City · Young County, Texas

Graham, Texas

Graham is a city in Young County, Texas. It has 8,792 residents. Graham, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 24 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,864 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #425 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), average commute time (low) and job growth (high). It ranks worst on mammography screening (low), public EV charging ports (low) and mental health care shortage (high).

24Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,864 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #425 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 8,792 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 1,570.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 4830392

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.

Safety49#7,956/15,637
Economy44#8,724/15,631
Housing38#9,281/14,977
Health16#13,153/15,609
Healthcare20#12,523/15,650
Environment47#8,179/15,453
Education25#11,800/15,649
Infrastructure49#7,973/15,650
Community34#10,406/15,651
Leisure & amenities27#11,402/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Graham, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Young 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 · low343 /100k
95/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2024Federal Bureau of InvestigationYoung County value
Average commute time · low15.0 min
95/100Texas 26.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Job growth · high2.4%
91/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataYoung County value
Child care cost burden · low21.4%
90/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteYoung County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low115 min
90/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesYoung County value
Preventable hospital stays · low2,004 /100k
85/100Texas 2,991 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteYoung County value

Weaknesses

Mammography screening · low32.0%
3/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteYoung County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyYoung County value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Texas 14.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationYoung County value
Life expectancy · low70.8 yrs
4/100Texas 77.2 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteYoung County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high21.1%
5/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Suicide rate · high28.1 /100k
5/100Texas 14.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataYoung County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
0.6 /1k (2021) → 2.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+336%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateWorsening
9.7% (2015-2019) → 41.1% (2020-2024)
+31 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
28.6% (2015-2019) → 51.8% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.0% (2015-2019) → 92.4% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
15.8% (2015-2019) → 24.5% (2020-2024)
+8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$44,499 (2015-2019) → $63,587 (2020-2024)
+43%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Graham, Texas improved on 5 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 6 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.

Improved5

Property tax−0.7 points2.10% → 1.44%
Uninsured−8.4 points29.6% → 21.1%
Broadband+18 points74.0% → 92.4%
Bachelor's++8.6 points15.8% → 24.5%
Household income+43%$44,499 → $63,587

Declined3

Child poverty+31 points9.7% → 41.1%
Rent burden+23 points28.6% → 51.8%
Price / income+0.8×2.1× → 2.9×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Graham, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.9 min2015-2019	15.0 min2020-2024	−1.9 min	Within the margin of error	70%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%2015-2019	24.5%2020-2024	+8.6 points	Improved	86%
Broadband subscriptions	74.0%2015-2019	92.4%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	88%
Child poverty rate	9.7%2015-2019	41.1%2020-2024	+31 points	Declined	2%
Effective property tax rate	2.10%2015-2019	1.44%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Improved	96%
High school diploma or higher	81.8%2015-2019	84.6%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	32%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4422015-2019	0.4122020-2024	−0.030	Within the margin of error	74%
Median household income	$44,4992015-2019	$63,5872020-2024	+43%	Improved	78%
Poverty rate	11.1%2015-2019	18.4%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	26.2%2015-2019	31.1%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Rent-burdened households	28.6%2015-2019	51.8%2020-2024	+23 points	Declined	6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	29.6%2015-2019	21.1%2020-2024	−8.4 points	Improved	94%

“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 Graham, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Graham, 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, Graham, Texas itself moved +0.5 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

8,792 residents (±38)

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

3,566 households (±224)

Graham, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k15%†549
$25k–50k24%863
$50k–75k15%†534

Homes

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

Owners and renters

3,566 households (±224)

Graham, Texas
Texas share

Own67%2,392
Rent33%1,174

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

4,454 workers (±315)

Graham, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone79%3,521
Carpool17%738
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 Young County, the county holding most of Graham's residents.

Young County has 571 employer establishments, 314 for every 10,000 residents (1.27× the US rate of 248; 1.44× Texas's), with 5,803 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,048. The Census Bureau also counts 2,123 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 571; 2,123 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 314; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 5,803
Average annual pay: $58,048; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	39	21.5	1.17×About typical	544	$17,491	14
Ambulatory health care services	36	19.8	0.95×About typical	301	$53,495	82
Specialty trade contractors	35	19.3	1.24×About typical	197	$120,147	175
Religious organizations	24	13.2	2.38×More than typical	178	$19,876	—
Construction of buildings	22	12.1	1.60×More than typical	66	$53,879	90
Limited-service restaurants	21	11.6	1.44×More than typical	379	$16,198	6
Automotive repair and maintenance	18	9.9	1.97×More than typical	81	$48,012	23
Building equipment contractors	18	9.9	1.65×More than typical	66	$45,364	28
Full-service restaurants	16	8.8	1.15×About typical	156	$20,744	3
Lessors of real estate	16	8.8	0.72×Fewer than typical	28	$40,000	145
Truck transportation	12	6.6	1.31×More than typical	35	$52,657	79
Gasoline stations	11	6.1	1.87×More than typical	84	$27,131	—

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 18,161 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 Graham, Texas: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
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

176.3FY2024
288.8FY2025

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

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

See federal money in Young 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.

Graham, 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.

Young County48100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Young 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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