Is Crandall a good place to live?
Crandall grades D overall, ranked 493rd of 640 in Texas, mostly because of safety. Its crime rate is higher than 95% of U.S. towns, with 42 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. In its favor, natural-hazard risk is low. Crandall’s violent crime rate is 6.4 per 1,000 residents, above both Texas’ towns (1.9) and U.S. towns (1.6).
Crandall has grown 172% since 2010
2,858 counted in 2010 and 3,860 in 2020; an estimated 7,730 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 101.3% since 2020, after 35.1% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Crandall grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Crandall is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Crandall: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Crandall, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Crandall.
Crandall has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns and has home values still below their peak, but it has little public open land.
Crandall’s grade for safety is a D
Reported crimes fell from 192 to 190 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property crime rate in Crandall is 22.4 per 1,000 residents. Crandall reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 95% report less.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Crandall’s schools rank behind 57% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Crandall ISD. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Crandall H S, with 1,999 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| W A Martin ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 614 | B− |
| Crandall H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,999 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
About one in three of Crandall’s working residents commute to Dallas
Crandall has 529 jobs for its 2,596 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 33.9 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Most working residents leave Crandall for work: only 2% work in town. Crandall’s average trip to work is 34 minutes. Jobs based in Crandall grew to 529 in 2023, 127 more than in 2013.
| Crandall | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Crandall faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities. Since 2015, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Crandall.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Crandall, expect mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 94.7°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.8°.
Crandall has mild winters and hot summers. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Crandall | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A typical Crandall home is worth about $264K
The typical value, about $264K, is 18% below its August 2022 peak.
The typical Crandall home is worth about $264,000, down 4.4% in a year, 11% below the Texas typical home. 90% of Crandall households own their home.
| Crandall | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,333 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Crandall is healthier than 55% of U.S. towns
Crandall beats the Texas average on 7 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of adults binge drink in Crandall.
| Crandall | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 74% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Crandall | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 13.3% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 15% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 6.9% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 0% of Crandall
Just 0 of its 4,520 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Crandall itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Webb Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Crandall
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Crandall
About 8 of every 100 Crandall residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
98% of working residents leave Crandall for work
Where Crandall’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Crandall
City in Texas, United States
Crandall is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. Its population was estimated at 7,730 in 2025. It began as a railway town, developing alongside the Texas Trunk Railroad in the early 1880s. Crandall is named after Cornelius F. Crandall, who had previously founded Crandall, Indiana.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 423 ft
- ZIP code
- 75114
- Area code
- 972
Questions about Crandall
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Crandall, TX a good place to live?
Crandall grades D overall, better than 10% of U.S. towns and #493 of 640 in Texas. It grades B for health, D for safety and C+ for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Crandall, TX expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.