RenoLamar County, TX
A town of 3,575.
Is Reno a good place to live?
Reno is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 351st of 640 graded towns in Texas, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 66% of the country. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $236K, 4 years of the Paris area’s $59K median household income. Reno’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, against 25 minutes in Texas’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 81% of U.S. towns.
97% of working residents leave Reno for work
Where Reno’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Reno grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Reno is from typical.
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Moving to Reno: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Reno, 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 Reno.
Reno is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Texas; it also has little public open land.
About half of Reno’s working residents commute to Paris
The average commute for its 1,437 working residents takes 19.5 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas. Jobs based here grew from 437 in 2013 to 616.
Most working residents leave Reno for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Reno grew to 616 in 2023, 179 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Paris (50%), Dallas (3%) and Houston (1%).
| Reno | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
For health, Reno earns a B+
Against the 10,711 U.S. towns with household incomes like Reno’s, it is healthier than 81%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income. Its widest gap with Texas is no health insurance: 9.7% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 19.1% statewide.
11% of adults worry about having enough food in Reno. Reno beats the Texas average on 11 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 9.7% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Reno.
| Reno | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 20% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Reno | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.7% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.1% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.5% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Reno, expect four seasons and hot summers
July afternoons average 93.3°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 83% of Texas places with climate records; January nights average 32.8°.
Reno has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Reno is 93°F.
| Reno | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 93°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 33°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For cost of living, Reno earns a C−
The typical Reno home is worth about $236,000, down 0.6% in a year, 20% below the Texas typical home. 78% of Reno households own their home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
More children than Texas overall
Children under 18 are 33% of residents (25% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 32% of residents (38% statewide). Reno’s median age is 33.8 years. Reno has grown 3.4% since 2020, to 3,575 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Reno | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33.8 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 23% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 14% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.4 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Reno | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 19.3% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.7% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.3% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.9% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 18.7% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 6.5% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 6.7% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.5% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.3% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.4% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.5% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.4% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.8% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.8% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,600, single groups can be off by several points
Tornadoes leads a moderate hazard risk in Reno
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1996, 8 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Reno.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 0% of Reno
Just 0 of its 2,639 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Reno itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
0.3 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Reno Kiwanis Park | 0.3 mi | 9 |
| 2. Northeast Texas Trail Corridor | — | 17 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Reno
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Reno
About 8 of every 100 Reno residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Reno
City in Texas, United States
Reno is a rural city in Lamar County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,166 at the 2010 census, and 3,454 in 2020.
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- Area
- 3.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 561 ft
Reno’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Reno.
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Questions about Reno
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Reno, TX a good place to live?
Reno grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #351 of 640 in Texas. It grades B+ for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Reno, 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 C−.