Scores by category

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

Safety40#9,445/15,637
Economy27#11,480/15,631
Housing93#1,063/14,977
Health20#12,557/15,609
Healthcare2#15,344/15,650
Environment72#4,254/15,453
Education9#14,180/15,649
Infrastructure12#13,742/15,650
Community27#11,475/15,651
Leisure & amenities29#11,156/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Time spent in the emergency room · low81 min
99/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMoore County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMoore County value
Average commute time · low14.0 min
95/100Texas 26.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
93/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Job growth · high2.2%
90/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMoore County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.2 µg/m³
87/100Texas 8.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyMoore County value

Weaknesses

Uninsured residents (under 65) · high52.8%
0/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Physical inactivity · high51.9%
0/100Texas 29.6%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · high46.2%
0/100Texas 23.2%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Bachelor's degree or higher · low2.7%
1/100Texas 33.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
High school diploma or higher · low29.4%
1/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Food insecurity · high41.3%
2/100Texas 19.4%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

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

Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
16.1% (2015-2019) → 52.8% (2020-2024)
+37 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Child poverty rateWorsening
8.6% (2015-2019) → 29.7% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateWorsening
12.4% (2015-2019) → 20.9% (2020-2024)
+8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.3× (2015-2019) → 1.8× (2020-2024)
+41%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
68.7% (2015-2019) → 62.9% (2020-2024)
−5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
11.1 min (2015-2019) → 14.0 min (2020-2024)
+27%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Cactus, Texas improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Uninsured+37 points16.1% → 52.8%

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Cactus, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	11.1 min2015-2019	14.0 min2020-2024	+2.9 min	Within the margin of error	20%
Broadband subscriptions	68.7%2015-2019	62.9%2020-2024	−5.8 points	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	27.3%2015-2019	29.4%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Home price to income ratio	1.3×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3742015-2019	0.3572020-2024	−0.016	Within the margin of error	65%
Median household income	$40,4172015-2019	$45,3462020-2024	+12%	Within the margin of error	19%
Poverty rate	12.4%2015-2019	20.9%2020-2024	+8.5 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Rent as share of income	22.6%2015-2019	23.6%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Rent-burdened households	26.5%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.1%2015-2019	52.8%2020-2024	+37 points	Declined	0%

“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 Cactus, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cactus, 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, Cactus, Texas itself moved −3.6 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

3,091 residents (±22)

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: 20–29 women (−5.9 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

3,091 residents (±22)

Cactus, Texas
Texas share

White4.4%†136
Black11%†342
Hispanic or Latino81%2,496

Education

1,720 residents (±237)

Cactus, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma71%1,215
High school or GED17%†298
Some college6.3%†109

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

935 households (±168)

Cactus, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k18%†165
$25k–50k38%†355
$50k–75k21%†199
$75k–100k7.4%†69
$100k–150k13%†119
$150k–200k3.0%†28
$200k or more0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+11.4 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

935 households (±168)

Cactus, Texas
Texas share

Own33%†311
Rent67%624

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−19.7 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

580 households (±158)

Cactus, Texas
Texas share

Under $75047%†275
$750–1,00033%†192
$1,000–1,50017%†97

Home values

311 homes (±122)

Cactus, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k79%†246
$150k–250k12%†38
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

1,050 homes (±175)

Cactus, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later19%†203
2000–200932%†337
1980–199917%†175

Size of homes

1,050 homes (±175)

Cactus, Texas
Texas share

Studio5.9%†62
1 bedroom20%†206
2 bedrooms23%†245

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

1,381 workers (±220)

Cactus, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone79%1,088
Carpool12%†170
Public transit1.2%†16
Walk7.7%†107
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.0%0
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

1,381 workers (±220)

Cactus, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min51%†707
15–29 min43%†590
30–44 min4.4%†61

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 Dumas, 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 Moore County, the county holding most of Cactus's residents.

Moore County has 456 employer establishments, 214 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.98× Texas's), with 8,969 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,159. The Census Bureau also counts 1,572 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 456; 1,572 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 214; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 8,969
Average annual pay: $55,159; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	37	17.4	0.95×About typical	593	$18,710	29
Religious organizations	25	11.7	2.12×More than typical	102	$20,157	—
Specialty trade contractors	24	11.3	0.73×Fewer than typical	216	$53,968	106
Ambulatory health care services	22	10.3	0.50×Fewer than typical	118	$51,966	30
Truck transportation	21	9.9	1.95×More than typical	176	$72,636	204
Full-service restaurants	18	8.5	1.10×About typical	261	$19,479	10
Gasoline stations	16	7.5	2.32×More than typical	186	$23,581	—
Heavy and civil engineering construction	15	7	6.15×More than typical	434	$70,668	—
Lessors of real estate	14	6.6	0.53×Fewer than typical	25	$38,720	90
Limited-service restaurants	14	6.6	0.82×About typical	316	$18,142	15
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	6.1	1.21×About typical	53	$42,358	28
Insurance agencies and brokerages	13	6.1	1.39×More than typical	52	$41,654	8

Rank places for an industry Open Moore County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 21,279 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 Cactus, 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

-36.8KFY2017

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 Cactus, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Cactus, Texas's figures are part of those of Moore County, TX ($2.9M 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: Cactus is mostly in Moore County.

See federal money in Moore 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.

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

House

Ronny JacksonR-TX-13 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.7%

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.

Moore County33100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Dumas, TX33

Other cities and towns in Moore County

Largest first.

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.

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Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
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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