Cross TimberTX
Home to 495 people, this town lies in Texas.
Is Cross Timber a good place to live?
34% of residents live below the poverty line in Cross Timber, above both the Texas town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Cross Timber has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
495 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
AT&T Stadium and 68 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cross Timber. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
24 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
23 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw StadiumPhoto credits
AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Cross Timber: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cross Timber, 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 Timber.
The typical home in Cross Timber is valued at about $430K
The share of households in Cross Timber who are owner-occupiers: 81%. Home values are up 4.7% over the year to September 2026. Its rent at the middle of the market stands at $2,125 a month.
| Cross Timber | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,125 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 81% | 69% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
More children than Texas overall
Children under 18 are just over two in five residents (25% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 11% of residents (24% statewide). Since 2020, Cross Timber has grown 14%, to 495 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Among residents in the town, 9.5% are 65 or older.
| Cross Timber | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 9.5% | 14% | 18% |
| Median age | 32.6 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 54% and 85% women
The Census survey reached too few of Cross Timber’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±15.1 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Cross Timber | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 27.4% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.1% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.7% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.9% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 21% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.5% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.8% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 4.1% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0.8% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.1% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 34% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.9% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.6% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.6% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 500, single groups can be off by several points
The biggest natural risk in Cross Timber is tornadoes, at a low overall level
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Cross Timber brings mild winters and hot summers
The typical July afternoon high in Cross Timber is 95°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
With only 0.8 jobs per working resident, most people in Cross Timber work out of town
The top destinations are Fort Worth (24%), Burleson (10%) and Cleburne (8%). Half of commuters travel less than 20 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Cross Timber is
For adults in Cross Timber, the share who had a checkup this year is 76%. This Texas town beats the Texas average on 9 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| Cross Timber | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 74% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 36% |
| What stands out | Cross Timber | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.6% | 19.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.6% | 19.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Cross Timber
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Cross Timber
About 2 of every 100 Cross Timber residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Cross Timber
Town in Texas, United States
Cross Timber is a town in Johnson County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 362.
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- Area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 728 ft
Questions about Cross Timber
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cross Timber, TX a good place to live?
Cross Timber has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.