A town of 34,344, settled in 1867. A typical home worth about $270K.
The 3 things Cleburne does most differently from other towns.
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Ordered by what stands out in Cleburne. Another town gets a different order.
The typical Cleburne home is worth about $270,000, down 2.8% in a year, 10% below the Texas typical home.
Cleburne beats the Texas average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 8.
| What stands out | Cleburne | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 7.8% | 5.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.1% | 12.5% |
| More smokers | 15.7% | 12.5% |
3.4 miles of trails across 13 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Byron Stewart Park | 1.8 mi | 72 |
| 2. Winston Patrick McGregor Park | 0.5 mi | 11 |
| 3. Belclaire Community Park | 0.3 mi | 9 |
Cleburne has mild winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 95°, a January night drops to 36°, and snow is almost unheard of.
About one in 4 of Cleburne’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Worth (13%), Dallas (7%) and Arlington (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.
The public schools Cleburne’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 59% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooke El | PK–4 | 501 | B− |
| Gerard El | PK–4 | 474 | A− |
| Coleman El | PK–4 | 434 | C+ |
| Marti El | PK–4 | 432 | C+ |
| Irving El | PK–4 | 405 | C |
| Santa Fe El | PK–4 | 382 | B− |
Cleburne reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 52% report less.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 52% of U.S. communities.
5 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 5 places on the National Register.
5 places in Cleburne on the National Register of Historic Places.
32 notable people were born in Cleburne.
City in Texas, United States
Cleburne (/ˈkliːbɜːrn/ KLEE-burn) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Johnson County. Located within the prairies and lakes region of North Texas, the city is located south of Fort Worth and southwest of Dallas. The closest neighboring state is Oklahoma to the north, and the closest international border is to the south with Mexico. Cleburne is the second-most-populous city in Johnson County at 31,352 in 2020. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, of which Cleburne is a part, has a total population of 8,477,157 in 2025, fourth-largest in the U.S. Cleburne was founded near Buffalo Creek as Camp Henderson in 1862 and incorporated in 1871, changing its name to honor Patrick R…
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2 towns share a border with Cleburne.
