RendonTX
A town of 14,632, settled in 1891. Public schools that outperform most of Texas.
Is Rendon a good place to live?
Rendon's standout: the median household earns $118K. Overall it grades B, ranked 135th of 640 in Texas. It also does better than most on schools: its schools rank ahead of 70% of Texas towns. A typical home there costs about $363K, 4 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. Rendon’s median household income is $118,000, where Texas’ towns sit at $69,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000.
What makes Rendon stand out
Where Rendon beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Rendon for work
Where Rendon’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Rendon grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Rendon is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 11%), so the B overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
AT&T Stadium and 71 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rendon. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
16 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
15 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw Stadium
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaTexas StadiumPhoto credits
AT&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 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Rendon: who provides what
Rendon is unincorporated, so Tarrant County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Rendon.
Rendon has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Fort Worth and beyond, but it has little public open land.
Most working residents commute out of Rendon
Rendon has 1,666 jobs for its 6,188 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 1,247 in 2013 to 1,666.
Most working residents leave Rendon for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Rendon is 32 minutes. Jobs based in Rendon grew to 1,666 in 2023, 419 more than in 2013.
| Rendon | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.7% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 9.6% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For schools, Rendon earns a B+
Its public schools are run by Mansfield ISD. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarver-Rendon Ag LeadershipLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 506 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Rendon has mild winters and hot summers
The Burleson weather station, 8 miles away, records that about 98 days a year reach 90°, more than in 95% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 95.5°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 36°.
Rendon has mild winters and hot summers. Rendon’s July high is 96°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Rendon | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than Texas overall
The median household earns $117,888, against $78,476 across Texas, one input to its A+ for jobs and income.
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (24% statewide). 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| Rendon | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 23% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 26% | 26% | 22% |
| Median age | 39.4 years | 35.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 14% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.6 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Rendon | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.3% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.3% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.1% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.3% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.2% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.8% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.4% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.4% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.1% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.3% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.8% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.1% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.8% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.3% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.8% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Rendon faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities. Since 1985, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Rendon.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0% of Rendon is conserved land
Just 0 of its 15,738 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Rendon itself; its outdoors grade is D−.
1.2 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Health in Rendon trails 50% of U.S. towns
Against the 6,035 U.S. towns with household incomes like Rendon’s, it is less healthy than 87%, so it trails even them.
Rendon beats the Texas average on 8 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 15% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Rendon.
| Rendon | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 74% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Rendon | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 14.8% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 15% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.5% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Rendon sells for about $770K
85% of Rendon households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Rendon
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Rendon
About 5 of every 100 Rendon residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
About Rendon
CDP in Texas, United States
Rendon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,533 in 2020.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 25 sq mi
- Elevation
- 735 ft
Rendon’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Rendon.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rendon | #135 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Fort Worth | #554 | D | C− | D | D | C+ |
| Mansfield | #151 | B | D | B− | B+ | A− |
Rendon reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Rendon with a neighbor →
Questions about Rendon
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rendon, TX a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Rendon grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #135 of 640 in Texas. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Rendon, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $363,000, 22% 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+.