LucasTX
A town of 8,896, settled in 1888. Public schools that outperform most of Texas.
Is Lucas a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lucas grades A− overall, ranked 41st of 640 in Texas. The median household earns $221K. Its schools rank ahead of 98% of Texas towns and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 93% of the country. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $1.1 million, 11.7 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. 65% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Lucas, where Texas’ towns sit at 23% and U.S. towns at 29%. On the outdoors, just 92 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do better. The biggest place to walk is Highland Park, 113 acres with 1.6 miles of trail.
What makes Lucas stand out
Where Lucas beats most towns.
Lucas has grown 72% since 2010
5,166 counted in 2010 and 7,612 in 2020; an estimated 8,896 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 16.9% since 2020, after 47.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Lucas grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Lucas 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 →
AT&T Stadium and 59 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lucas. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
4 mi MuseumSouthfork Ranch
16 mi Theme parkUniversal Kids ResortPhoto credits
AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Southfork Ranch: Sf46 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Universal Kids Resort: CANthony0125, CC0
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Moving to Lucas: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lucas, 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 Lucas.
Lucas has schools in the top 5% of Texas, has less tooth loss than most of Texas and has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns.
Homes in Lucas are worth about $1.05M, by Zillow’s estimate
At 11.7 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home (about $1.05M) costs more against local pay than in 98% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. 100% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 51.7% across Texas.
The typical Lucas home is worth about $1,052,000, about the same as a year ago, 4 times the Texas typical home. 92% of households own their home in Lucas.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lucas’ grade for schools is an A+
Its A+ ranks #2 of the 642 Texas towns we grade for schools. Its A+ is the best School Grade on its borders; Seis Lagos (A) is next.
Its public schools are run by Lovejoy ISD. Three of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Lovejoy H S, with 1,581 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Springs MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 688 | A+ |
| Lovejoy H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,581 | A+ |
| Joe V Hart ElTop results in townGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 530 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Lucas’ grade for health is an A
Its widest gap with Texas is tooth loss: 4.4% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.5% statewide. Against the 695 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lucas’s, it is less healthy than 81%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
17% of Lucas adults get no exercise outside work. Lucas beats the Texas average on 20 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 10% of Lucas adults report frequent physical distress.
| Lucas | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 30% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Lucas | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.4% | 12.5% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.9% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.1% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
10.3% of Lucas is conserved land
9.5 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The trail density in Lucas is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Highland Park | 1.6 mi | 113 |
| 2. Brockdale Park | 0.7 mi | 96 |
| 3. Lucas Community Park | 0.3 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median household income in Lucas is higher than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
Jobs based here grew from 1,244 in 2013 to 2,012. 31.2% of workers work from home, against 14.4% across Texas.
Among 642 Texas towns, just 10 have a higher median household income than Lucas. Lucas’ average trip to work is 30 minutes. Since 2013, Lucas has added 768 jobs, to 2,012 in 2023.
| Lucas | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $221,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.3% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Lucas, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Lavon Dam weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 95 days a year reach 90°, more than in 95% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 94.6°, hotter than in 95% of U.S. towns; January nights average 34.4°.
Lucas has mild winters and hot summers. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Lucas | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 34°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Lucas, with tornadoes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 1991, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lucas.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Lucas
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Lucas
About 6 of every 100 Lucas residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
97% of working residents leave Lucas for work
Where Lucas’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lucas
City in Texas, United States
Lucas is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 5,166, up from 2,890 at the 2000 census; in 2020, its population was 7,612.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 15 sq mi
- Elevation
- 568 ft
Lucas’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Lucas.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas | #41 | A− | D | — | A+ | A |
| Allen | #29 | A− | D− | B+ | A | A |
| Seis Lagos | — | — | C− | — | A | A |
| Parker | #3 | A | C | A | A− | A |
| Fairview | #140 | B | D− | B+ | A | A− |
| Wylie | #40 | A− | D | B+ | A | A− |
Seis Lagos has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lucas and Seis Lagos report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lucas with a neighbor →
Questions about Lucas
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lucas, TX a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lucas grades A− overall, better than 79% of U.S. towns and #41 of 640 in Texas. It grades A for health and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Lucas, TX expensive?
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.