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32.97° N · 97.48° W · GEOID 4856462

Pecan Acres

Tarrant County, Texas · part of the Dallas, TX metro

Limited data population under 5,000

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The short answer

Pecan Acres is home to 4,161 people. Median household income is $114,141 a year and median rent is $1,295 a month, 13.6% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $493,500, about 4.3x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,295
5% below the median place
Median household income
$114,141
42% above the median place
Median home value
$493,500
55% above the median place
Unemployment
10.1%
107% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Pecan Acres

  • Owning with a mortgage costs about $1,928 a month more than the median rent, a wider gap than in 98% of the 2,469 places under 10,000 people we track.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent rose 8.8% a year while household income rose 2%, so rent outran pay by more than in 93% of places its size.
  • Counting remote workers as zero, the average worker spends about 240 hours a year commuting, more than in 95% of places its size.
  • Half the homes were built after 2006, newer housing than in 96% of places its size.
  • The median rent takes only 13.6% of the median household's income, a smaller share than in 90% of places its size.

Rent is light relative to pay, but the county has a FEMA natural hazard risk score of 99 out of 100. Budget for insurance before counting the savings.

01

Moving to Pecan Acres

Tarrant County gains about 1.2 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in107,736
Moved out105,694
Net+2,042

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Dallas County, TX25,21118,489+6,722
Denton County, TX8,3259,875−1,550
Johnson County, TX4,1457,555−3,410
Parker County, TX3,1155,618−2,503
Collin County, TX3,2583,280−22
Ellis County, TX1,4563,027−1,571
Harris County, TX2,2842,069+215

Within Texas, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within TexasOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$70K
Leavers$74K

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

Who moves here
10.2% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 1.9% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Tarrant County report $70,400 a year in income on average; those leaving, $73,800.
Income you would need
$51,800 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,295 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $3,223 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $493,500.
Getting to work
39 minutes each way on average; 19.5% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Sitka, AK matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
10.2%
77% above the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people6
1.2
above the median place (median -0.6)
Income of households moving out6
$73,824
5% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasurePecan AcresAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year110.2%77% above
Moved from another state1County figure1.9%6% below
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure1.2above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure$70,4180% below
Income of households moving out6County figure$73,8245% above
02

What it costs to live here

Median year built is 2006, 1% above the median place.

Pecan Acres13.6%
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
$51,800
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
13.6%
33% below the median place
Home price to income
4.3x
14% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
14%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$98,400
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

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Like Pecan Acres, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
Milltown, NJ10.2% vs 13.6%$21,700Compare

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Median year built1
2006
1% above the median place
Homeownership1
89.6%
35% above the median place
Vacant homes1
15.9%
125% above the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasurePecan AcresAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,2955% below
Rent to income113.6%33% below
Property tax rate11.4%55% above
Home price to income14.3x14% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure103.12% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,7458% above
Property tax paid (median)1$6,936113% above
Median home value1$493,50055% above
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure0.5%86% below
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure45.5%12% below
Homeownership189.6%35% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure55.5%10% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$3,22372% above
Vacant homes115.9%125% above
Median year built120061% above
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Mean commute1
39 min
57% above the median place
Income per person1
$86,523
116% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Unemployment10.1% 2.1×
Median household income$114,141 +42%
Works from home19.5% +57%
Poverty rate7.9% −27%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasurePecan AcresAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$114,14142% above
Income per person1$86,523116% above
Unemployment110.1%107% above
Average annual pay5County figure$74,95014% above
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure3.1%16% below
Jobs5County figure1,017,941above (median 150,665)
Poverty rate17.9%27% below
Mean commute139 min57% above
Works from home119.5%57% above
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Born abroad is 3.0%, 65% below the median place.

Born abroad1
3.0%
65% below the median place
No health insurance1
12.2%
91% above the median place
Household size1
2.9
17% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Homes with broadband95.2% +3%
Bachelor's or higher36.2% +13%
Median age39.4 +1%
High school or higher92.7% +0%
All 8 people measures
MeasurePecan AcresAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population14,1616646th largest
Median age139.41% above
Bachelor's or higher136.2%13% above
High school or higher192.7%0% above
Household size12.917% above
Born abroad13.0%65% below
No health insurance112.2%91% above
Homes with broadband195.2%3% above
05

Life in Pecan Acres

128 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents4.8 −53%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k7.2 −35%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
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.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars20.8 +0%
Shops29.4 −3%
Arts, recreation and fitness3.4 −17%
Doctors' offices and clinics23.0 +14%
Child care centers2.0 −13%

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

Public schools10
605
above the median place (median 9)
Public school students10
384,099
above the median place (median 4,897)
Child care centers per 10k7
2.0
13% below the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasurePecan AcresAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools10County figure605above (median 9)
Public school students10County figure384,099above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher10County figure15.40% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure20.80% above
Shops per 10k7County figure29.43% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure3.417% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure23.014% above
Child care centers per 10k7County figure2.013% below
Parks per 10k84.853% below
Playgrounds per 10k80.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k80.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k87.235% below
Libraries per 10k80.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails80.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi80.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings9County figure128above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Tornado risk is 99.9, 23% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Pecan Acres. Larger places are fetched first.

Tornado risk12
99.9
23% above the median place
July average high11
96°F
10% above the median place
Heat wave risk12
99.5
10% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasurePecan AcresAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high11County figure96°F10% above
January average low11County figure35°F40% above
Average temperature11County figure66°F20% above
Annual precipitation11County figure36.7 in16% below
Natural hazard risk12County figure99.17% above
Hurricane risk12County figure72.32% above
Tornado risk12County figure99.923% above
Wildfire risk12County figure91.549% above
Heat wave risk12County figure99.510% above
Median air quality index13County figure5630% above
Good air days13County figure31.8%54% below
08

Pecan Acres in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 14% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 14% 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.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,295/mo (2024)$1,690/mo$1,390 to $2,060/mo+4.6%
Median household income$114,141 (2024)$144,000$121,500 to $170,500+3.9%
Median home value$493,500 (2024)$703,000$510,000 to $969,000+6.1%

The median home would be worth 4.9 years of the median income in 2030, against 4.3 now.

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

09

Places like Pecan Acres

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

PlaceRentIncome
Sitka, AK$1,341$101,727Compare
De Soto, KS$1,158$104,000Compare
Manchester, MD$1,358$121,676Compare
Juneau, AK$1,444$101,661Compare
Juneau, AKManchester, MDDe Soto, KSSitka, AKPecan Acres, TXPecan AcresSitkaDe SotoManchesterJuneauPecan AcresSitkaDe SotoManchesterJuneau

Common questions

Is Pecan Acres a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Owning with a mortgage costs about $1,928 a month more than the median rent, a wider gap than in 98% of the 2,469 places under 10,000 people we track. Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent rose 8.8% a year while household income rose 2%, so rent outran pay by more than in 93% of places its size. On cost, space and class size it scores 93 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Pecan Acres expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 13.6% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $493,500.

What salary do you need to live in Pecan Acres?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $51,800 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Pecan Acres?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Sitka, AK, De Soto, KS, Manchester, MD and Juneau, AK.

Sources and methods

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

  1. 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
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. 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.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  10. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  11. 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
  12. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  13. 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 Pecan Acres with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Pecan Acres itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/pecan-acres-texas

Citytistics. “Pecan Acres, Texas.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/pecan-acres-texas/

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