Scores by category

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

Safety50#7,739/15,637
Economy3#15,183/15,631
Housing48#7,807/14,977
Health14#13,377/15,609
Healthcare2#15,341/15,650
Environment59#6,318/15,453
Education11#13,986/15,649
Infrastructure4#15,043/15,650
Community56#6,893/15,651
Leisure & amenities46#8,473/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Social associations · high20.4 /10k
98/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColeman County value
Students per teacher · low10.1×
98/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsColeman County value
Property crime rate · low489 /100k
90/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2024Federal Bureau of InvestigationColeman County value
Violent crime rate · low88 /100k
89/100Texas 345 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2024Federal Bureau of InvestigationColeman County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.1×
88/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Comfortable days · high31.4%
84/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationColeman County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low13 /100k
0/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColeman County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high36.1%
1/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Traffic deaths · high71.6 /100k
1/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataColeman County value
Flu vaccinations · low20.0%
1/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColeman County value
Distance to an airport · high152 mi
2/100Texas 33 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauColeman County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,802 /100k
3/100Texas 2,991 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColeman County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
4,373 (2015-2019) → 3,973 (2020-2024)
−9.1%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
13.5% (2015-2019) → 46.4% (2020-2024)
+33 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
4.4% (2015-2019) → 27.5% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
66.1% (2015-2019) → 85.7% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
22.3 min (2015-2019) → 36.1 min (2020-2024)
+62%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Poverty rateWorsening
14.3% (2015-2019) → 24.7% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Coleman, Texas improved on 1 of 11 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.

Improved1

Broadband+20 points66.1% → 85.7%

Declined1

Inequality+0.1150.413 → 0.528

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Coleman, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.3 min2015-2019	36.1 min2020-2024	+13.8 min	Within the margin of error	1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%2015-2019	11.5%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Broadband subscriptions	66.1%2015-2019	85.7%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	90%
Effective property tax rate	1.36%2015-2019	1.31%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	23%
High school diploma or higher	83.1%2015-2019	81.8%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Home price to income ratio	1.5×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	41%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4132015-2019	0.5282020-2024	+0.115	Declined	3%
Median household income	$44,2932015-2019	$34,6132020-2024	−22%	Within the margin of error	1%
Poverty rate	14.3%2015-2019	24.7%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Rent as share of income	22.8%2015-2019	29.4%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	35.3%2015-2019	36.1%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	37%

“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 Coleman, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Coleman, 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, Coleman, Texas itself moved −19.8 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

3,973 residents (±12)

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: Under 10 men (−5.4 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,973 residents (±12)

Coleman, Texas
Texas share

White70%2,778
Black5.6%223
Hispanic or Latino23%913
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races1.5%†59

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Black (+3.9 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

2,806 residents (±230)

Coleman, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma18%†511
High school or GED32%885
Some college35%978
Associate degree3.9%†109
Bachelor's degree11%†301
Graduate degree0.8%†22

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 B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

1,652 households (±173)

Coleman, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k35%†581
$25k–50k23%†383
$50k–75k21%†354
$75k–100k5.8%†95
$100k–150k7.5%†124
$150k–200k2.5%†41
$200k or more4.5%†74

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−16.2 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

1,652 households (±173)

Coleman, Texas
Texas share

Own73%1,201
Rent27%†451

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

335 households (±137)

Coleman, Texas
Texas share

Under $75055%†183
$750–1,00019%†64
$1,000–1,50014%†48

Home values

1,201 homes (±152)

Coleman, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k83%993
$150k–250k4.2%†51
$250k–400k12%†140

Age of homes

2,268 homes (±171)

Coleman, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later2.3%†52
2000–20093.0%†67
1980–19997.9%†179

Size of homes

2,268 homes (±171)

Coleman, Texas
Texas share

Studio0.9%†20
1 bedroom8.3%†188
2 bedrooms38%851

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

1,561 workers (±226)

Coleman, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone69%1,079
Carpool21%†331
Public transit0.1%†1
Walk0.4%†6
Bike0.0%0
Work from home9.2%†144
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−19.2 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

1,417 workers (±225)

Coleman, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min63%†896
15–29 min9.7%†138
30–44 min6.6%†93

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 Coleman County, the county holding most of Coleman's residents.

Coleman County has 205 employer establishments, 260 for every 10,000 residents (1.05× the US rate of 248; 1.19× Texas's), with 1,693 paid employees at an average annual pay of $38,756. The Census Bureau also counts 784 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 205; 784 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 260; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 1,693
Average annual pay: $38,756; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	19	24.1	1.56×More than typical	114	$88,544	102
Restaurants and other eating places	16	20.3	1.11×About typical	193	$17,917	7
Religious organizations	13	16.5	2.98×More than typical	38	$17,158	—
Full-service restaurants	11	14	1.82×More than typical	137	$18,650	3
Ambulatory health care services	10	12.7	0.61×Fewer than typical	56	$24,554	16
Building equipment contractors	7	8.9	1.48×Too few to compare	61	$127,885	14
Gasoline stations	7	8.9	2.74×Too few to compare	56	$27,643	—
Management, scientific and technical consulting	7	8.9	1.33×Too few to compare	17	$122,176	24
Other specialty trade contractors	7	8.9	3.54×Too few to compare	17	$35,588	42
Lessors of real estate	6	7.6	0.62×Too few to compare	3	$49,333	46
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	6.4	1.26×Too few to compare	11	$36,182	16
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	5	6.4	2.02×Too few to compare	36	$46,889	25

Rank places for an industry Open Coleman County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 7,873 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 $1,501 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Coleman, Texas: $0.38 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1,501; −83% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.38; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Department of the Army$1,501100%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

6.5KFY2017
5KFY2018
6.9KFY2019
2.7KFY2020
6.2KFY2021
6.6KFY2022
3.3KFY2023
4.2KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$85657%
Facilities support services · 5612$36224%
Waste collection · 5621$28119%
RV parks and recreational camps · 7212$1.740.1%

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

Coleman, Texas's figures are part of those of Coleman County, TX ($107.6K in FY2026), never added to them: 1.4% of that total.

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

See federal money in Coleman 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.

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

House

August PflugerR-TX-11 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.3%

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.

Coleman County32100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Coleman 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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