City · Hansford County, Texas

Gruver, Texas

Gruver is a city in Hansford County, Texas. It has 1,280 residents. Gruver, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 49 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,053 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #138 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), drug overdose deaths (low) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on arts, entertainment and recreation (low), pharmacies (low) and distance to an airport (high).

49Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,053 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #138 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,280 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,162.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 4831412

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.

Safety51#7,638/15,637
Economy45#8,639/15,631
Housing63#5,545/14,977
Health45#8,652/15,609
Healthcare20#12,579/15,650
Environment61#6,051/15,453
Education70#4,655/15,649
Infrastructure28#11,246/15,650
Community68#5,022/15,651
Leisure & amenities41#9,198/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Students per teacher · low9.0×
100/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsHansford County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHansford County value
Grocery stores · high4.1 /10k
98/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHansford County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low92 min
98/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHansford County value
Public libraries · high4.0 /10k
98/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesHansford County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.5×
98/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Weaknesses

Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Texas 3.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHansford County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Texas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHansford County value
Distance to an airport · high179 mi
1/100Texas 33 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauHansford County value
High school diploma or higher · low73.0%
3/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Flu vaccinations · low26.0%
3/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHansford County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyHansford County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,360 (2015-2019) → 1,280 (2020-2024)
−5.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
60.2% (2015-2019) → 7.4% (2020-2024)
−53 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
40.6% (2015-2019) → 17.8% (2020-2024)
−23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.8% (2015-2019) → 93.7% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
25.1% (2015-2019) → 10.4% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
20.9% (2015-2019) → 35.6% (2020-2024)
+15 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, Gruver, Texas improved on 5 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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

Rent / income−23 points40.6% → 17.8%
Uninsured−15 points25.1% → 10.4%
Bachelor's++15 points20.9% → 35.6%
Household income+65%$44,250 → $72,857
Broadband+19 points74.8% → 93.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Gruver, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.4 min2015-2019	20.0 min2020-2024	+0.6 min	Within the margin of error	40%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%2015-2019	35.6%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	97%
Broadband subscriptions	74.8%2015-2019	93.7%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	1.99%2015-2019	1.55%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	87%
High school diploma or higher	63.5%2015-2019	73.0%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	1.5×2020-2024	−1.3×	Within the margin of error	98%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3662015-2019	0.3902020-2024	+0.024	Within the margin of error	31%
Median household income	$44,2502015-2019	$72,8572020-2024	+65%	Improved	93%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	40.6%2015-2019	17.8%2020-2024	−23 points	Improved	99%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	25.1%2015-2019	10.4%2020-2024	−15 points	Improved	99%

“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 Gruver, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Gruver, 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, Gruver, Texas itself moved +24 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

1,280 residents (±228)

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: 60–69 women (+4.9 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,280 residents (±228)

Gruver, Texas
Texas share

White49%628
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino48%†609

Education

838 residents (±158)

Gruver, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma27%†226
High school or GED18%†148
Some college16%†

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

510 households (±90)

Gruver, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k16%†83
$25k–50k12%†59
$50k–75k23%†119
$75k–100k15%†79
$100k–150k22%†111
$150k–200k7.3%†37
$200k or more4.3%†22

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−29.0 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

510 households (±90)

Gruver, Texas
Texas share

Own80%409
Rent20%†101

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

94 households (±46)

Gruver, Texas
Texas share

Under $75033%†31
$750–1,00036%†34
$1,000–1,50031%†29

Home values

409 homes (±88)

Gruver, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k64%†260
$150k–250k24%†97
$250k–400k11%†46

Age of homes

579 homes (±92)

Gruver, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later9.3%†54
2000–20091.0%†6
1980–199923%†132

Size of homes

579 homes (±92)

Gruver, Texas
Texas share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom8.3%†48
2 bedrooms20%†114

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

702 workers (±142)

Gruver, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone81%567
Carpool16%†112
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.1%†8
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.1%†15
Other0.0%0

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

687 workers (±140)

Gruver, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min44%†303
15–29 min29%†200
30–44 min13%†92

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 Hansford County, the county holding most of Gruver's residents.

Hansford County has 148 employer establishments, 291 for every 10,000 residents (1.17× the US rate of 248; 1.33× Texas's), with 1,312 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,626. The Census Bureau also counts 476 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 148; 476 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 291; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 1,312
Average annual pay: $54,626; US $68,342

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

Automotive repair and maintenance	8	15.8	3.13×Too few to compare	19	$37,842	10
Religious organizations	8	15.8	2.84×Too few to compare	48	$13,833	—
Restaurants and other eating places	7	13.8	0.75×Too few to compare	64	$11,750	8
Specialty trade contractors	7	13.8	0.89×Too few to compare	128	$72,203	27
Insurance agencies and brokerages	6	11.8	2.69×Too few to compare	29	$35,724	17
Truck transportation	6	11.8	2.34×Too few to compare	24	$52,833	40
Building equipment contractors	5	9.8	1.64×Too few to compare	122	$74,451	—
Gasoline stations	5	9.8	3.04×Too few to compare	45	$41,667	—
Construction of buildings	4	7.9	1.04×Too few to compare	38	$33,500	8
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	4	7.9	3.18×Too few to compare	121	$74,884	—
Full-service restaurants	4	7.9	1.03×Too few to compare	30	$5,867	4
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	3	5.9	1.45×Too few to compare	7	$76,000	8

Rank places for an industry Open Hansford County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,078 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: Gruver is mostly in Hansford County.

See federal money in Hansford 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.

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

House

Ronny JacksonR-TX-13 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.7%

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.

Hansford County56100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Hansford 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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