City · Hemphill County, Texas

Canadian, Texas

Canadian is a city in Hemphill County, Texas. It has 2,241 residents. Canadian, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 65 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,538 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #68 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on traffic deaths (low), gyms and fitness centers (high) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on dentists (low), distance to an airport (high) and preventable hospital stays (high).

65High

Quality-of-life score: #5,538 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #68 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 2,241 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,724.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4812412

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.

Safety94#873/15,637
Economy47#8,332/15,631
Housing40#9,014/14,977
Health71#4,461/15,609
Healthcare35#10,111/15,650
Environment69#4,825/15,453
Education44#8,836/15,649
Infrastructure6#14,658/15,650
Community90#1,556/15,651
Leisure & amenities98#308/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Traffic deaths · low0.0 /100k
100/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataHemphill County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high3.2 /10k
99/100Texas 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHemphill County value
Students per teacher · low9.6×
99/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsHemphill County value
Social associations · high22.0 /10k
99/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHemphill 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 dataHemphill County value
Distance to an emergency room · low2.7 mi
97/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHemphill County value

Weaknesses

Dentists · low0 /100k
0/100Texas 63 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHemphill County value
Distance to an airport · high159 mi
2/100Texas 33 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauHemphill County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,772 /100k
3/100Texas 2,991 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHemphill County value
Broadband subscriptions · low70.3%
3/100Texas 91.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyHemphill County value
High school diploma or higher · low73.5%
4/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
3,029 (2015-2019) → 2,241 (2020-2024)
−26%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
17.9% (2015-2019) → 1.9% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
31.8% (2015-2019) → 20.2% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.8× (2015-2019) → 2.7× (2020-2024)
+49%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
79.9% (2015-2019) → 70.3% (2020-2024)
−9.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
18.2% (2015-2019) → 27.7% (2020-2024)
+9.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Canadian, 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

Uninsured−12 points31.8% → 20.2%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Canadian, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.9 min2015-2019	19.0 min2020-2024	+2.2 min	Within the margin of error	26%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%2015-2019	15.3%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Broadband subscriptions	79.9%2015-2019	70.3%2020-2024	−9.5 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Effective property tax rate	1.61%2015-2019	1.48%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
High school diploma or higher	77.3%2015-2019	73.5%2020-2024	−3.8 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.9×	Within the margin of error	26%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3742015-2019	0.3832020-2024	+0.008	Within the margin of error	43%
Median household income	$67,3332015-2019	$58,8112020-2024	−13%	Within the margin of error	2%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	18.2%2015-2019	27.7%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	31.8%2015-2019	20.2%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	97%

“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 Canadian, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Canadian, 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, Canadian, Texas itself moved −19.4 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

2,241 residents (±252)

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

971 households (±115)

Canadian, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k19%†180
$25k–50k24%†236
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

971 households (±115)

Canadian, Texas
Texas share

Own70%676
Rent30%†295

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,078 workers (±129)

Canadian, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone84%908
Carpool4.4%†47
Public transit0.0%0

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 Hemphill County, the county holding most of Canadian's residents.

Hemphill County has 126 employer establishments, 400 for every 10,000 residents (1.61× the US rate of 248; 1.83× Texas's), with 1,032 paid employees at an average annual pay of $65,780. The Census Bureau also counts 403 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 126; 403 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 400; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 1,032
Average annual pay: $65,780; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	8	25.4	1.38×Too few to compare	57	$16,719	—
Religious organizations	7	22.2	4.01×Too few to compare	31	$21,742	—
Specialty trade contractors	7	22.2	1.44×Too few to compare	21	$42,762	30
Full-service restaurants	6	19	2.48×Too few to compare	39	$18,462	—
Ambulatory health care services	5	15.9	0.76×Too few to compare	17	$53,824	10
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	15.9	3.15×Too few to compare	10	$33,300	3
Building equipment contractors	5	15.9	2.64×Too few to compare	10	$34,900	4
Traveler accommodation	4	12.7	7.04×Too few to compare	18	$16,056	4
Truck transportation	4	12.7	2.51×Too few to compare	12	$47,167	16
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	3	9.5	2.34×Too few to compare	6	$14,833	4
Architectural, engineering and related services	3	9.5	2.73×Too few to compare	7	$179,429	3
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	3	9.5	5.45×Too few to compare	13	$34,846	—

Rank places for an industry Open Hemphill County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 3,150 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: Canadian is mostly in Hemphill County.

See federal money in Hemphill 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.

Canadian, 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.

Hemphill County71100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Hemphill County

Largest first.

Glazier48

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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