"over 5000"
This answer is way off. It appears to be the answer for "how
many residents does a town need to be able to apply for home-rule
status?", which is 5,000.
The answer for the number of cities with home-rule status is
closer to 300. The Texas State Historical Association reported in
May 1994, that only 19 of the 309 cities in Texas of more than
5,000 population had not adopted a home-rule charter. Although this
number is dated, it is obvious that there can only be a few hundred
home-rule cities in Texas, since the minimum required population is
more than 5,000. See the related link for home-rule charters.