City · Andrews County, Texas

Andrews, Texas

Andrews is a city in Andrews County, Texas, part of the Andrews, TX metro area. It has 13,468 residents. Andrews, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 25 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,796 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #414 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), time spent in the emergency room (low) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), flu vaccinations (low) and traffic deaths (high).

25Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,796 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #414 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 13,468 (2020-2024)
Land area: 7 mi²
Density: 1,937.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 4803216

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety59#6,476/15,637
Economy50#7,886/15,631
Housing62#5,728/14,977
Health37#9,840/15,609
Healthcare5#14,902/15,650
Environment59#6,403/15,453
Education21#12,409/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,549/15,650
Community9#14,264/15,651
Leisure & amenities25#11,758/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Andrews, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Andrews County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low20.0%
94/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAndrews County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low106 min
94/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAndrews County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Texas 5.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataAndrews County value
New homes permitted · high11.9 /1k
91/100Texas 6.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Comfortable days · high32.3%
88/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAndrews County value
Average weekly wage · high$1,565
87/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAndrews County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low5 /100k
0/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAndrews County value
Flu vaccinations · low17.0%
0/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAndrews County value
Traffic deaths · high49.6 /100k
2/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataAndrews County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high24.9%
2/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAndrews County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Texas 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAndrews County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
1.5 /1k (2021) → 12.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+691%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2015-2019) → 2.7× (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
High school diploma or higherImproving
72.3% (2015-2019) → 78.9% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Poverty rateWorsening
11.0% (2015-2019) → 16.8% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
13.4% (2015-2019) → 18.5% (2020-2024)
+5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
37.6% (2015-2019) → 41.9% (2020-2024)
+4.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Andrews, Texas improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Bachelor's++5.1 points13.4% → 18.5%

Declined2

Inequality+0.0710.398 → 0.469
Price / income+0.7×1.9× → 2.7×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Andrews, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.4 min2015-2019	21.6 min2020-2024	−0.8 min	Within the margin of error	58%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%2015-2019	18.5%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Improved	69%
Broadband subscriptions	87.9%2015-2019	89.7%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Child poverty rate	14.6%2015-2019	14.9%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Effective property tax rate	1.44%2015-2019	1.17%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	69%
High school diploma or higher	72.3%2015-2019	78.9%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	34%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3982015-2019	0.4692020-2024	+0.071	Declined	10%
Median household income	$76,3422015-2019	$73,6902020-2024	−3.5%	Within the margin of error	5%
Poverty rate	11.0%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Rent as share of income	23.2%2015-2019	23.6%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent-burdened households	37.6%2015-2019	41.9%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Unemployment rate	4.2%2015-2019	3.7%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	22.3%2015-2019	24.9%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	21%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Andrews, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Andrews, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Andrews, Texas itself moved −10.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

13,468 residents (±19)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

4,996 households (±214)

Andrews, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k21%†1,057
$25k–50k15%†725
$50k–75k15%

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

4,996 households (±214)

Andrews, Texas
Texas share

Own77%3,830
Rent23%1,166

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

6,196 workers (±403)

Andrews, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone88%5,434
Carpool7.2%†448
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Andrews, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Andrews County, the county holding most of Andrews's residents.

Andrews County has 445 employer establishments, 239 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248; 1.09× Texas's), with 6,913 paid employees at an average annual pay of $72,018. The Census Bureau also counts 1,573 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 445; 1,573 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 239; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 6,913
Average annual pay: $72,018; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Andrews County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	33	17.7	3.50×More than typical	318	$78,783	120
Restaurants and other eating places	28	15	0.82×About typical	439	$19,863	11
Specialty trade contractors	20	10.7	0.69×Fewer than typical	402	$95,067	141
Ambulatory health care services	13	7	0.33×Fewer than typical	110	$48,409	25
Limited-service restaurants	13	7	0.87×About typical	298	$21,151	—
Religious organizations	13	7	1.26×More than typical	74	$22,878	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	11	5.9	1.17×About typical	65	$56,308	46
Building equipment contractors	10	5.4	0.89×About typical	299	$104,816	34
Commercial and industrial machinery repair	10	5.4	7.89×More than typical	104	$61,260	7
Construction of buildings	10	5.4	0.71×Fewer than typical	17	$47,000	52
Heavy and civil engineering construction	10	5.4	4.68×More than typical	803	$78,514	8
Full-service restaurants	9	4.8	0.63×Too few to compare	63	$21,476	5

Rank places for an industry Open Andrews County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 18,632 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Andrews is mostly in Andrews County.

See federal money in Andrews County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Andrews, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jodey C. ArringtonR-TX-19 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Andrews County35100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Andrews, TX36

Other cities and towns in Andrews County

Largest first.

McKinney Acres562

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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