IvanhoeTX
A town of 1,376.
Is Ivanhoe a good place to live?
Ivanhoe’s best subject grade is a B+ for civic life; its weakest is a D− for incomes. 33% of residents live below the poverty line in Ivanhoe, where Texas’ towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. On incomes, just 22 of Texas’ 990 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 44 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Ivanhoe has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,376 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Ivanhoe grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Ivanhoe is from typical.
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Moving to Ivanhoe: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ivanhoe, 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 Ivanhoe.
A larger share of adults in Ivanhoe have high blood pressure than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
47% of adults have high blood pressure in Ivanhoe, against 35% in Texas’ towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 18% of Ivanhoe adults have diabetes. Ivanhoe beats the Texas average on 9 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 13.
| Ivanhoe | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Ivanhoe | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 14.9% | 19.1% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.6% | 17% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.3% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Ivanhoe has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Ivanhoe for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Ivanhoe fell to 40 in 2023, 50 fewer than in 2013. Ivanhoe’s median household income is $52,000.
| Ivanhoe | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $52,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Ivanhoe is 93°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical home in Ivanhoe is valued at about $355K
The typical Ivanhoe home is worth about $355,000, down 1.4% in a year, 20% above the Texas typical home. 78% of households own their home in Ivanhoe.
| Ivanhoe | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 78% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,170 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Ivanhoe
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 62% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Ivanhoe
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Ivanhoe; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Ivanhoe residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
99% of working residents leave Ivanhoe for work
Where Ivanhoe’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Ivanhoe
City in Texas, United States
Ivanhoe is a city in Tyler County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,327 at the 2020 census. In an election held on November 3, 2009, residents voted to incorporate the community as a "Class C" municipality, with 160 votes to 53. In a concurrent election, Bill Preston was elected unopposed as mayor. A total of eight candidates ran for the two city commissioner positions. Cathy Bennett and Will Warren won those seats. The incorporation of Ivanhoe coincided with the incorporation of a neighboring community, Ivanhoe North. The creation of both cities was seen as the first step in a process to merge both communities into a single entity, making it the second-largest city in Tyler Count…
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- Area
- 1.8 sq mi
Questions about Ivanhoe
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ivanhoe, TX expensive?
That is 6.4 years of the area's median household income ($55,396 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.