Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Corsicana grades D− overall, 599th of 640 graded towns in Texas, mostly because of health and safety. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 86% of the country. Its crime rate is higher than 85% of U.S. towns, with 113 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. It also has a long history, with 8 places on the National Register. 33% of working residents work locally in Corsicana, above both the Texas town median (8.3%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). On history, just 19 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do better. Corsicana is home to Navarro College.
Where Corsicana beats most towns.
Census counts: 80 in 1870, 25,109 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 2 maps from 1965 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Corsicana is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Corsicana, 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 Corsicana.
Corsicana has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
In Corsicana, 28% of adults say their health is fair or poor. Among adults 18 to 64 locally, 23% have no health insurance.
| Corsicana | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 20% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 24% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Corsicana | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19% | 12.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.1% | 5.7% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 26.5% | 19.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Two of its 11 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Public schools: Corsicana ISD. 6 public schools serve Corsicana, with 2,471 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collins IntLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–6 | Grades 5–6 | 891 | B− |
| Corsicana H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,837 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 752 to 635 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property crime rate for Corsicana comes to 20.3 per 1,000 residents. The level of violent crime for Corsicana comes to 4.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Corsicana | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.4 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 20.3 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
At 2.8 years of the Corsicana area’s $63K median household income, the typical home (about $176K) costs less against local pay than in 75% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,969, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
A home in Corsicana typically sold within 66 days of listing. For households locally, the share who live in a home they own is 55%. Sellers in Corsicana got 95.8% of the asking price, typically.
| Corsicana | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 55% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,093 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The Corsicana weather station records that about 100 days a year reach 90°, more than in 95% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 94.8°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 36.8°.
Corsicana’s peak summer temperature is 95°F. It almost never snows. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Corsicana | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 37°F | 37°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 10,710 working residents takes 20.3 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
The median household income in Corsicana is $57,000. In Corsicana, about one in three working residents works in town. The share of residents in Corsicana who live below the poverty line: 18%. Half the trips to work are shorter than 42 miles.
| Corsicana | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 6.7% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Median household income | $57,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest park or preserve is Independent Order of Odd Fellows Park, at 88 acres. Count the trails in 10 parks and preserves and they come to 3.5 miles. For Corsicana, the trail network density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Corsicana | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.9% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fullerton-Garrity Park | 0.9 mi | 24 |
| 2. Independent Order of Odd Fellows Park | — | 88 |
| 3. Community Park | — | 61 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
73 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 11 properties have flooded more than once.
FEMA puts 45% of Corsicana’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 27% to tornadoes. Compared with 59% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is lower. 73 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 1981.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Corsicana
About 7 of every 100 Corsicana residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
8 places in Corsicana on the National Register of Historic Places.
32 notable people were born in Corsicana.
City in the United States
Corsicana is a city in and the county seat of Navarro County, Texas, United States. Corsicana is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and is located on Interstate 45, 50 mi (80 km) southeast of Dallas. Its population was 25,109 at the 2020 census. Corsicana is considered an important agribusiness center.
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2 towns share a border with Corsicana.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corsicana | #599 | D− | C+ | C− | C− | D |
| Retreat | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oak Valley | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Retreat and Oak Valley aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Corsicana with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Corsicana grades D− overall, better than 4% of U.S. towns and #599 of 640 in Texas. It grades D for health, C− for safety and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 2.8 years of the area's median household income ($63,111 across the Corsicana, TX area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
32 notable people were born here, including Mary Brian and Jacqueline Logan.
