Lone StarTX
A town of 1,391, settled in 1948.
Is Lone Star a good place to live?
The best of Lone Star’s subject grades is a B+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D for incomes. 28% of residents live below the poverty line in Lone Star, where Texas’ towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Only 83 of Texas’ 990 towns score lower on incomes. Lone Star's public schools trail 85% of Texas towns on state tests and graduation. Only 21 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score lower on history. Lone Star has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,391 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Lone Star grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Lone Star is from typical.
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Moving to Lone Star: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lone Star, 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 Lone Star.
Lone Star’s typical home value is about $107K
The typical Lone Star home is worth about $107,000, down 14.2% in a year, 64% below the Texas typical home. Lone Star’s median rent is $752 a month, against $1,208 a month in Texas’ towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. 54% of households own their home in Lone Star.
| Lone Star | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 54% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $752 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Lone Star’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Lone Star for work: only 2% work in town. Lone Star’s median household income is $39,000. Jobs based in Lone Star fell to 276 in 2023, 229 fewer than in 2013.
| Lone Star | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $39,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Health in Lone Star trails 71% of U.S. towns
Lone Star beats the Texas average on 4 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 40% of Lone Star adults have high blood pressure.
| Lone Star | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Lone Star | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 13.4% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 16.8% | 19.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.1% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mild winters and hot summers in Lone Star
Lone Star has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Lone Star is 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Crime reported in Lone Star
Lone Star's reported crime rate is below Texas's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 6 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
| Lone Star | 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) | 11.4 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Lone Star has set aside 1% of its land for conservation
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lone Star City Park | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Tornadoes leads a moderate hazard risk in Lone Star
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Lone Star since 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Lone Star
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lone Star; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Lone Star residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
Lone Star has shrunk 12% since 2010
1,581 counted in 2010 and 1,400 in 2020; an estimated 1,391 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
About Lone Star
City in Texas, United States
Lone Star is a city in Morris County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lone Star had a population of 1,400.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 348 ft
- ZIP code
- 75668
- Area code
- 903
Questions about Lone Star
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lone Star, TX expensive?
Not for the area. That is 1.8 years of the area's median household income ($58,626 across the Mount Pleasant, TX 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+.