Scores by category

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

Safety6#14,706/15,637
Economy54#7,147/15,631
Housing26#11,124/14,977
Health36#9,977/15,609
Healthcare15#13,259/15,650
Environment9#14,035/15,453
Education19#12,649/15,649
Infrastructure30#10,964/15,650
Community10#14,107/15,651
Leisure & amenities13#13,578/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bevil Oaks, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Jefferson 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

Comfortable days · high32.1%
87/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationJefferson County value
Child care cost burden · low24.3%
77/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJefferson County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low9 mi
77/100Texas 43 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauJefferson County value
Average weekly wage · high$1,415
76/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJefferson County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.6×
75/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Social associations · high11.4 /10k
72/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJefferson County value

Weaknesses

Voter turnout · low49.9%
4/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionJefferson County value
Violent crime rate · high621 /100k
4/100Texas 345 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationJefferson County value
Job growth · low-3.8%
4/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataJefferson County value
Rent as share of income · high44.6%
5/100Texas 30.9%United States 30.6%2019-2023U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Primary care shortage · high18.0
5/100Texas 5.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationJefferson County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high19.8%
6/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,259 (2015-2019) → 1,133 (2020-2024)
−10%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
41.4% (2015-2019) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+59 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
25.8% (2015-2019) → 44.6% (2019-2023)
+19 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.2%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
19.5% (2015-2019) → 32.9% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.7% (2015-2019) → 91.7% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 7.6% (2020-2024)
+7.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Bevil Oaks, Texas improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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++13 points19.5% → 32.9%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Bevil Oaks, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.5 min2015-2019	32.3 min2020-2024	+7.8 min	Within the margin of error	4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%2015-2019	32.9%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	96%
Broadband subscriptions	81.7%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Effective property tax rate	1.38%2015-2019	1.56%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	3%
High school diploma or higher	95.8%2015-2019	94.1%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	60%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3952015-2019	0.3992020-2024	+0.004	Within the margin of error	47%
Median household income	$75,0002015-2019	$91,0312020-2024	+21%	Within the margin of error	36%
Poverty rate	4.3%2015-2019	7.7%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.1%2015-2019	19.8%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	15%

“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 Bevil Oaks, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bevil Oaks, 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, Bevil Oaks, Texas itself moved −6.5 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,133 residents (±273)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (+8.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,133 residents (±273)

Bevil Oaks, Texas
Texas share

White53%596
Black7.9%†89
Hispanic or Latino22%†249

Education

833 residents (±199)

Bevil Oaks, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma5.9%†49
High school or GED28%†232
Some college26%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

457 households (±109)

Bevil Oaks, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k8.8%†40
$25k–50k19%†88
$50k–75k15%†69
$75k–100k14%†66
$100k–150k12%†55
$150k–200k17%†76
$200k or more14%†63

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+12.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

457 households (±109)

Bevil Oaks, Texas
Texas share

Own93%427
Rent6.6%†30

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

22 households (±34)

Bevil Oaks, Texas
Texas share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

427 homes (±103)

Bevil Oaks, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k15%†63
$150k–250k40%†172
$250k–400k37%†159

Age of homes

533 homes (±122)

Bevil Oaks, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later1.1%†6
2000–20095.8%†31
1980–199934%†180

Size of homes

533 homes (±122)

Bevil Oaks, Texas
Texas share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms4.5%†24

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

497 workers (±165)

Bevil Oaks, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone89%†444
Carpool6.6%†33
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.4%†2
Work from home3.6%†18
Other0.0%0

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

479 workers (±165)

Bevil Oaks, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min9.4%†45
15–29 min48%†230
30–44 min14%†68

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Beaumont-Port Arthur, 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 Jefferson County, the county holding most of Bevil Oaks's residents.

Jefferson County has 5,710 employer establishments, 225 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 1.03× Texas's), with 105,009 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,299. The Census Bureau also counts 22,500 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 5,710; 22,500 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 225; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 105,009
Average annual pay: $61,299; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	682	26.9	1.29×More than typical	8,148	$54,168	926
Restaurants and other eating places	448	17.7	0.96×About typical	9,362	$20,650	186
Offices of physicians	305	12	1.86×More than typical	2,379	$83,388	162
Specialty trade contractors	251	9.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	9,504	$75,926	1,761
Religious organizations	208	8.2	1.48×More than typical	1,521	$23,193	—
Limited-service restaurants	197	7.8	0.97×About typical	3,839	$18,495	44
Lessors of real estate	185	7.3	0.59×Fewer than typical	1,142	$50,994	1,429
Full-service restaurants	184	7.3	0.94×About typical	4,776	$22,602	65
Legal services	158	6.2	1.16×About typical	863	$100,127	161
Gasoline stations	137	5.4	1.67×More than typical	836	$27,524	10
Insurance agencies and brokerages	129	5.1	1.16×About typical	800	$66,020	284
Offices of other health practitioners	128	5	0.83×About typical	634	$49,732	266

Rank places for an industry Open Jefferson County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 253,557 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

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Bevil Oaks, Texas: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

3.4KFY2017
914.7FY2018
1.5KFY2019
0FY2020
-1.3KFY2021
78.5FY2022
246.5FY2024

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Bevil Oaks, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Bevil Oaks, Texas's figures are part of those of Jefferson County, TX ($116.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Jefferson 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.

Bevil Oaks, Texas is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).