City · Comanche County, Texas

De Leon, Texas

De Leon is a city in Comanche County, Texas. It has 2,516 residents. De Leon, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 15 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,282 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #614 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), time spent in the emergency room (low) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on access to exercise opportunities (low), flu vaccinations (low) and arts, entertainment and recreation (low).

15Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,282 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #614 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 2,516 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,122.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4819672

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.

Safety46#8,466/15,637
Economy9#14,148/15,631
Housing51#7,348/14,977
Health19#12,575/15,609
Healthcare14#13,409/15,650
Environment68#5,020/15,453
Education28#11,277/15,649
Infrastructure11#13,873/15,650
Community16#13,074/15,651
Leisure & amenities24#11,953/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Home price to income ratio · low1.5×
97/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Time spent in the emergency room · low100 min
96/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesComanche County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Texas 5.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataComanche County value
Students per teacher · low11.4×
92/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsComanche County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Texas 5.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationComanche County value
Public libraries · high1.4 /10k
85/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesComanche County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low9.5%
1/100Texas 82.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteComanche County value
Flu vaccinations · low22.0%
2/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteComanche County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.7 /10k
2/100Texas 3.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsComanche County value
High school diploma or higher · low69.6%
3/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high27.3%
3/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Traffic deaths · high35.9 /100k
4/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataComanche County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateImproving
30.1% (2015-2019) → 13.0% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
85.7% (2015-2019) → 69.6% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.5% (2015-2019) → 84.6% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
17.2% (2015-2019) → 27.3% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Poverty rateImproving
23.4% (2015-2019) → 16.0% (2020-2024)
−7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Average commute timeImproving
26.9 min (2015-2019) → 17.3 min (2020-2024)
−36%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, De Leon, Texas improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 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+13 points71.5% → 84.6%

Declined1

High school+−16 points85.7% → 69.6%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of De Leon, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.9 min2015-2019	17.3 min2020-2024	−9.5 min	Within the margin of error	98%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%2015-2019	16.0%2020-2024	−5 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Broadband subscriptions	71.5%2015-2019	84.6%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	73%
Effective property tax rate	2.00%2015-2019	1.22%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	98%
High school diploma or higher	85.7%2015-2019	69.6%2020-2024	−16 points	Declined	0%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	90%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4982015-2019	0.4442020-2024	−0.053	Within the margin of error	85%
Median household income	$42,3172015-2019	$46,7712020-2024	+11%	Within the margin of error	17%
Poverty rate	23.4%2015-2019	16.0%2020-2024	−7.4 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	27.3%2015-2019	25.8%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Rent-burdened households	41.7%2015-2019	45.2%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.2%2015-2019	27.3%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	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 De Leon, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of De Leon, 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, De Leon, Texas itself moved +4.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

2,516 residents (±357)

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

901 households (±139)

De Leon, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k30%†269
$25k–50k22%†199
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

901 households (±139)

De Leon, Texas
Texas share

Own66%599
Rent34%302

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

1,108 workers (±185)

De Leon, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone80%881
Carpool15%†165
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 Comanche County, the county holding most of De Leon's residents.

Comanche County has 290 employer establishments, 207 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.95× Texas's), with 2,599 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,886. The Census Bureau also counts 1,236 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 290; 1,236 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 207; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 2,599
Average annual pay: $46,886; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	21	15	0.81×About typical	178	$17,551	15
Specialty trade contractors	17	12.1	0.78×Fewer than typical	70	$47,943	153
Ambulatory health care services	15	10.7	0.51×Fewer than typical	117	$50,231	35
Truck transportation	14	10	1.97×More than typical	77	$54,156	46
Religious organizations	12	8.5	1.54×More than typical	48	$13,750	—
Full-service restaurants	11	7.8	1.02×About typical	94	$17,723	7
Building equipment contractors	9	6.4	1.07×Too few to compare	33	$50,939	16
Lessors of real estate	9	6.4	0.52×Too few to compare	9	$26,333	77
Construction of buildings	8	5.7	0.75×Too few to compare	28	$24,929	88
Gasoline stations	8	5.7	1.76×Too few to compare	57	$26,596	—
Heavy and civil engineering construction	8	5.7	4.97×Too few to compare	18	$46,556	4
Banks and credit unions	7	5	1.54×Too few to compare	109	$56,138	—

Rank places for an industry Open Comanche County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,038 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: De Leon is mostly in Comanche County.

See federal money in Comanche 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.

De Leon, 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.

Comanche County29100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Comanche 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
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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