The HomesteadsTX
A town of 3,053 in Texas.
Is The Homesteads a good place to live?
The weak point is health — CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 94% of the country. Overall, The Homesteads earns a C−, which places it 382nd of 640 in Texas. It comes out better than just over a fifth of U.S. towns. Its strongest subject is cost of living: a typical home costs about $133K, 1.5 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. On the outdoors, just 13 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. The Homesteads’ mean commuting time is 42 minutes, above both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for incomes and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · USGS PAD-US.
100% of working residents leave The Homesteads for work
Where The Homesteads’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How The Homesteads grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far The Homesteads is from typical.
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Moving to The Homesteads: who provides what
The Homesteads is unincorporated, so Johnson 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 The Homesteads.
The Homesteads trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Mansfield and beyond.
The Homesteads earns a D for health
Among adults in The Homesteads, 18% report frequent physical distress. This Texas town does better than the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 20. In The Homesteads, two in five adults get no exercise outside work, and 35% worry about having enough food.
| The Homesteads | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 24% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 30% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 20% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 18% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | The Homesteads | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.3% | 6.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 29.5% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, fewer of The Homesteads’ working residents work locally
The Homesteads has 39 jobs for its 1,589 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 41.7 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
In The Homesteads, 16% of residents live below the poverty line. Only 8 of the 642 Texas towns we compare have a higher mean commuting time than The Homesteads. The top destinations are Mansfield (14%), Fort Worth (13%) and Arlington (9%).
| The Homesteads | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 42 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers: that is The Homesteads’ year
July afternoons average 95.5°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.9°.
It almost never snows. In The Homesteads, the January low is 36°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| The Homesteads | 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
Moderate risk in The Homesteads, with tornadoes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 52% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 43% of The Homesteads’s expected hazard losses down to tornadoes, and 30% to inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in The Homesteads sells for about $370K
Homes are within reach (B for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 20 miles. At 1.5 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 97% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living.
For households in The Homesteads, the share who live in a home they own is 76%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
AT&T Stadium and 70 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around The Homesteads. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
20 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
20 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw 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 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about The Homesteads
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of The Homesteads
About 5 of every 100 The Homesteads residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
About The Homesteads
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
The Homesteads is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Johnson County, Texas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, The Homesteads had a population of 3,890. It is in the northeastern part of the county, 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Alvarado, 14 miles (23 km) west of Midlothian, 8 miles (13 km) south-southwest of Mansfield, and 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Burleson. Downtown Fort Worth is 25 miles (40 km) to the north-northwest.
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- Area
- 3.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 696 ft
Questions about The Homesteads
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is The Homesteads, TX a good place to live?
It grades D for health and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is The Homesteads, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $133,000, 55% below the Texas typical home.