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Cleburne is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 306th among Texas's 640 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $71K. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 70% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $268K, 3 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. 23% of working residents work locally in Cleburne, against 8.3% in Texas’ towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Johnson County Courthouse and Cleburne Carnegie Library. Cleburne's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 81% of U.S. towns.
Where Cleburne beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Cleburne is from typical.
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Census counts: 686 in 1870, 31,352 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 2 maps from 1961 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cleburne, 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 Cleburne.
Cleburne has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, trades workers with Fort Worth and other neighbors and has home values still below their peak.
20% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Cleburne. Cleburne beats the Texas average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 73% of adults had a checkup this year in Cleburne.
| Cleburne | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 74% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Cleburne | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 7.8% | 5.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.1% | 12.5% |
| More smokers | 15.7% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by Cleburne ISD. Three of its 18 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ad Wheat MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 998 | C+ |
| Cleburne H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,849 | B |
| Gerard ElTop results in townGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 474 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
The Cleburne weather station records that about 105 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 95°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.5°.
Cleburne has mild winters and hot summers. Cleburne’s July high is 95°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Cleburne | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 37°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Cleburne has about as many jobs (15,242) as working residents, but only 3,545 people both live and work here.
About one in 4 of Cleburne’s working residents works in town. Jobs based in Cleburne grew to 15,242 in 2023, 2,296 more than in 2013. 3.6% of Cleburne workers work from home.
| Cleburne | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 3.6% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 12% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical value, about $268K, is 7% below its August 2022 peak.
The typical Cleburne home is worth about $268,000, down 2.5% in a year, 10% below the Texas typical home.
| Cleburne | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,322 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Reported crimes fell from 495 to 413 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
3.4 miles of trail in 13 parks and preserves. Byron Stewart Park, at 72 acres with 1.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. The trail density in Cleburne is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Cleburne | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.6% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Byron Stewart Park | 1.8 mi | 72 |
| 2. Winston Patrick McGregor Park | 0.5 mi | 11 |
| 3. Belclaire Community Park | 0.3 mi | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 92 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Cleburne.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Cleburne
About 3 of every 100 Cleburne residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
5 places in Cleburne on the National Register of Historic Places.
23 notable people were born in Cleburne.
City in Texas, United States
Cleburne (/ˈkliːbɜːrn/ KLEE-burn) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Johnson County. Located within the prairies and lakes region of North Texas, the city is located south of Fort Worth and southwest of Dallas. The closest neighboring state is Oklahoma to the north, and the closest international border is to the south with Mexico. Cleburne is the second-most-populous city in Johnson County at 31,352 in 2020. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, of which Cleburne is a part, has a total population of 8,477,157 in 2025, fourth-largest in the U.S. Cleburne was founded near Buffalo Creek as Camp Henderson in 1862 and incorporated in 1871, changing its name to honor Patrick R…
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2 towns share a border with Cleburne.
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Cleburne grades C overall, better than 30% of U.S. towns and #306 of 640 in Texas. It grades C for health, B− for safety and C+ for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
23 notable people were born here, including Dillon Gee and Johnny Carroll.
