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A town of 6,088, established in 1882. 2.7 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Texas town.
Edna gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $211K for a typical one, or 3.2 years of the county’s $65K median household income. It grades C− overall, 343rd among Texas's 640 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $60K, and 25% of residents live below the poverty line, and FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 84% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Edna, against 12% in Texas’ towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. On civic life, just 44 of Texas’ 791 towns do better. Edna has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Texana Presbyterian Church and Jackson County Monument.
Where Edna beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Edna Pri | PK–3 | 551 |
| Edna Int | 4–5 | 202 |
| Edna J H | 6–8 | 310 |
Texana Presbyterian ChurchWhere Edna’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Edna is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 537 in 1890, 5,987 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1937 and 3 maps from 1952 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Edna, 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 Edna.
Edna trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Texas (mostly hurricanes).
Edna beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 22% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Edna.
| Edna | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Edna | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 78.3% | 74.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.8% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by Edna ISD. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Edna H S, with 455 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edna PriLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 551 | – |
| Edna H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 455 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
| Edna | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.2% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of Texas towns; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on. 132 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 13 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1980, 132 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Edna.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here fell from 1,569 in 2013 to 1,228.
Most working residents leave Edna for work: only 13% work in town. Since 2013, Edna has lost 341 jobs, to 1,228 in 2023. The top destinations are Victoria (12%), Houston (7%) and Vanderbilt (4%).
| Edna | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $60,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Homes are within reach (about $211K for the typical one, B+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 25 miles. The typical value, about $211K, is 17% below its January 2022 peak.
58% of Edna households own their home. The typical Edna home is worth about $211,000, about the same as a year ago, 29% below the Texas typical home.
| Edna | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,055 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
January nights average 43.7°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 93.7°.
Edna has warm winters and hot summers. Edna’s January low is 44°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Edna | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 44°F | 37°F | 22°F |
| July high | 94°F | 95°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The violent crime rate in Edna is 4.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Edna | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.3 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.8 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
None within 15 miles of Edna; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Edna residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
4 places in Edna on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Edna.
City in Jackson County, Texas, United States
Edna is a city and the county seat of Jackson County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,499 at the 2010 census and 5,987 at the 2020 census. Edna is the gateway to 11,000-acre (45 km2) Lake Texana, which covers the site of Texana, Texas. Edna has a hospital, convalescent home, library, museum, city park with swimming pool, three banks, two savings and loan associations, a country club with a nine-hole golf course, and Oak Creek Village, a retirement community. It is the center of a prosperous agricultural area with petroleum and natural gas production and has an active chamber of commerce, oilfield service industries, and two grain elevators.
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Edna grades C− overall, better than 25% of U.S. towns and #343 of 640 in Texas. It grades C− for health, B− for safety and B+ for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
3 notable people were born here, including Oliver Henry Radkey and Iben Browning.
