Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
30% more nonprofits per person than the typical Texas town.
Cisco gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $154K, 2.9 years of the county’s $54K median household income. It grades A− overall, 34th of 640 graded towns in Texas. On the plus side, its schools rank ahead of 82% of Texas towns. On walkability, just 45 of Texas’ 999 towns do better. Cisco is home to Cisco College. On history, just 16 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do better.
Where Cisco beats most towns.
Mobley HotelEach subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Cisco is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,063 in 1890, a peak of 7,422 in 1920, 3,883 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1885 and 2 maps from 1966 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cisco, and how to reach them.
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 Cisco.
Cisco pairs an A− overall with homes cheaper than the Texas norm, pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and fares better on crime within Texas than nationally.
Cisco grades A− overall with a typical home of about $154K, below the Texas typical value; only 6 of the 50 Texas towns graded A− or better can say that. Homes are within reach (about $154K for the typical one, B+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 45 miles.
Cisco’s median rent is $941 a month, against $1,208 a month in Texas’ towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. The typical Cisco home is worth about $154,000, up 2.3% in a year, 48% below the Texas typical home.
| Cisco | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $941 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 67% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A− for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $154K.
Its public schools are run by Cisco ISD. Three of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 428 | A− |
| Cisco H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 225 | A+ |
| Cisco J HTop results in townGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 170 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
About one in 4 of Cisco’s working residents works in town. Cisco’s average trip to work is 33 minutes, above both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). 6.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Cisco.
| Cisco | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 24% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 2000, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Cisco.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 12.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 79% of Texas’s graded towns.
Cisco’s property crime rate is 4.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Cisco | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.9 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.7 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The Putnam weather station, 12 miles away, records that about 105 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 94.9°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 32.4°.
Cisco has mild winters and hot summers. The July high in Cisco is 95°F. About 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Cisco | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 32°F | 37°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 8,524 U.S. towns with household incomes like Cisco’s, it is healthier than 72%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income. Its widest gap with Texas is food insecurity: 11.7% of its 2,980 adults worry about having enough food, against 19.3% statewide.
Cisco beats the Texas average on 7 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 14% of Cisco adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Cisco | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 20% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Cisco | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.7% | 19.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.3% | 16.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.8% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Just 5 of its 3,426 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Cisco itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cisco City Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Cisco
College town 15 of every 100 Cisco residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
9 notable people were born in Cisco.
City in Texas, United States
Cisco is a city in Eastland County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,883 at the 2020 census, and 3,899 at the time of the 2010 census.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Cisco grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #34 of 640 in Texas. It grades B− for health, B+ for safety and A− for schools.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
9 notable people were born here, including Jean Porter and Ralph McKenzie.
