Is McLendon-Chisholm a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. McLendon-Chisholm grades B+ overall, 59th of 640 graded towns in Texas. The median household earns $205K. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 91% of the country and its schools rank ahead of 87% of Texas towns. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $629K for a typical one and 7 times the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. McLendon-Chisholm’s average trip to work is 39 minutes, above both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On history, just 4 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. McLendon-Chisholm's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 95% of U.S. towns.
What makes McLendon-Chisholm stand out
Where McLendon-Chisholm beats most towns.
McLendon-Chisholm has grown 309% since 2010
1,373 counted in 2010 and 3,562 in 2020; an estimated 5,629 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 57.8% since 2020, after 159.4% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How McLendon-Chisholm grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far McLendon-Chisholm is from typical.
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Moving to McLendon-Chisholm: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in McLendon-Chisholm, 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 McLendon-Chisholm.
McLendon-Chisholm has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns and has less no health insurance than most of Texas, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Texas.
McLendon-Chisholm earns an A for health
Its widest gap with Texas is no health insurance: 8.2% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 19.1% statewide. Against the 971 U.S. towns with household incomes like McLendon-Chisholm’s, it is less healthy than 82%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
10% of McLendon-Chisholm adults report frequent physical distress. McLendon-Chisholm beats the Texas average on 17 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 18% of McLendon-Chisholm adults get no exercise outside work.
| McLendon-Chisholm | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | McLendon-Chisholm | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.2% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.1% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 7.7% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
McLendon-Chisholm earns an A for schools
Its A for schools comes with a C− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $629K.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 260 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
McLendon-Chisholm stands out in Texas and nationally, with the median household income higher than most
McLendon-Chisholm has 437 jobs for its 2,021 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 38.8 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
0.9% of residents live below the poverty line in McLendon-Chisholm. Jobs based in McLendon-Chisholm grew to 437 in 2023, 262 more than in 2013. 1.3% of working residents work locally in McLendon-Chisholm.
| McLendon-Chisholm | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $205,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 0.9% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
McLendon-Chisholm has mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 94.2°, hotter than in 95% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.5°.
McLendon-Chisholm has mild winters and hot summers. McLendon-Chisholm’s July high is 94°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| McLendon-Chisholm | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 94°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
McLendon-Chisholm faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in McLendon-Chisholm since 2015.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, more of McLendon-Chisholm’s households own their home
At 7 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 93% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $8,952, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Among 642 Texas towns, just 7 have a higher share of households owning their home than McLendon-Chisholm. The median sale price was $670,000 in May 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Cotton Bowl and 52 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around McLendon-Chisholm. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
40 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
23 mi Stadium & arenaGerald J. Ford Stadium
35 mi Theme parkUniversal Kids Resort
33 mi Stadium & arenaToyota StadiumPhoto credits
Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Gerald J. Ford Stadium: Jmcstrav, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Universal Kids Resort: CANthony0125, CC0 · Toyota Stadium: Flavius Constantine, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about McLendon-Chisholm
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of McLendon-Chisholm
About 5 of every 100 McLendon-Chisholm residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
99% of working residents leave McLendon-Chisholm for work
Where McLendon-Chisholm’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About McLendon-Chisholm
City in Texas, United States
McLendon-Chisholm is a city in Rockwall and Kaufman counties, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, McLendon-Chisholm had a population of 3,562.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1969
- Area
- 9.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 505 ft
- Area code
- 972
Questions about McLendon-Chisholm
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is McLendon-Chisholm, TX a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. McLendon-Chisholm grades B+ overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #59 of 640 in Texas. It grades A for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is McLendon-Chisholm, TX expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $629,000, 112% above the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.