Scores by category

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

Safety39#9,565/15,637
Economy33#10,522/15,631
Housing93#1,042/14,977
Health39#9,527/15,609
Healthcare12#13,781/15,650
Environment21#12,164/15,453
Education20#12,443/15,649
Infrastructure9#14,215/15,650
Community57#6,750/15,651
Leisure & amenities70#4,721/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Eagle Lake, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Colorado 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 · high17.0 /10k
95/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColorado County value
Rent-burdened households · low15.4%
95/100Texas 51.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Public libraries · high2.3 /10k
93/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesColorado County value
Public EV charging ports · high15.4 /10k
91/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyColorado County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
90/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Grocery stores · high2.3 /10k
84/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsColorado County value

Weaknesses

Uninsured residents (under 65) · high32.1%
2/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Traffic deaths · high47.7 /100k
2/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataColorado County value
Mental health providers · low33 /100k
3/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColorado County value
Hot days · high123 days
3/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationColorado County value
Dentists · low24 /100k
7/100Texas 63 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteColorado County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100Texas 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesColorado County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
3,739 (2015-2019) → 3,485 (2020-2024)
−6.8%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
0.6 /1k (2021) → 1.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+150%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
High school diploma or higherImproving
70.7% (2015-2019) → 86.4% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
28.8% (2015-2019) → 15.4% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$44,500 (2015-2019) → $69,205 (2020-2024)
+56%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
9.9% (2015-2019) → 20.3% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Eagle Lake, Texas improved on 4 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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.

Improved4

High school++16 points70.7% → 86.4%
Inequality−0.1320.525 → 0.393
Rent / income−9 points26.1% → 17.1%
Bachelor's++10 points9.9% → 20.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Eagle Lake, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.7 min2015-2019	27.0 min2020-2024	−0.7 min	Within the margin of error	56%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%2015-2019	20.3%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	91%
Broadband subscriptions	80.9%2015-2019	86.0%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Child poverty rate	23.1%2015-2019	16.7%2020-2024	−6.4 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Effective property tax rate	1.38%2015-2019	1.04%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	79%
High school diploma or higher	70.7%2015-2019	86.4%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	99%
Home price to income ratio	1.4×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	+0.6×	Within the margin of error	44%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5252015-2019	0.3932020-2024	−0.132	Improved	98%
Median household income	$44,5002015-2019	$69,2052020-2024	+56%	Within the margin of error	88%
Poverty rate	16.3%2015-2019	14.1%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	26.1%2015-2019	17.1%2020-2024	−9 points	Improved	92%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	24.2%2015-2019	32.1%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Within the margin of error	5%

“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 Eagle Lake, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Eagle Lake, 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, Eagle Lake, Texas itself moved +14.9 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

3,485 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: 20–29 men (+8.2 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,485 residents (±14)

Eagle Lake, Texas
Texas share

White20%†698
Black15%†510
Hispanic or Latino63%2,210

Education

2,110 residents (±233)

Eagle Lake, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma14%†287
High school or GED34%718
Some college27%†575

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

1,103 households (±182)

Eagle Lake, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k9.5%†105
$25k–50k22%†245
$50k–75k19%†212
$75k–100k19%†206
$100k–150k17%†189
$150k–200k6.2%†68
$200k or more7.1%†78

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−17.8 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

1,103 households (±182)

Eagle Lake, Texas
Texas share

Own72%797
Rent28%†306

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

306 households (±115)

Eagle Lake, Texas
Texas share

Under $7508.8%†27
$750–1,00024%†72
$1,000–1,50059%†181

Home values

797 homes (±177)

Eagle Lake, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k55%†441
$150k–250k30%†240
$250k–400k13%†101

Age of homes

1,385 homes (±215)

Eagle Lake, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later2.7%†37
2000–20093.2%†44
1980–199919%†264

Size of homes

1,385 homes (±215)

Eagle Lake, Texas
Texas share

Studio1.3%†18
1 bedroom1.4%†20
2 bedrooms35%†480

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

1,660 workers (±294)

Eagle Lake, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone74%1,234
Carpool15%†243
Public transit0.0%0
Walk7.2%†120
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.0%†50
Other0.8%†13

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−13.4 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,610 workers (±296)

Eagle Lake, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min48%†769
15–29 min19%†313
30–44 min16%†259

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 Colorado County, the county holding most of Eagle Lake's residents.

Colorado County has 563 employer establishments, 265 for every 10,000 residents (1.07× the US rate of 248; 1.21× Texas's), with 6,733 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,573. The Census Bureau also counts 2,310 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 563; 2,310 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 265; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 6,733
Average annual pay: $50,573; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	39	18.4	1.19×About typical	210	$55,276	230
Restaurants and other eating places	36	17	0.92×About typical	409	$23,518	23
Ambulatory health care services	29	13.7	0.66×Fewer than typical	221	$56,326	98
Religious organizations	25	11.8	2.12×More than typical	117	$21,333	—
Truck transportation	24	11.3	2.24×More than typical	122	$59,541	98
Limited-service restaurants	17	8	1.00×About typical	221	$20,661	6
Automotive repair and maintenance	16	7.5	1.50×More than typical	58	$42,638	34
Gasoline stations	15	7.1	2.18×More than typical	160	$34,288	—
Lessors of real estate	15	7.1	0.57×Fewer than typical	16	$27,125	196
Offices of physicians	15	7.1	1.09×About typical	111	$61,423	12
Services to buildings and dwellings	15	7.1	1.05×About typical	55	$32,964	215
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	14	6.6	2.48×More than typical	213	$63,592	15

Rank places for an industry Open Colorado County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 21,226 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 $7,544 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Eagle Lake, Texas: $2.16 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $7,544; +175% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2.16; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.9%; 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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$7,546100%

Top recipients

GROUND LEVEL, INC.$3,96453%
VIRIDESCENT CONTRACTING, LLC$2,78037%
MDS LAND SURVEYING INC$7429.8%
TEXAS WILDLIFE DAMAGE MANAGEMENT SERVICE$2943.9%
SCHUSTER MULCH & CONSTRUCTION, LLC$00.0%
COLORADO COUNTY RICE MILL, INC.-$1.490.0%
BPM SERVICES INC-$2350.0%

Spending by fiscal year

20.7KFY2017
24.4KFY2018
88.2KFY2019
13.1KFY2020
1.8KFY2021
195.7KFY2022
3.3KFY2023
30.9KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for forestry · 1153$6,74489%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$7429.8%
Hunting and trapping · 1142$2943.9%

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 Eagle Lake, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Eagle Lake, Texas's figures are part of those of Colorado County, TX ($246.2K in FY2026), never added to them: 3.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Colorado 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.

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

House

Michael T. McCaulR-TX-10 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 14.4%

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.

Colorado County36100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Colorado 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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