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Moving to
Rendon.
Rendon is an unincorporated community in Tarrant County, TX. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.
What it's like to live in Rendon
Rendon is an unincorporated community in Texas with household incomes running above the national average and schools with smaller class sizes than the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.
The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Rendon deals with commute times longer than most cities, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, hot summers, and a car-dependent commute, with few people using transit.
The good
- Higher-than-average incomes
- Low student-teacher ratio
The not so good
- Above-average commute times
- Air quality concerns
- Hot summers
- Car-dependent — few commuters use transit
How Rendon compares
Median household income
Median home value
What it takes to move to Rendon
Based on Rendon's median rent, home value and household income
To buy
$72,520
a 20% down payment on the median home
- With 10% down: $36,260
- Homes cost 3.1× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)
Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.
The details
Job market
3.9% county unemployment
Unemployment in Tarrant County is 3.9%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.
Tarrant County (county-wide)
Safety
200 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction
Rendon doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.
Property crime 1135/100k · Policed by Tarrant County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data
Getting around▲ 23% above US
32 min average commute
Traffic is a real factor here. The 31.9 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 9 in 10 workers drive to work; 13% work from home.
How workers get to work
Climate
Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 94°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 35°F.
Average month
30-year averages, 1991–2020
Education & workforce▼ 14% below US
31% bachelor's degree or higher
Education levels run about average, with 31% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.
Schools
2 public schools inside the boundary
There are 2 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14:1, well below the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.
Parks & recreation
The nearest national park or historic site is Waco Mammoth National Monument (67 miles away).
Bottom line
Rendon's strongest point is household incomes running above the national average; the main tradeoffs are commute times longer than most cities and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks. Whether it fits comes down to the specifics: the neighborhood, the job, and what matters most in the move.
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