City · Rains County, Texas

Emory, Texas

Emory is a city in Rains County, Texas. It has 1,207 residents. Emory, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,170 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #755 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), homicide rate (low) and child care cost burden (low). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), job growth (low) and distance to an emergency room (high).

9Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,170 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #755 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,207 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 615.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4824216

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 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.

Safety75#3,837/15,637
Economy11#13,896/15,631
Housing36#9,624/14,977
Health29#11,053/15,609
Healthcare2#15,388/15,650
Environment35#10,021/15,453
Education10#14,011/15,649
Infrastructure11#14,000/15,650
Community19#12,722/15,651
Leisure & amenities9#14,314/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Property crime rate · low372 /100k
94/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureRains County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Texas 5.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataRains County value
Child care cost burden · low20.8%
92/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRains County value
Violent crime rate · low109 /100k
83/100Texas 345 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureRains County value
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyRains County value
Comfortable days · high28.7%
72/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationRains County value

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low8 /100k
1/100Texas 61 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRains County value
Job growth · low-4.6%
2/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataRains County value
Distance to an emergency room · high20.6 mi
3/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesRains County value
Average weekly wage · low$861
3/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRains County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyRains County value
Median household income · low$36,500
4/100Texas $79,723United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,628 (2015-2019) → 1,207 (2020-2024)
−26%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
10.5% (2015-2019) → 54.7% (2020-2024)
+44 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.9× (2015-2019) → 6.0× (2020-2024)
+208%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
New homes permittedWorsening
5.9 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
55.3% (2015-2019) → 39.2% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateWorsening
17.1% (2015-2019) → 29.1% (2020-2024)
+12 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, Emory, Texas improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 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

Bachelor's++9.3 points12.1% → 21.4%

Declined1

Price / income+4.0×1.9× → 6.0×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Emory, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.0 min2015-2019	27.3 min2020-2024	−0.7 min	Within the margin of error	56%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%2015-2019	21.4%2020-2024	+9.3 points	Improved	88%
Broadband subscriptions	72.1%2015-2019	82.8%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	63%
High school diploma or higher	84.5%2015-2019	78.8%2020-2024	−5.7 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	6.0×2020-2024	+4.0×	Declined	0%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4232015-2019	0.4892020-2024	+0.066	Within the margin of error	11%
Median household income	$45,1042015-2019	$36,5002020-2024	−19%	Within the margin of error	1%
Poverty rate	17.1%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	31.2%2015-2019	27.7%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Rent-burdened households	55.3%2015-2019	39.2%2020-2024	−16 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	29.3%2015-2019	22.4%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Within the margin of error	92%

“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 Emory, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Emory, 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, Emory, Texas itself moved −5.9 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

1,207 residents (±312)

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: 30–39 men (−8.5 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,207 residents (±312)

Emory, Texas
Texas share

White88%1,059
Black8.4%†101
Hispanic or Latino2.2%†26

Education

779 residents (±223)

Emory, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma21%†165
High school or GED28%†216
Some college24%†

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

424 households (±121)

Emory, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k36%†152
$25k–50k32%†134
$50k–75k9.2%†39
$75k–100k5.4%†23
$100k–150k12%†52
$150k–200k3.3%†14
$200k or more2.4%†10

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 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

424 households (±121)

Emory, Texas
Texas share

Own48%†203
Rent52%†221

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

199 households (±72)

Emory, Texas
Texas share

Under $75039%†77
$750–1,00021%†41
$1,000–1,50034%†67

Home values

203 homes (±74)

Emory, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k35%†71
$150k–250k28%†56
$250k–400k21%†43

Age of homes

479 homes (±129)

Emory, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later24%†113
2000–20097.5%†36
1980–199922%†103

Size of homes

479 homes (±129)

Emory, Texas
Texas share

Studio1.0%†5
1 bedroom14%†65
2 bedrooms35%†168

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

388 workers (±134)

Emory, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone69%†266
Carpool8.2%†32
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.6%†10
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.0%†27
Other14%†53

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

361 workers (±121)

Emory, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min38%†136
15–29 min17%†63
30–44 min33%†119

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 Rains County, the county holding most of Emory's residents.

Rains County has 219 employer establishments, 168 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248; 0.77× Texas's), with 1,654 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,008. The Census Bureau also counts 1,218 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 219; 1,218 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 168; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 1,654
Average annual pay: $41,008; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	30	23	1.48×More than typical	204	$59,446	172
Restaurants and other eating places	21	16.1	0.88×About typical	226	$19,770	7
Building equipment contractors	20	15.3	2.54×More than typical	100	$60,010	45
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	13	10	3.01×More than typical	46	$56,239	26
Ambulatory health care services	12	9.2	0.44×Fewer than typical	56	$56,857	25
Religious organizations	11	8.4	1.52×More than typical	33	$16,758	—
Full-service restaurants	10	7.7	1.00×About typical	93	$23,011	4
Limited-service restaurants	10	7.7	0.95×About typical	133	$17,248	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	8	6.1	1.22×Too few to compare	41	$41,902	26
Lessors of real estate	8	6.1	0.50×Too few to compare	16	$55,750	82
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	7	5.4	2.17×Too few to compare	54	$63,222	19
Gasoline stations	7	5.4	1.65×Too few to compare	38	$22,316	—

Rank places for an industry Open Rains County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,064 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: Emory is mostly in Rains County.

See federal money in Rains 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.

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

House

Pat FallonR-TX-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.2%

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.

Rains County25100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Rains 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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