City · Fannin County, Texas

Honey Grove, Texas

Honey Grove is a city in Fannin County, Texas, part of the Bonham, TX metro area. It has 1,824 residents. Honey Grove, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 6 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,690 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #858 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), job growth (high) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), primary care physicians (low) and income inequality (Gini index) (high).

6Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,690 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #858 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,824 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 611.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4834700

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety36#10,009/15,637
Economy34#10,323/15,631
Housing60#6,063/14,977
Health19#12,606/15,609
Healthcare3#15,109/15,650
Environment12#13,611/15,453
Education28#11,309/15,649
Infrastructure1#15,463/15,650
Community9#14,185/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,494/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Child care cost burden · low22.1%
88/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFannin County value
Job growth · high1.9%
87/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataFannin County value
Drug overdose deaths · low10.0 /100k
81/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataFannin County value
Students per teacher · low12.2×
80/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsFannin County value
Rent-burdened households · low44.1%
78/100Texas 51.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Property crime rate · low684 /100k
77/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureFannin County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
2/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFannin County value
Primary care physicians · low16 /100k
3/100Texas 61 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFannin County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.567
3/100Texas 0.478United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Traffic deaths · high39.1 /100k
3/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataFannin County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low33.6%
3/100Texas 82.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFannin County value
Broadband subscriptions · low76.8%
4/100Texas 91.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,092 (2015-2019) → 1,824 (2020-2024)
−13%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
27.8% (2015-2019) → 44.1% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.8× (2015-2019) → 3.3× (2020-2024)
+78%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateImproving
27.6% (2015-2019) → 13.5% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.0% (2015-2019) → 76.8% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
22.2% (2015-2019) → 14.4% (2020-2024)
−7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Honey Grove, Texas improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 8 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

Property tax−0.8 points2.01% → 1.20%
Child poverty−14 points27.6% → 13.5%
Broadband+13 points64.0% → 76.8%

Declined3

Inequality+0.1510.416 → 0.567
Price / income+1.4×1.8× → 3.3×
Rent burden+16 points27.8% → 44.1%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Honey Grove, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.1 min2015-2019	27.4 min2020-2024	+7.2 min	Within the margin of error	5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%2015-2019	15.1%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Broadband subscriptions	64.0%2015-2019	76.8%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	72%
Child poverty rate	27.6%2015-2019	13.5%2020-2024	−14 points	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	2.01%2015-2019	1.20%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Improved	98%
High school diploma or higher	84.1%2015-2019	89.5%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+1.4×	Declined	10%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4162015-2019	0.5672020-2024	+0.151	Declined	1%
Median household income	$42,5002015-2019	$46,7132020-2024	+9.9%	Within the margin of error	17%
Poverty rate	20.0%2015-2019	13.1%2020-2024	−6.9 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.7%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Rent-burdened households	27.8%2015-2019	44.1%2020-2024	+16 points	Declined	13%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	22.2%2015-2019	14.4%2020-2024	−7.7 points	Within the margin of error	93%

“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 Honey Grove, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Honey Grove, 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, Honey Grove, Texas itself moved −18.3 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

1,824 residents (±339)

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

738 households (±140)

Honey Grove, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k36%†265
$25k–50k20%†148
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

738 households (±140)

Honey Grove, Texas
Texas share

Own62%459
Rent38%†279

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

793 workers (±195)

Honey Grove, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone75%591
Carpool18%†139
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Bonham, TX

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 Fannin County, the county holding most of Honey Grove's residents.

Fannin County has 530 employer establishments, 140 for every 10,000 residents (0.56× the US rate of 248; 0.64× Texas's), with 5,892 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,843. The Census Bureau also counts 3,185 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 530; 3,185 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 140; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 5,892
Average annual pay: $45,843; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	49	12.9	0.84×About typical	619	$64,882	431
Religious organizations	36	9.5	1.71×More than typical	101	$18,347	—
Restaurants and other eating places	30	7.9	0.43×Fewer than typical	684	$15,693	18
Ambulatory health care services	23	6.1	0.29×Fewer than typical	122	$46,648	70
Building equipment contractors	22	5.8	0.97×About typical	220	$53,436	99
Automotive repair and maintenance	19	5	1.00×About typical	96	$40,677	68
Lessors of real estate	18	4.8	0.39×Fewer than typical	39	$36,718	206
Truck transportation	18	4.8	0.94×About typical	57	$42,526	99
Insurance agencies and brokerages	15	4	0.90×About typical	52	$43,904	51
Gasoline stations	14	3.7	1.14×About typical	154	$19,636	—
Construction of buildings	13	3.4	0.45×Fewer than typical	37	$36,297	196
Full-service restaurants	13	3.4	0.45×Fewer than typical	209	$17,593	6

Rank places for an industry Open Fannin County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 37,858 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 Honey Grove, Texas: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
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

160FY2018
0FY2019
32.4FY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Honey Grove, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Honey Grove, Texas's figures are part of those of Fannin County, TX ($7.2M 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: Honey Grove is mostly in Fannin County.

See federal money in Fannin 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.

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

House

Pat FallonR-TX-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.2%

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.

Fannin County12100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Bonham, TX12

Other cities and towns in Fannin 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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