Cisco vs Rising Star

A side-by-side comparison of Cisco and Rising Star: population, income, housing, and more.

Cisco and Rising Star are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cisco has the higher population (3,926 vs 734 in Rising Star). Cisco has the higher median household income ($57,138 vs $31,667 in Rising Star). Cisco has the higher median home value ($105,500 vs $36,500 in Rising Star).

Population, income & housing

	Cisco	Rising Star
Population	3,926	734
Median age	36.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,138	$31,667
Median home value	$105,500	$36,500
Median gross rent	$935	$596
Housing units	1,589	473
Homeownership rate	65.8%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cisco	Rising Star
Population	3,778 → 3,926 (+3.9%)	876 → 734 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$39,668 → $57,138 (+44.0%)	$31,121 → $31,667 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$74,100 → $105,500 (+42.4%)	$43,500 → $36,500 (-16.1%)
Median gross rent	$484 → $935 (+93.2%)	$607 → $596 (-1.8%)

Cisco

Population

3,7783,926

Median household income

$39,668$57,138

Median home value

$74,100$105,500

Median gross rent

$484$935

Rising Star

Population

876734

Median household income

$31,121$31,667

Median home value

$43,500$36,500

Median gross rent

$607$596

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cisco	Rising Star
Under 5	5.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	17.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	6.3%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	18.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.1%
75 and over	9.8%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cisco	Rising Star
White (non-Hispanic)	73.5%	83.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cisco	Rising Star
No high school diploma	14.9%	25.3%
High school graduate	34.1%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cisco	Rising Star
Drove alone	79.4%	66.0%
Carpooled	13.0%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cisco	Rising Star
1-unit, detached	84.8%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Cisco	Rising Star
Poverty rate	2.1%	22.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	16
Median year structure built	1954	1953