RenoParker County, TX
A town of 3,823, settled in 1884.
Is Reno a good place to live?
0% of its land is conserved. Overall it grades C+, 248th of 640 graded towns in Texas. The median household earns $96K. Its weakest subject is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 75% of the country. Reno’s July high is 96°F, where Texas’ towns sit at 95°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 78% of U.S. towns.
Reno has grown 54% since 2010
2,494 counted in 2010 and 2,878 in 2020; an estimated 3,823 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 33.5% since 2020, after 15.4% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
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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AT&T Stadium and 34 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Reno. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
32 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
31 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw Stadium
20 mi Stadium & arenaAmon G. Carter StadiumPhoto credits
AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Amon G. Carter Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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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 has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, has home values rising while Texas’s fall and sends most of its workers to Fort Worth and beyond.
Reno’s grade for health is a C
Against the 9,160 U.S. towns with household incomes like Reno’s, it is less healthy than 93%, so it trails even them.
19% of Reno adults binge drink. Reno beats the Texas average on 3 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 17% of Reno adults smoke cigarettes.
| Reno | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Reno | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 15% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 14.2% | 16.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.6% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Reno’s schools beat 54% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Springtown ISD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springtown Reno ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 382 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
About one in three of Reno’s working residents commute to Fort Worth
Reno has 257 jobs for its 1,435 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 510 in 2013 to 257.
Most working residents leave Reno for work: only 1% work in town. Reno’s average trip to work is 31 minutes. Jobs based in Reno fell to 257 in 2023, 253 fewer than in 2013.
| Reno | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.3% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical Reno home is worth about $381K
Values rose 2.1% in the past year while the Texas typical home fell 1.5%.
The typical Reno home is worth about $381,000, 29% above the Texas typical home. 85% of households own their home in Reno.
| Reno | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,263 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Low risk in Reno, with tornadoes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 73% 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
Mild winters and hot summers in Reno
The Decatur weather station, 20 miles away, records that about 91 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 95.9°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 33.5°.
Reno has mild winters and hot summers. The January low in Reno is 34°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Reno
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Reno; the nearest are
About 9 of every 100 Reno residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
99% of working residents leave Reno for work
Where Reno’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Reno
City in Texas, United States
Reno is a city located in Parker County, Texas, United States (a small portion of the city extends into Tarrant County). As of 2020, its population was 2,878. It is not to be confused with Reno, Lamar County, Texas.
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- Area
- 13 sq mi
- Elevation
- 741 ft
Reno’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Reno.
Reno and Briar report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Reno with a neighbor →
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 40% of U.S. towns and #248 of 640 in Texas. It grades C for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Reno, TX expensive?
That is 4.2 years of the area's median household income ($90,275 across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.