Fort Hood, Texas
Area Profile
26,814 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Fort Hood, in Coryell County.
How this area ranks
Data updated · 13 sourcesEmployment conditions sit below most comparable cities measured: unemployment is 5.4% and the Opportunity signal places Fort Hood in the bottom 28%. The unemployment rate is published for Coryell County, TX, which contains Fort Hood, rather than for Fort Hood alone.
In the public schools here, 61% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 16.4 students for every teacher.
460 housing units were authorized over the past twelve months, essentially level with the prior year — steady rather than turning. The permit count and 1 other measure here are published for Coryell County, TX, which contains Fort Hood, rather than for Fort Hood alone.
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At a glance
Jobs & opportunity
Unemployment across Coryell County, TX, which contains Fort Hood, is 5.4% — higher than in all but 15% of the 4,226 measured US cities.
Employment across Coryell County, TX, which contains Fort Hood, fell 0.5% over the past year, to 25,845 employed residents.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income of new arrivalsCoryell County, TX’s figurefiling years 2022–2023 | $49,983 | 7th percentileof 4,101 | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Income of those who leftCoryell County, TX’s figurefiling years 2022–2023 | $49,605 | 6th percentileof 4,101 | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Median household income ±$4,8302024 ACS 5-Year | $62,835 | Bottom 44%of 29,223 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Per capita income ±$1,2782024 ACS 5-Year | $24,464 | Bottom 19%of 31,420 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Poverty rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year | 12.9% | Bottom 42%of 31,773 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Average commute ±0.6 min2024 ACS 5-Year | 12.7 min | Top 3%of 31,543 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Bachelor's degree or higher ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 27.8% | Top 34%of 31,919 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Drove alone to work ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year | 60.1% | 13th percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| EmploymentCoryell County, TX’s figureJuly 2026 | 25,845 | Bottom 31%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (3 years)Coryell County, TX’s figureJuly 2026 | +1.8% | Top 22%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (year over year)Coryell County, TX’s figureJuly 2026 | −0.5% | Top 45%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Labor forceCoryell County, TX’s figureJuly 2026 | 27,306 | 31st percentileof 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Labor force participation ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year | 76.5% | Bottom 44%of 31,513 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Mean annual wageKilleen-Temple, TX Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS | $62,390 | Bottom 24%of 3,729 | 2025 OEWS |
| Median annual wageKilleen-Temple, TX Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS | $46,660 | Bottom 14%of 3,729 | 2025 OEWS |
| Public transit to work ±0.5%2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.6% | 81st percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Unemployment change (year over year)Coryell County, TX’s figureJuly 2026 | +0.5% | Bottom 19%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Unemployment rateCoryell County, TX’s figureJuly 2026 | 5.4% | Bottom 15%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Worked from home ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 11.0% | 64th percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
Median household income, successive ACS releases
Largest occupations — Killeen-Temple, TX
| Occupation | People employed | Median annual wage |
|---|---|---|
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | 7,120 | $26,530 |
| Registered Nurses | 5,340 | $93,440 |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | 3,970 | $36,560 |
| Retail Salespersons | 3,870 | $29,970 |
| General and Operations Managers | 3,650 | $87,920 |
| Cashiers | 3,250 | $28,610 |
Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.
Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish a labor-market series for this place — true of a consolidated city-county, a city and county sharing one government, or a Puerto Rico municipio, regardless of population. This is the figure for Coryell County, TX, which contains this city.
61% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 55% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.
There are 16.4 students for every full-time teacher across 8 public schools, more than in most measured places.
| School | District | Students | Per teacher | Math | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killeen Isd Early College H S | KILLEEN ISD | 960 | 20.4 | 92% | 86% |
| Meadows El | KILLEEN ISD | 912 | 15.7 | 45% | 38% |
| Audie Murphy Middle | KILLEEN ISD | 768 | 17.5 | 57% | 48% |
| Oveta Culp Hobby El | KILLEEN ISD | 730 | 15.2 | 42% | 47% |
| Clear Creek El | KILLEEN ISD | 696 | 15.5 | 58% | 51% |
| Venable Village El | KILLEEN ISD | 597 | 14.9 | 59% | 47% |
| Montague Village El | KILLEEN ISD | 548 | 17.1 | 65% | 54% |
| Clarke El | KILLEEN ISD | 481 | 14.1 | 67% | 62% |
55.2% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.
Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Texas’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.
Housing & affordability
How it’s calculated — housing affordability →Prices for everything a household buys run about 8% below the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 92.3, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area is up 39% over five years, and up 1.7% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.
HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,233, below the $1,406 tenants already here pay.
At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,233 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $49,300 a year, about 78% of the median household income here of $62,835.
The typical renter household here spends 28% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,406 a month.
Prices here run about 8% below the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.
Published for the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.
The figures above are measured against Fort Hood’s median household income of $62,835, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of living indexthe Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area’s figure2023 | 92.3 | Top 14%of 3,700 | 2023 |
| Home price change (1 year)the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2 | +1.7% | 32nd percentileof 4,154 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price change (5 years)the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2 | +39.3% | 38th percentileof 4,154 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price change (10 years)the Killeen-Temple, TX Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2 | +99.4% | 60th percentileof 4,154 | 2026 Q2 |
| Homeownership rate ±0.3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.2% | 1st percentileof 31,717 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Housing units ±3382024 ACS 5-Year | 6,634 | 91st percentileof 32,177 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Market rent, one bedroomFY2026 | $990 | Top 22%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, three bedroomFY2026 | $1,711 | Top 30%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, two bedroomFY2026 | $1,233 | Top 23%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Median gross rent ±$172024 ACS 5-Year | $1,406 | Bottom 23%of 23,120 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Rent as a share of income ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year | 28.0% | Top 48%of 22,950 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Seasonal and second homes ±662024 ACS 5-Year | 127 | 91st percentileof 32,330 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year | 1.9% | 69th percentileof 31,895 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year | 18.8% | 86th percentileof 31,769 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacant housing units ±2322024 ACS 5-Year | 1,375 | 96th percentileof 32,330 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.
