Cross RoadsTX
A town of 1,965.
Is Cross Roads a good place to live?
The best of Cross Roads’ subject grades is an A− for health; the weakest is a D− for cost of living. Cross Roads’ average trip to work is 42 minutes, where Texas’ towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 41 of Texas’ 998 towns score lower on cost of living. Cross Roads has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Cross Roads has grown 25% since 2010
1,563 counted in 2010 and 1,744 in 2020; an estimated 1,965 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Cross Roads grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Cross Roads is from typical.
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Moving to Cross Roads: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cross Roads, 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 Cross Roads.
On CDC estimates, Cross Roads is healthier than 79% of U.S. towns
Cross Roads beats the Texas average on 13 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 20% of Cross Roads adults get no exercise outside work, below both the Texas town median (30%) and the median of U.S. towns (25%). 16% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Cross Roads.
| Cross Roads | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Cross Roads | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.3% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.5% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.4% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mild winters and hot summers in Cross Roads
Cross Roads has mild winters and hot summers. Cross Roads’ July high is 95°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Cross Roads
Most working residents leave Cross Roads for work: only 1% work in town. The median household income in Cross Roads is $124,000. Jobs based in Cross Roads grew to 951 in 2023, 650 more than in 2013.
| Cross Roads | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $124,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Violent crime in Cross Roads is lower than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
Only 6 of the 489 Texas towns we compare have a lower violent crime rate than Cross Roads. Cross Roads's reported crime rate is above Texas's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
| Cross Roads | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 29.5 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Homes in Cross Roads are worth about $327K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Cross Roads home is worth about $327,000, down 6% in a year, 10% above the Texas typical home. 86% of Cross Roads households own their home.
| Cross Roads | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,750 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 86% | 69% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Cross Roads faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by tornadoes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 2018, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Cross Roads.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
AT&T Stadium and 75 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cross Roads. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
10 mi Theme parkUniversal Kids Resort
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
10 mi Stadium & arenaToyota StadiumPhoto credits
AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Universal Kids Resort: CANthony0125, CC0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Toyota Stadium: Flavius Constantine, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Cross Roads
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Cross Roads
About 6 of every 100 Cross Roads residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
About Cross Roads
Town in Denton County, Texas, United States
Cross Roads is a town in Denton County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,744 in 2020.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 6.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 633 ft
- Area code
- 940
Cross Roads’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Cross Roads.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Roads | — | — | D− | — | B | A− |
| Providence Village | #243 | C+ | D | — | B | B+ |
Cross Roads has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Cross Roads and Providence Village report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cross Roads with a neighbor →
Questions about Cross Roads
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cross Roads, TX expensive?
Yes. That is 3.6 years of the area's median household income ($90,275 across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area).