Travis RanchTX
A town of 9,025.
What should you know before moving to Travis Ranch?
The typical home is worth about $345K, 3.8 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. Overall it grades C+, ranked 218th of 640 in Texas. The median household earns $84K. Travis Ranch’s average trip to work is 40 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 90% of U.S. towns. Only 10 of the 642 Texas towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Travis Ranch.
What makes Travis Ranch stand out
Where Travis Ranch beats most towns.
Travis Ranch has grown 187% from 2010 to 2020
2,556 counted in 2010 and 7,324 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Travis Ranch grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Travis Ranch is from typical.
Its grades run from A for jobs and income (better than 91% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 4%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Cotton Bowl and 58 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Travis Ranch. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
35 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
35 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw StadiumPhoto credits
Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, 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 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Travis Ranch: who provides what
Travis Ranch is unincorporated, so Kaufman 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 Travis Ranch.
Travis Ranch has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns, has less heart disease than most of Texas and sends most of its workers to Dallas and beyond.
About one in three of Travis Ranch’s working residents commute to Dallas
Travis Ranch has 62 jobs for its 5,057 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 40.4 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Most working residents leave Travis Ranch for work: only 0% work in town. 7.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Travis Ranch. The top destinations are Dallas (35%), Garland (5%) and Richardson (5%).
| Travis Ranch | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 7.3% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On state tests, Travis Ranch’s schools beat 72% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Forney ISD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 738 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Residents of Travis Ranch are healthier than 73% of U.S. towns
Its widest gap with Texas is heart disease: 3.2% of its 4,691 adults have heart disease, against 5.6% statewide.
Travis Ranch beats the Texas average on 15 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of Travis Ranch adults binge drink.
| Travis Ranch | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Travis Ranch | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 3.2% | 5.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.1% | 3.2% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 66.9% | 74.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, fewer of Travis Ranch’s residents are 65 or older
Travis Ranch’s median age is 31 years. Children under 18 are 34% of residents (25% statewide); people 65 and older are 6% of residents (13% statewide). 37% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| Travis Ranch | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 34% | 26% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 5.8% | 14% | 18% |
| Median age | 31 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 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 ±4.1 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women. Median age: women 35.6, men 26.7.
| Travis Ranch | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 17.3% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 16.9% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.9% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.3% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 19.4% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.8% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.5% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 3.6% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.3% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.3% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.9% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.2% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.8% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.9% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.9% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Travis Ranch has mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 94.8°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.5°.
Travis Ranch has mild winters and hot summers. The July high in Travis Ranch is 95°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Travis Ranch | 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
Travis Ranch faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Travis Ranch sell for about $314K
The median property tax bill is $6,729, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median sale price was $314,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Travis Ranch
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Travis Ranch
About 7 of every 100 Travis Ranch residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
100% of working residents leave Travis Ranch for work
Where Travis Ranch’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Travis Ranch
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Travis Ranch is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Travis Ranch had a population of 7,324. It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area. The community is in the northwestern corner of Kaufman County, approximately 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Mesquite and 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Terrell. It is bordered to the north by the city of Heath. The northwestern corner of the town abuts Lake Ray Hubbard on the East Fork Trinity River. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has an area of 520 acres (2.1 km2), of which 0.7 acres (0.3 ha), or 0.13%, is covered by water. Travis ranch was established in the early…
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- Area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 466 ft
Travis Ranch’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Travis Ranch.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Ranch | #218 | C+ | D− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Dallas | #567 | D | C− | D | C− | C+ |
| Heath | #13 | A | C− | A− | A | A |
Travis Ranch reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Travis Ranch with a neighbor →
Questions about Travis Ranch
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Travis Ranch, TX a good place to live?
Travis Ranch grades C+ overall, better than 45% of U.S. towns and #218 of 640 in Texas. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Travis Ranch, TX expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $345,000, 17% 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 D−.