City · Wood County, Texas

Hawkins, Texas

Hawkins is a city in Wood County, Texas. It has 1,876 residents. Hawkins, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 19 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,683 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #531 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), property crime rate (low) and income inequality (Gini index) (low). It ranks worst on access to exercise opportunities (low), public EV charging ports (low) and grocery stores (low).

19Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,683 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #531 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,876 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 850.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4832816

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety50#7,739/15,637
Economy50#7,783/15,631
Housing45#8,164/14,977
Health12#13,676/15,609
Healthcare17#12,966/15,650
Environment24#11,678/15,453
Education36#10,009/15,649
Infrastructure37#9,933/15,650
Community30#10,939/15,651
Leisure & amenities7#14,577/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hawkins, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Wood 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 · high15.2 /10k
92/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWood County value
Property crime rate · low505 /100k
89/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationWood County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.342
88/100Texas 0.478United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Violent crime rate · low95 /100k
87/100Texas 345 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationWood County value
Child care cost burden · low22.6%
86/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWood County value
Natural hazard risk · low8.5
86/100Texas 39.62025Federal Emergency Management AgencyWood County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low37.0%
4/100Texas 82.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWood County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.4 /10k
8/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyWood County value
Grocery stores · low0.8 /10k
8/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWood County value
Mental health providers · low66 /100k
9/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWood County value
High school diploma or higher · low87.3%
10/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Flu vaccinations · low31.0%
10/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWood County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,337 (2015-2019) → 1,876 (2020-2024)
+40%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
75.0% (2015-2019) → 44.9% (2020-2024)
−30 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
51.0% (2015-2019) → 28.3% (2020-2024)
−23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.8% (2015-2019) → 93.2% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
29.8% (2015-2019) → 14.6% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$43,906 (2015-2019) → $72,404 (2020-2024)
+65%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, Hawkins, Texas improved on 3 of 12 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.

Improved3

Rent / income−23 points51.0% → 28.3%
Household income+65%$43,906 → $72,404
Inequality−0.0930.435 → 0.342

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Hawkins, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.5 min2015-2019	21.5 min2020-2024	−4.0 min	Within the margin of error	85%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%2015-2019	23.8%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Broadband subscriptions	73.8%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	+19 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Effective property tax rate	1.56%2015-2019	1.40%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
High school diploma or higher	90.0%2015-2019	87.3%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	55%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4352015-2019	0.3422020-2024	−0.093	Improved	95%
Median household income	$43,9062015-2019	$72,4042020-2024	+65%	Improved	93%
Poverty rate	18.3%2015-2019	13.3%2020-2024	−5 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	51.0%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	−23 points	Improved	99%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	20.1%2015-2019	15.2%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	86%

“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 Hawkins, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hawkins, 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, Hawkins, Texas itself moved +18.3 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

1,876 residents (±422)

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

657 households (±149)

Hawkins, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k5.6%†37
$25k–50k26%†174
$50k–75k21%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

657 households (±149)

Hawkins, Texas
Texas share

Own74%485
Rent26%†172

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

881 workers (±237)

Hawkins, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone84%†737
Carpool13%†112
Public transit

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 Wood County, the county holding most of Hawkins's residents.

Wood County has 904 employer establishments, 188 for every 10,000 residents (0.76× the US rate of 248; 0.86× Texas's), with 8,596 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,779. The Census Bureau also counts 4,359 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 904; 4,359 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 188; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 8,596
Average annual pay: $44,779; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	82	17	1.10×About typical	504	$58,673	479
Restaurants and other eating places	72	15	0.81×About typical	1,010	$18,842	39
Religious organizations	60	12.5	2.25×More than typical	262	$20,824	—
Ambulatory health care services	47	9.8	0.47×Fewer than typical	334	$81,033	101
Full-service restaurants	39	8.1	1.06×About typical	476	$20,401	17
Lessors of real estate	36	7.5	0.61×Fewer than typical	54	$32,037	300
Construction of buildings	29	6	0.80×Fewer than typical	125	$70,800	255
Building equipment contractors	28	5.8	0.97×About typical	219	$65,717	88
Limited-service restaurants	23	4.8	0.60×Fewer than typical	495	$17,358	11
Automotive repair and maintenance	22	4.6	0.91×About typical	115	$42,617	86
Gasoline stations	22	4.6	1.41×More than typical	161	$23,391	—
Banks and credit unions	21	4.4	1.35×More than typical	207	$57,391	4

Rank places for an industry Open Wood County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 48,106 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: Hawkins is mostly in Wood County.

See federal money in Wood 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.

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

House

Lance GoodenR-TX-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.9%

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.

Wood County25100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Wood 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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