Growth & development
How it’s calculated — growth →Development Momentum
An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.
New construction is predominantly single-family: of 460 units permitted over the past twelve months, only 6% are in buildings of five or more homes. The multifamily share is published for Coryell County, TX, which contains Fort Hood, rather than for Fort Hood alone.
Federal tax returns show Coryell County, which contains Fort Hood, gained about 0.8% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $49,983, close to the $49,605 of households that moved out.
At 5.4 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities. The permit rate is published for Coryell County, TX, which contains Fort Hood, rather than for Fort Hood alone.
People moving in and out
Where newcomers came from
- Bell County, TX 2,480 people · 28% of arrivals
- Williamson County, TX 273 people · 3.1% of arrivals
- Lampasas County, TX 255 people · 2.9% of arrivals
- McLennan County, TX 246 people · 2.8% of arrivals
- Honolulu County, HI 178 people · 2.0% of arrivals
Where people who left went
- Bell County, TX 2,244 people · 27% of departures
- Lampasas County, TX 299 people · 3.6% of departures
- McLennan County, TX 259 people · 3.1% of departures
- Williamson County, TX 207 people · 2.5% of departures
- Bexar County, TX 190 people · 2.3% of departures
Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Coryell County, TX. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.
The Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey lists only jurisdictions that issue their own permits, and Fort Hood, TX is not one. This is the figure for Coryell County, TX, which contains this city.
Weather & climate
6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 96°F and January a low of 36°F.
Normal annual precipitation is 34.8 inches.
Precipitation
| Metric | Value | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals | 34.8" | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Annual snowfall1991-2020 Normals | 0.0" | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average January low1991-2020 Normals | 36°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average July high1991-2020 Normals | 96°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals | 6 | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals | 37°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.
Physical risk
The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, tornado and cold wave, with inland flooding alone responsible for 41% of it. Inland flooding and tornado are independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large those hazards are.
Low or minimal exposure: tornado, lightning, winter weather, heat wave, inland flooding, ice storm, drought, strong wind, landslide, earthquake, tsunami, volcanic activity, avalanche, coastal flooding.
Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.
These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.
Coryell County has a modeled homicide rate of about 4.0 per 100,000 residents a year, because the CDC suppresses counts this small, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.
Firearm deaths of all intents run at 16.5 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.
Drug overdose deaths run at about 8.1 per 100,000 residents in Coryell County.
Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.
Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Fort Hood (Coryell County) rather than Fort Hood itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.
What this profile does not cover
Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.
- Reported crime
- Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. Either no municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — or its department did not report every month of the year. Either way there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
- Air quality
- The EPA publishes an air-quality index only where a monitor sits. There is none in this county, and a modeled value would be a different kind of number from the measured ones everywhere else on this page.
- Taxes
- Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown where the American Community Survey reports them, though not for this place. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
- Anything about a specific address
- Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.
Access
2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Tstc Waco at 54 miles.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadband access ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year | 97.5% | Top 14%of 31,588 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Distance to major airportNASR current cycle | 54 mi | Bottom 10%of 4,226 | NASR current cycle |
| Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle | 2 | Bottom 8%of 4,226 | NASR current cycle |
| No internet access ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year | 2.1% | Top 19%of 31,588 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Airport | Code | Distance | Longest runway |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tstc Waco | CNW | 54 mi | 8,600 ft |
| Austin-Bergstrom Intl | AUS | 65 mi | 12,250 ft |
| San Antonio Intl | SAT | 118 mi | 8,505 ft |
Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.
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Other cities in Killeen-Temple, TX
Same metropolitan area, measured the same way| City | County | Population | Area Score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killeen | Bell County | 158,159 | 57 | Killeen vs Fort Hood |
| Temple | Bell County | 89,602 | 63 | Temple vs Fort Hood |
| Copperas Cove | Coryell County | 37,947 | 61 | Copperas Cove vs Fort Hood |
| Harker Heights | Bell County | 34,128 | 61 | |
| Belton | Bell County | 24,356 | 62 | |
| Gatesville | Coryell County | 16,228 | — |
Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.
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Data & methodology
| Used for | Source | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Federal Aviation Administration Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service | NASR current cycle |
| Physical risk | Federal Emergency Management Agency National Risk Index | National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0) |
| Demographics, Income | Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county) | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Climate | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly) | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Housing | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional price parities and county personal income | 2023 |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics | 2025 OEWS |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics | July 2026 |
| Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, Jobs | U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File) | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Development | U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey | 12 months ending July 2026 |
| Safety | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics Provisional county-level mortality by intent | March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026 |
| Schools | U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments | 2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year |
| Housing | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research Fair Market Rents | FY2026 |
| Housing | U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions) | 2026 Q2 |
| Current conditions | NOAA National Weather Service National Weather Service current conditions | Live observation, read when the page opens |
Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.
ZIP codes in Fort Hood
1 ZIP areaEvery ZIP area in Fort Hood with census figures of its own, largest first. The ones linked below diverge enough from the city as a whole to carry a full profile; the rest track Fort Hood closely, so their figures are here rather than on a page that would repeat this one. An Area Score is calculated for published profiles only, which is why it is blank on those rows.
| ZIP | Population | Median household income | Median home value | Area Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76544 | 28,191 | $62,846 | — | — |