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A town of 9,708. A typical home worth about $186K.

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Photo: Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0
Population
9,708
−7.5% since 2010
Typical home
$186K
+1.8% in a year
Household income
$62K
median
Median age
40.4
years
Jobs based here
4,477
Balanced

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Housing

A typical Vidor home is worth about $186K

The typical Vidor home is worth about $186,000, up 1.8% in a year, 38% below the Texas typical home.

$186KZillow home value

Typical home value

Vidor$186K
Texas$299K
Market temperature
Buyer’s marketA balanced marketBuyer’sSeller’s
35
days on market
+1.8%
value change, 1 year
6
homes sold in May
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Work & commute

About one in six working residents works right in Vidor

Most working residents leave Vidor for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Beaumont (25%), Houston (8%) and Port Arthur (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

17%work in town

Where working residents work

In Vidor17%
Beaumont25%
Houston8%
Port Arthur5%
Orange3%
12 mi
median commute distance
4,477
jobs based in Vidor
Balanced
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Schools

Vidor’s public schools outperform 46% of Texas districts

The public schools Vidor’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 54% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B−School Grade
SchoolGradesStudentsGrade
Oak Forest ElPK–4671B−
Vidor ElPK–4528B+
Vidor Middle5–6653B−
Vidor J H7–8612B
Vidor Jjaep81Not graded
Vidor H S9–121,175B+
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduationAll 6 schools →
Health

Healthier than 24% of U.S. towns

Vidor beats the Texas average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 10.

C−Health Grade
26 measures vs. Texas
1 better15 too close to call10 worse
What stands outVidorTX
Fewer uninsured adults13.3%19.1%
More adults with COPD8.9%5.7%
Baptist Beaumont Hospital
8.7 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
37th
percentile among TX towns
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Natural hazards

Very high risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 87% of U.S. communities.

87risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
87Very high riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingHurricanesTornadoes
1,801
paid flood claims since 1979
11
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Climate

Mild winters, hot summers

Vidor has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 92°, a January night drops to 42°, and snow is almost unheard of.

93°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter44–64°
Spring58–78°
Summer73–92°
Fall59–80°
Dec 4
typical first frost
Feb 14
typical last frost
+1.1°
vs. the 20th-century average
93°
typical summer high
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Safety

Less crime per resident than 39% of U.S. towns

Vidor reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 61% report less.

C+Safety Grade

Violent crime per 1,000 residents

Vidor2
Texas3.5
U.S.3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents

Vidor19.2
Texas18.1
U.S.15.5
39th
percentile among U.S. towns we grade
41st
percentile among TX towns
19
violent crimes reported in 2025
186
property crimes reported in 2025
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to policeFull safety report →
Outdoors

1.1% of Vidor is conserved land

1.2 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves.

1.1%conserved
1.1%
conserved · 84 of 7,724 acres
1.2 mi
of trails · 0.1 per sq mi
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →

About Vidor

City in Texas, United States

Official town website ↗

Vidor ( VY-dər) is a city in western Orange County, Texas, United States. A city of Southeast Texas, it lies at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Farm to Market Road 105, 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Beaumont and Rose City. The town is mainly a bedroom community for the nearby refining complexes in Beaumont and Port Arthur and is part of the Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan statistical area. Its population was 9,789 at the 2020 census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Population
9,789
Area
11 sq mi
Elevation
23 ft
ZIP code
77662, 77670
Area code
409

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