City · Dimmit County, Texas

Carrizo Springs, Texas

Carrizo Springs is a city in Dimmit County, Texas. It has 4,723 residents. Carrizo Springs, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 4 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,031 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #937 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on firearm deaths (low), distance to an emergency room (low) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on traffic deaths (high), food environment index (low) and physical inactivity (high).

4Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,031 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #937 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 4,723 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,528.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4812988

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety27#11,341/15,637
Economy4#15,007/15,631
Housing53#6,976/14,977
Health6#14,609/15,609
Healthcare2#15,395/15,650
Environment45#8,522/15,453
Education12#13,768/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,192/15,650
Community19#12,676/15,651
Leisure & amenities11#13,995/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Texas 13.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionDimmit County value
Distance to an emergency room · low3.2 mi
89/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDimmit County value
Grocery stores · high2.5 /10k
88/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDimmit County value
Public EV charging ports · high12.5 /10k
87/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyDimmit County value
Average weekly wage · high$1,468
81/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDimmit County value
Public libraries · high1.2 /10k
81/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesDimmit County value

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high81.0 /100k
0/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataDimmit County value
Food environment index · low2.3
0/100Texas 5.7United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDimmit County value
Physical inactivity · high49.5%
0/100Texas 29.6%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Mammography screening · low22.0%
0/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDimmit County value
Poor or fair health · high41.9%
0/100Texas 23.2%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · high45.3%
1/100Texas 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.

PopulationFalling
5,554 (2015-2019) → 4,723 (2020-2024)
−15%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
High school diploma or higherImproving
59.5% (2015-2019) → 77.0% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
58.0% (2015-2019) → 69.3% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
26.9% (2015-2019) → 16.7% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Average commute timeWorsening
14.4 min (2015-2019) → 21.1 min (2020-2024)
+46%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Child poverty rateImproving
52.9% (2015-2019) → 44.2% (2020-2024)
−8.7 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, Carrizo Springs, Texas improved on 0 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 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.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Carrizo Springs, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	14.4 min2015-2019	21.1 min2020-2024	+6.7 min	Within the margin of error	6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%2015-2019	8.3%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Broadband subscriptions	58.0%2015-2019	69.3%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Child poverty rate	52.9%2015-2019	44.2%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Within the margin of error	79%
High school diploma or higher	59.5%2015-2019	77.0%2020-2024	+18 points	Within the margin of error	99%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	71%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4652015-2019	0.5102020-2024	+0.045	Within the margin of error	18%
Median household income	$30,1582015-2019	$38,6592020-2024	+28%	Within the margin of error	51%
Poverty rate	38.4%2015-2019	37.3%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	23.4%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Rent-burdened households	30.3%2015-2019	38.2%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	26.9%2015-2019	16.7%2020-2024	−10 points	Within the margin of error	96%

“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 Carrizo Springs, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Carrizo Springs, 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, Carrizo Springs, Texas itself moved −6.1 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

4,723 residents (±14)

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: 10–19 women (−5.7 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

4,723 residents (±14)

Carrizo Springs, Texas
Texas share

White4.6%†216
Black0.4%†20
Hispanic or Latino91%4,290

Education

3,018 residents (±248)

Carrizo Springs, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma23%†693
High school or GED48%1,450
Some college15%†443

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

1,715 households (±194)

Carrizo Springs, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k35%†595
$25k–50k23%†403
$50k–75k15%†256
$75k–100k1.0%†17
$100k–150k15%†253
$150k–200k3.3%†57
$200k or more7.8%†134

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−9.7 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 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

1,715 households (±194)

Carrizo Springs, Texas
Texas share

Own64%1,103
Rent36%†612

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

571 households (±210)

Carrizo Springs, Texas
Texas share

Under $75053%†303
$750–1,00027%†152
$1,000–1,5001.4%†8

Home values

1,103 homes (±217)

Carrizo Springs, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k75%†823
$150k–250k16%†171
$250k–400k8.8%†97

Age of homes

2,194 homes (±199)

Carrizo Springs, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later16%†357
2000–20097.9%†174
1980–199922%†479

Size of homes

2,194 homes (±199)

Carrizo Springs, Texas
Texas share

Studio11%†231
1 bedroom6.2%†137
2 bedrooms21%†462

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

1,515 workers (±405)

Carrizo Springs, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone69%†1,047
Carpool14%†212
Public transit0.0%0
Walk14%†217
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.6%†39
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−21.5 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,476 workers (±389)

Carrizo Springs, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min44%†649
15–29 min16%†239
30–44 min27%†404

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

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 Dimmit County, the county holding most of Carrizo Springs's residents.

Dimmit County has 218 employer establishments, 263 for every 10,000 residents (1.06× the US rate of 248; 1.20× Texas's), with 3,848 paid employees at an average annual pay of $62,846. The Census Bureau also counts 797 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 218; 797 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 263; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 3,848
Average annual pay: $62,846; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	16	19.3	0.93×About typical	125	$58,616	19
Truck transportation	15	18.1	3.58×More than typical	206	$70,903	44
Restaurants and other eating places	12	14.5	0.79×Fewer than typical	253	$16,466	18
Gasoline stations	11	13.3	4.09×More than typical	190	$18,484	—
Limited-service restaurants	9	10.9	1.35×Too few to compare	210	$15,933	8
Automotive repair and maintenance	7	8.4	1.68×Too few to compare	19	$43,579	29
Heavy and civil engineering construction	7	8.4	7.36×Too few to compare	118	$85,424	—
Lessors of real estate	7	8.4	0.69×Too few to compare	9	$46,778	27
Religious organizations	7	8.4	1.52×Too few to compare	36	$19,167	—
Offices of physicians	6	7.2	1.12×Too few to compare	16	$139,813	—
General merchandise stores	5	6	3.41×Too few to compare	117	$32,573	—
Individual and family services	5	6	2.15×Too few to compare	143	$17,385	—

Rank places for an industry Open Dimmit County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,293 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: Carrizo Springs is mostly in Dimmit County.

See federal money in Dimmit 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.

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

Senate

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County

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

Dimmit County3100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Dimmit 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.

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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