Cleburne, Texas Demographics

Population trends, housing costs, income, commuting, and health, all on one page.

Cleburne, TX Population Density Map and Area Scores

Area Score

Health, income and education, each graded from F to A+. Explore interactive maps for deeper analysis.

  • C
    Health Below average
  • D
    Income Well below average
  • F
    Education Well below average

Source: Map AI Methodology

Population

Metric Cleburne Texas Avg U.S. Average
Population 28,604 30,160,889 337,468,954
Population density (per sq mi) 792.7 112.2 86.4
Population growth (%/yr) 1.35% 1.41% 0.59%
Median age 35.9 35.9 37.3
Households 9,505 10,982,153 130,235,071

Population in Cleburne grew by 9.9% from 2009 to 2024, reaching 28,604 in 2024.

Population Growth 2009–2024

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Race & Ethnicity

Group Share

Age & Sex

The largest generation in Cleburne is Gen Z, aged 13–28, at 22.6% of residents. That is 0.8 points below Texas as a whole.

Residents by birth cohort, from the 2025 age distribution. The right-hand figure is how far each cohort's share sits above or below Texas, in percentage points. Children younger than Gen Z and the generations before the Boomers are counted in the population but not shown here, so these shares do not add up to 100%.

Male and female share

Women are 50.1% of the people living in Cleburne and men 49.9%.

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Economy

Cleburne has a the economy index of D, which means it is barely prosperous.

Metric Cleburne Texas Avg U.S. Average
Median household income $68,190 $78,939 $80,455
Income growth (%/yr) 4.62% 4.56% 4.80%
Unemployment rate 2.1% 5.2% 5.2%

The median household income in Cleburne is about 14% lower than in Texas.

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Housing

Metric Cleburne Texas Avg U.S. Average
Median home price $114,214 $258,873 $248,835
Median rent $1,310 $1,402 $1,407
Homeownership rate 60.9% 62.6% 65.2%

The median home price in Cleburne is about 7.3 years' worth of rent — buying at the median price costs roughly as much as paying the median rent of $1,310 per month for that long.

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Commute Time & Mobility

Commuters in Cleburne spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 188 hours, about 7.8 full days, spent commuting.

Metric Cleburne Texas Avg U.S. Average
One-way commute (min) 22.6 22.8 22.4
Round-trip commute (min) 45.2 45.6 44.8
Yearly time spent (hours) 188 190 187
Estimated yearly cost $5,839 $5,888 $5,790
Work from home 3.5% 14.4% 15.0%
Highway traffic (vehicles/day) 4,478 9,879 8,813
Local road traffic (vehicles/day) 1,466 1,441 1,355

The average commute time in Cleburne is about the same as in Texas.

Estimated yearly cost applies a single national wage rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area. Traffic volume figures come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

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Education & Households

Cleburne has a education index of F, which means it scores poorly in education.

Metric Cleburne Texas Avg U.S. Average
Bachelor's degree or higher 14.1% 29.3% 31.6%
Average household size 2.91 2.69 2.53

Health

Cleburne has a health index of C, which means it is somewhat healthy.

Metric Cleburne Texas Avg U.S. Average
Life expectancy (years) 74.8 78.0 78.3
Self-rated poor health 20.9% 21.1% 16.3%
Smokers 22.2% 19.9% 19.0%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Cleburne, Texas.

What is the population of Cleburne, Texas?

About 28,604 people live in Cleburne, Texas, in 9,505 households of 2.9 people on average. The median age is 35.9, close to the U.S. median of 37.3.

Is Cleburne, Texas mostly urban or rural?

Averaged over its land area, Cleburne, Texas has 793 people per square mile, a density typical of a mix of suburbs, small towns and farmland. That is about 9.2 times the U.S. average of 86.

How affordable is housing in Cleburne, Texas?

The median home costs 1.7 times the median household income ($114,214 against $68,190), compared with 3.1 times nationally. That is within the traditional rule of thumb of about 3 times income. Median rent of $1,310 a month takes about 23% of the median household's income, below the 30% level at which HUD considers renters cost-burdened.

Is it hard to find a job in Cleburne, Texas?

Unemployment in Cleburne, Texas is only 2.1%, well below the U.S. rate of 5.2%, a sign of a tight labor market where employers compete for workers.

How educated are people in Cleburne, Texas?

14.1% of adults in Cleburne, Texas hold a bachelor's degree or higher (about 1 in 7), well below the U.S. share of 31.6%.

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