City · Sabine County, Texas

Hemphill, Texas

Hemphill is a city in Sabine County, Texas. It has 1,488 residents. Hemphill, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 16 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,165 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #595 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), homicide rate (low) and home price to income ratio (low). It ranks worst on arts, entertainment and recreation (low), mental health providers (low) and high school diploma or higher (low).

16Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,165 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #595 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,488 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 586.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 4833188

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.

Safety67#5,089/15,637
Economy22#12,168/15,631
Housing47#7,895/14,977
Health16#13,181/15,609
Healthcare4#15,080/15,650
Environment22#12,108/15,453
Education28#11,283/15,649
Infrastructure11#13,883/15,650
Community58#6,636/15,651
Leisure & amenities15#13,269/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hemphill, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Sabine 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 · low10.7×
96/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsSabine County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Texas 5.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSabine County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
93/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public libraries · high2.0 /10k
91/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesSabine County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low116 min
89/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSabine County value
Property crime rate · low520 /100k
88/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSabine County value

Weaknesses

Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Texas 3.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSabine County value
Mental health providers · low30 /100k
2/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSabine County value
High school diploma or higher · low75.9%
3/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergySabine County value
Premature death · high14,995 /100k
4/100Texas 7,960 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSabine County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Texas 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSabine County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,319 (2015-2019) → 1,488 (2020-2024)
+13%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
41.9% (2015-2019) → 13.9% (2020-2024)
−28 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$28,333 (2015-2019) → $67,260 (2020-2024)
+137%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
35.9% (2015-2019) → 16.6% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
67.0% (2015-2019) → 85.9% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
58.9% (2015-2019) → 47.2% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Hemphill, Texas improved on 2 of 11 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.

Improved2

Household income+137%$28,333 → $67,260
Poverty−19 points35.9% → 16.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Hemphill, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%2015-2019	20.9%2020-2024	+7 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Broadband subscriptions	67.0%2015-2019	85.9%2020-2024	+19 points	Within the margin of error	88%
High school diploma or higher	75.4%2015-2019	75.9%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	−1.3×	Within the margin of error	98%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4822015-2019	0.4232020-2024	−0.058	Within the margin of error	87%
Median household income	$28,3332015-2019	$67,2602020-2024	+137%	Improved	100%
Poverty rate	35.9%2015-2019	16.6%2020-2024	−19 points	Improved	99%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	32.7%2015-2019	26.4%2020-2024	−6.3 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Rent-burdened households	58.9%2015-2019	47.2%2020-2024	−12 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.5%2015-2019	17.2%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%

“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 Hemphill, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hemphill, 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, Hemphill, Texas itself moved +29.4 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,488 residents (±391)

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

531 households (±163)

Hemphill, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k23%†121
$25k–50k15%†79
$50k–75k16%†

Homes

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

Owners and renters

531 households (±163)

Hemphill, Texas
Texas share

Own65%†345
Rent35%†186

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

513 workers (±218)

Hemphill, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone68%†349
Carpool25%†127
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 Sabine County, the county holding most of Hemphill's residents.

Sabine County has 196 employer establishments, 193 for every 10,000 residents (0.78× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Texas's), with 1,748 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,348. The Census Bureau also counts 853 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 196; 853 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 193; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 1,748
Average annual pay: $47,348; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	14	13.8	2.49×More than typical	35	$21,771	—
Specialty trade contractors	11	10.9	0.70×Fewer than typical	71	$51,944	95
Truck transportation	11	10.9	2.15×More than typical	44	$43,568	39
Ambulatory health care services	9	8.9	0.43×Too few to compare	61	$40,902	21
Restaurants and other eating places	9	8.9	0.48×Too few to compare	64	$18,750	8
Gasoline stations	8	7.9	2.44×Too few to compare	67	$16,164	—
General merchandise stores	8	7.9	4.47×Too few to compare	63	$19,651	7
Management, scientific and technical consulting	8	7.9	1.18×Too few to compare	21	$41,190	17
Banks and credit unions	7	6.9	2.14×Too few to compare	41	$51,659	—
Construction of buildings	7	6.9	0.91×Too few to compare	110	$59,573	61
Lessors of real estate	7	6.9	0.56×Too few to compare	6	$42,333	51
Building equipment contractors	5	4.9	0.82×Too few to compare	20	$51,750	12

Rank places for an industry Open Sabine County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 10,133 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 $4,352 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Hemphill, Texas: $2.92 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4,352; +78% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2.92; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 39%; 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

Forest Service$4,352100%

Top recipients

RAVEN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC$1,81542%
RUSSELL BYRD$1,71039%
SPRINGFIELD SOLUTIONS LLC$52012%
AMSTABILITY, LLC$3067.0%

Spending by fiscal year

4.2KFY2017
4.3KFY2018
6.6KFY2019
7.9KFY2020
5KFY2021
5.7KFY2022
3.2KFY2023
3.9KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for forestry · 1153$1,81542%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$1,71039%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$52012%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$3067.0%

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

Hemphill, Texas's figures are part of those of Sabine County, TX ($493.8K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.9% of that total.

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

See federal money in Sabine 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.

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

House

Nathaniel MoranR-TX-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.3%

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.

Sabine County18100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Sabine 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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