City · Haskell County, Texas

Haskell, Texas

Haskell is a city in Haskell County, Texas. It has 2,817 residents. Haskell, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 19 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,746 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #539 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), drug overdose deaths (low) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on restaurants and bars (low), primary care shortage (high) and mammography screening (low).

19Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,746 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #539 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 2,817 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 783.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 4832696

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.

Safety48#8,165/15,637
Economy30#10,934/15,631
Housing46#8,040/14,977
Health28#11,315/15,609
Healthcare20#12,565/15,650
Environment62#5,842/15,453
Education21#12,378/15,649
Infrastructure9#14,304/15,650
Community32#10,712/15,651
Leisure & amenities14#13,499/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Job growth · high8.1%
99/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataHaskell 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 dataHaskell County value
Students per teacher · low9.8×
98/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsHaskell County value
Grocery stores · high3.6 /10k
97/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHaskell County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
96/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Social associations · high16.7 /10k
95/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHaskell County value

Weaknesses

Restaurants and bars · low0.0 /10k
0/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHaskell County value
Primary care shortage · high19.0
3/100Texas 5.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHaskell County value
Mammography screening · low31.0%
3/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHaskell County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyHaskell County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Texas 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHaskell County value
Hot days · high119 days
4/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationHaskell County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
3,195 (2015-2019) → 2,817 (2020-2024)
−12%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
34.5% (2015-2019) → 7.5% (2020-2024)
−27 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
57.9% (2015-2019) → 82.1% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
67.2% (2015-2019) → 83.9% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Poverty rateImproving
25.7% (2015-2019) → 12.6% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
8.9% (2015-2019) → 21.8% (2020-2024)
+13 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, Haskell, Texas improved on 5 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 7 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

High school++17 points67.2% → 83.9%
Poverty−13 points25.7% → 12.6%
Broadband+24 points57.9% → 82.1%
Bachelor's++13 points8.9% → 21.8%
Household income+41%$44,148 → $62,378

Declined1

Inequality+0.1880.402 → 0.591

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Haskell, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	15.2 min2015-2019	14.6 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	55%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%2015-2019	21.8%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	95%
Broadband subscriptions	57.9%2015-2019	82.1%2020-2024	+24 points	Improved	95%
Effective property tax rate	1.88%2015-2019	1.33%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	93%
High school diploma or higher	67.2%2015-2019	83.9%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	99%
Home price to income ratio	1.4×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	62%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4022015-2019	0.5912020-2024	+0.188	Declined	1%
Median household income	$44,1482015-2019	$62,3782020-2024	+41%	Improved	76%
Poverty rate	25.7%2015-2019	12.6%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	96%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	23.4%2015-2019	22.8%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	30.3%2015-2019	38.3%2020-2024	+8 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	23.8%2015-2019	19.6%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Within the margin of error	83%

“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 Haskell, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Haskell, 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, Haskell, Texas itself moved +0.1 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

2,817 residents (±312)

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

1,116 households (±121)

Haskell, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k18%†201
$25k–50k24%†272
$50k–75k13%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,116 households (±121)

Haskell, Texas
Texas share

Own64%711
Rent36%†405

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

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,491 workers (±232)

Haskell, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone70%1,045
Carpool18%†265
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 Haskell County, the county holding most of Haskell's residents.

Haskell County has 126 employer establishments, 231 for every 10,000 residents (0.93× the US rate of 248; 1.06× Texas's), with 1,098 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,203. The Census Bureau also counts 441 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 126; 441 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 231; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 1,098
Average annual pay: $39,203; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	9	16.5	2.98×Too few to compare	27	$13,889	—
Restaurants and other eating places	8	14.7	0.80×Too few to compare	95	$8,484	8
Automotive repair and maintenance	7	12.9	2.55×Too few to compare	16	$35,750	13
Truck transportation	7	12.9	2.54×Too few to compare	31	$57,129	14
Limited-service restaurants	6	11	1.37×Too few to compare	19	$17,263	—
Traveler accommodation	5	9.2	5.09×Too few to compare	20	$13,950	—
Banks and credit unions	4	7.3	2.27×Too few to compare	34	$48,294	—
Gasoline stations	4	7.3	2.27×Too few to compare	29	$22,000	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	4	7.3	1.67×Too few to compare	14	$43,786	8
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	3	5.5	1.35×Too few to compare	12	$22,750	6
Construction of buildings	3	5.5	0.73×Too few to compare	6	$38,333	17
Specialty trade contractors	3	5.5	0.36×Too few to compare	8	$49,625	43

Rank places for an industry Open Haskell County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,443 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 Haskell, Texas: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
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

0FY2017

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

Haskell, Texas's figures are part of those of Haskell County, TX ($341.4K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Haskell 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.

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

House

Jodey C. ArringtonR-TX-19 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.3%

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.

Haskell County33100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Haskell 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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