Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Several subjects drag its grade down. Walkability is its weak spot (D−). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. Health is weaker too (D): residents are less healthy than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. At about $412K, a typical home costs 4.1 years of the Austin metro’s $100K median household income. Its strongest subject is incomes: the median household earns $74K. The overall grade comes out at D−, better than 5% of U.S. towns. That places it 583rd of 640 in Texas.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow.
Where Cedar Creek beats most towns.
Where Cedar Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Cedar Creek is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2011 and a map from 1985 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cedar Creek. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
37 mi CaveJacob's Well (Texas)
9 mi Park & preserveCOTALAND
19 mi Stadium & arenaMoody Center
17 mi LakeLady Bird Lake
18 mi LandmarkTexas State CemeteryDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium: Brint03, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jacob's Well (Texas): Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · COTALAND: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Moody Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Lady Bird Lake: Arvindn on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Texas State Cemetery: WhisperToMe, Public domain
Cedar Creek is unincorporated, so Bastrop County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Cedar Creek.
Cedar Creek has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has home values still below their peak, but it has little public open land.
One of its 4 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Bastrop ISD runs its public schools. 4 public schools serve Cedar Creek, with 3,127 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 1,059 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Among adults in Cedar Creek, 36% get no exercise outside work, where Texas’ towns sit at 30% and U.S. towns at 25%. The share of adults 18 to 64 in Cedar Creek who have no health insurance: 28%. In Cedar Creek, 71% of adults had a checkup this year, and 28% say their health is fair or poor.
| Cedar Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 30% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 74% | 79% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Cedar Creek | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 28.4% | 19.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 26.3% | 19.3% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 21.6% | 16.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical value, about $413K, is 14% below its July 2022 peak.
92% of households own their home in Cedar Creek. Home values are down 5.8% over the year to September 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Cedar Creek has 117 jobs for its 1,257 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 41.5 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Only 10 of the 642 Texas towns we compare have a higher typical journey to work than Cedar Creek. Jobs based in Cedar Creek grew to 117 in 2023, 74 more than in 2013. Cedar Creek: 1% of working residents work locally. Half of commuters travel less than 23 miles.
| Cedar Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 42 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 12% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Cedar Creek, the FEMA risk score is 23 of 100, below both Texas’ towns (47 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100). FEMA puts 61% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 19% to tornadoes. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2021.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Cedar Creek 5 S weather station, 5 miles away, records that about 122 days a year reach 90°, more than in 98% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 95.7°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 39.6°.
Snow almost never falls. For Cedar Creek, the typical July afternoon high is 96°F.
| Cedar Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 40°F | 37°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Just 38 of its 11,504 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Cedar Creek itself; its outdoors grade is D.
The biggest park or preserve is Bastrop County Cedar Creek Park, at 35 acres. Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 0.6 miles.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bastrop County Cedar Creek Park | 0.4 mi | 35 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Cedar Creek; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Cedar Creek residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
Unincorporated community in Texas, US
Cedar Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Cedar Creek had a population of 3,154. It is located about 11 miles (18 km) west of the city of Bastrop. The community takes its name from Cedar Creek, a tributary of the Colorado River that is close to the area. Cedar Creek is home to McKinney Roughs Nature Park, which features natural landscapes and an archaeological site.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
One town shares a border with Cedar Creek.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek | #583 | D− | C | — | C | D |
| Wyldwood | #154 | B− | A− | — | C | C+ |
Cedar Creek and Wyldwood report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cedar Creek with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cedar Creek grades D− overall, better than 5% of U.S. towns and #583 of 640 in Texas. It grades D for health and C for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
