compare
Laurel, VA	$1,616	$73,609	Compare
Grand Prairie, TX	$1,629	$81,619	Compare

Nearby

Compare Live Oak with

Places built like Live Oak

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Live Oak performs against places like it.

Place	Rent to income	Income growth	Pop. change
Live Oak, TX	24.6%	5.4%/yr	4.1%
Universal City, TX	21.1%	3.4%/yr	3.5%	Compare
Tomball, TX	18.7%	5.8%/yr	28.1%	Compare
Belton, TX	25.4%	1.3%/yr	12.7%	Compare
Athens, TX	19.6%	12.2%/yr	7.9%	Compare
Bayou Cane, LA	17.8%	6.7%/yr	n/a	Compare
Claiborne, LA	20.0%	5.2%/yr	n/a	Compare

Common questions

Is Live Oak a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 32 out of 100, better than 32% of the places we rate and 252nd of 407 in Texas. OpenStreetMap shows 0 libraries per 10,000 residents, fewer than in 86% of the 2,301 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 415 Texas places we track. 39% of renter households spend 30% or more of income on rent, a lower share than in 84% of the 2,222 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. On cost, space and class size it scores 33 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Live Oak expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 24.6% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $246,300.

What salary do you need to live in Live Oak?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $65,360 a year. Work it out from your current city.

Is Live Oak safe?

There were 257 reported violent crimes per 100,000 residents, against 192 in the typical place.

What places are similar to Live Oak?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Glendale Heights, IL, Middle River, MD, Laurel, VA and Grand Prairie, TX.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Live Oak with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Live Oak itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/live-oak-texas

Citytistics. “Live Oak, Texas.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/live-oak-texas/

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