City · Eastland County, Texas

Cisco, Texas

Cisco is a city in Eastland County, Texas. It has 3,955 residents. Cisco, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 24 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,825 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #417 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), home price to income ratio (low) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on traffic deaths (high), mammography screening (low) and flu vaccinations (low).

24Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,825 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #417 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 3,955 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 736.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4815004

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.

Safety50#7,859/15,637
Economy54#7,237/15,631
Housing49#7,592/14,977
Health22#12,183/15,609
Healthcare3#15,201/15,650
Environment68#4,900/15,453
Education34#10,395/15,649
Infrastructure7#14,502/15,650
Community32#10,564/15,651
Leisure & amenities32#10,645/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Students per teacher · low10.2×
97/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsEastland County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
95/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Texas 5.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataEastland County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.338
92/100Texas 0.478United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Social associations · high15.0 /10k
91/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEastland County value
Public libraries · high1.6 /10k
88/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesEastland County value

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high55.5 /100k
1/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataEastland County value
Mammography screening · low29.0%
2/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEastland County value
Flu vaccinations · low27.0%
4/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEastland County value
Primary care physicians · low22 /100k
6/100Texas 61 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEastland County value
Mental health providers · low55 /100k
6/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEastland County value
Food environment index · low6.4
7/100Texas 5.7United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEastland County value

Trends

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

Average commute timeWorsening
13.2 min (2015-2019) → 32.7 min (2020-2024)
+147%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
62.6% (2015-2019) → 83.3% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
14.4% (2015-2019) → 27.7% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
New homes permittedWorsening
4.4 /1k (2021) → 2.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−54%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
34.0% (2015-2019) → 44.6% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
8.1% (2015-2019) → 18.4% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Cisco, Texas improved on 3 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 5 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.

Improved3

Inequality−0.0980.436 → 0.339
Broadband+21 points62.6% → 83.3%
Household income+48%$39,668 → $58,550

Declined2

Commute+19.4 min13.2 min → 32.7 min
Uninsured+10 points8.1% → 18.4%

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Cisco, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	13.2 min2015-2019	32.7 min2020-2024	+19.4 min	Declined	0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%2015-2019	20.2%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Broadband subscriptions	62.6%2015-2019	83.3%2020-2024	+21 points	Improved	91%
Effective property tax rate	1.61%2015-2019	1.71%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	6%
High school diploma or higher	88.7%2015-2019	81.8%2020-2024	−6.9 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	83%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4362015-2019	0.3392020-2024	−0.098	Improved	95%
Median household income	$39,6682015-2019	$58,5502020-2024	+48%	Improved	82%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.1%2015-2019	18.4%2020-2024	+10 points	Declined	3%

“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 Cisco, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cisco, 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, Cisco, Texas itself moved −6.4 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

3,955 residents (±17)

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

1,502 households (±153)

Cisco, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k15%†232
$25k–50k25%†381
$50k–75k26%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,502 households (±153)

Cisco, Texas
Texas share

Own67%1,009
Rent33%493

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

1,553 workers (±214)

Cisco, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone79%1,229
Carpool12%†182
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 Eastland County, the county holding most of Cisco's residents.

Eastland County has 489 employer establishments, 268 for every 10,000 residents (1.08× the US rate of 248; 1.23× Texas's), with 5,658 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,584. The Census Bureau also counts 1,627 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 489; 1,627 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 268; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 5,658
Average annual pay: $52,584; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	39	21.4	1.17×About typical	609	$16,865	10
Specialty trade contractors	26	14.3	0.92×About typical	122	$57,918	185
Religious organizations	24	13.2	2.37×More than typical	140	$20,593	—
Ambulatory health care services	21	11.5	0.55×Fewer than typical	151	$49,974	42
Limited-service restaurants	21	11.5	1.44×More than typical	344	$17,605	—
Gasoline stations	18	9.9	3.05×More than typical	259	$24,591	—
Truck transportation	16	8.8	1.74×More than typical	53	$39,491	52
Full-service restaurants	14	7.7	1.00×About typical	256	$16,070	6
Lessors of real estate	13	7.1	0.58×Fewer than typical	42	$82,714	81
Automotive repair and maintenance	12	6.6	1.31×More than typical	72	$40,542	52
Building equipment contractors	12	6.6	1.09×About typical	59	$47,661	24
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	10	5.5	3.14×More than typical	41	$34,366	7

Rank places for an industry Open Eastland County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 18,221 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 Cisco, 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

1KFY2017
408.8FY2018
1.3KFY2019
-273.6FY2021

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

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

See federal money in Eastland 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.

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

House

Roger WilliamsR-TX-25 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 3.7%

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.

Eastland County29100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Eastland 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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