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A town of 46,078, settled in 1881.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Keller grades A− overall, 28th of 640 graded towns in Texas. The median household earns $175K. Residents are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and it reports less crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns. What holds it back is price: homes are expensive, about $648K for a typical one and 7.2 times the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. 61% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Keller, above both the Texas town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Keller Sports Park, at 115 acres with 1.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Keller beats most towns.
39,627 counted in 2010 and 45,776 in 2020; an estimated 46,078 in 2025.
Growth has leveled off: within 1% of 2020, after 15.5% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Keller is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 6%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 827 in 1960, 45,776 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 4 maps from 1955 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Keller. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
15 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
15 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw StadiumAT&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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Keller, 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 Keller.
Keller fares better on crime within Texas than nationally, has less no health insurance than most of Texas and has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns.
At 7.2 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home (about $648K) costs more against local pay than in 94% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. Home values rose 25% in five years, to about $648K, against 10% across Texas.
The median rent in Keller is $2,144 a month. The typical Keller home is worth about $648,000, up 1.9% in a year, about twice the Texas typical home. 84% of households own their home in Keller.
| Keller | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,144 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 84% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by Keller ISD. Three of its 15 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek IntLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–6 | Grades 5–6 | 904 | A |
| Keller H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,951 | A+ |
| Keller MiddleTop results in townGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 894 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Texas is no health insurance: 7.4% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 19.1% statewide. Against the 1,538 U.S. towns with household incomes like Keller’s, it is healthier than 53%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
11% of Keller adults report frequent physical distress. Keller beats the Texas average on 23 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 28% of Keller adults have obesity.
| Keller | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 37% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Keller | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.4% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.8% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.7% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Keller | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3.7% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Keller Sports Park | 1.8 mi | 115 |
| 2. The Parks at Town Center | 0.9 mi | 104 |
| 3. Johnson Road Park | 0.6 mi | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 9.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 90% of Texas’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 391 to 284 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Keller’s property crime rate is 5.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Keller | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.3 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Jobs based here grew from 10,095 in 2013 to 15,347. 25.8% of workers work from home, against 14.4% across Texas.
Most working residents leave Keller for work: only 7% work in town. Since 2013, Keller has added 5,252 jobs, to 15,347 in 2023. The top destinations are Fort Worth (19%), Dallas (11%) and Irving (7%).
| Keller | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $175,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 26% | 9.6% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons average 95.6°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.4°.
Keller has mild winters and hot summers. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Keller | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 35°F | 37°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 52% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 46 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Keller.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
7 within 15 miles of the center of Keller
About 5 of every 100 Keller residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
Where Keller’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
8 notable people were born in Keller.
City in Texas, United States
Keller is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States, in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. According to the 2020 census, the city's population is 45,776, making Keller the 78th-most populated city in Texas. The most recent population estimate, as of July 1, 2021, is 45,397. In the early 1850s, settlers established Keller and the town became a stop on the Texas and Pacific Railway. The settlers settled around the wooded region in Keller because of Keller's proximity to the Trinity River water supply and abundant farmland. On November 16, 1955, Keller became incorporated. Keller is mostly residential, featuring more than 300 acres (120 ha) of developed land for 11 park sites and more than …
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6 towns share a border with Keller.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keller | #28 | A− | D | A− | A− | A |
| Southlake | #6 | A | D | B+ | A+ | A+ |
| Westlake | — | — | D− | — | B+ | A+ |
| North Richland Hills | #247 | C+ | D | C | B− | B+ |
| Fort Worth | #554 | D | C− | D | D | C+ |
| Watauga | #161 | B− | C− | B | B+ | B |
| Colleyville | #2 | A+ | D | A | A | A+ |
Westlake has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Westlake reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Keller with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Keller grades A− overall, better than 82% of U.S. towns and #28 of 640 in Texas. It grades A for health, A− for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
8 notable people were born here, including RJ Nembhard and Ángela Barón.
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