TaltyTX
A town of 3,299, settled in 1899.
What should you know before moving to Talty?
Talty's standout: the median household earns $155K. Overall it grades B−, ranked 170th of 640 in Texas. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 84% of the country. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $483K for a typical one and 5.4 times the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. Talty’s median household income is $155,000, against $69,000 in Texas’ towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 89% of U.S. towns. Talty's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 96% of U.S. towns.
Talty has grown 115% since 2010
1,535 counted in 2010 and 2,500 in 2020; an estimated 3,299 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 31.7% since 2020, after 62.9% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Talty grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Talty is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 11%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
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Moving to Talty: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Talty, 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 Talty.
Talty has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns, has less no health insurance than most of Texas and sends most of its workers to Dallas and beyond.
For health, Talty earns an A−
Its widest gap with Texas is no health insurance: 10.5% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 19.1% statewide. Against the 2,466 U.S. towns with household incomes like Talty’s, it is less healthy than 68%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
19% of Talty adults binge drink. Talty beats the Texas average on 16 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 11% of Talty adults report frequent physical distress.
| Talty | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Talty | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 10.5% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.3% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 7.2% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More middle-aged adults than Texas overall
The median household earns $154,732, against $78,476 across Texas, one input to its A+ for jobs and income.
Adults 35 to 64 are 53% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (24% statewide). Talty has grown 32% since 2020, to 3,299 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. The median age in Talty is 43.4 years.
| Talty | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43.4 years | 35.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 14% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 26% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Talty | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.8% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.3% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.3% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 3.6% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.5% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17.9% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.4% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.3% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.8% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.9% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.9% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.4% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.8% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,300, single groups can be off by several points
Most working residents commute out of Talty
Talty has 220 jobs for its 1,265 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 35.5 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Most working residents leave Talty for work: only 1% work in town. Talty’s average trip to work is 36 minutes. Jobs based in Talty grew to 220 in 2023, 132 more than in 2013.
| Talty | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 1.9% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Work from home | 14% | 9.6% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Talty has mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 94.5°, hotter than in 95% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.7°.
Talty has mild winters and hot summers. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Talty | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 36°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Talty faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A larger share of households in Talty own their home than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
The median property tax bill is $7,134, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
98% of households own their home in Talty.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Talty
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Talty
About 4 of every 100 Talty residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
99% of working residents leave Talty for work
Where Talty’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Talty
City in Texas, United States
Talty is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,535 at the 2010 census, and in 2020 the population was 2,500. Incorporated on May 1, 1999, as the Town of Talty, the name was formally changed to City of Talty in 2015. Don Willett, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and former Texas Supreme Court justice, is from Talty.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1999
- Area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 440 ft
Questions about Talty
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Talty, TX a good place to live?
Talty grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #170 of 640 in Texas. It grades A− for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Talty, TX expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $483,000, 63% 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−.