City · Pecos County, Texas

Iraan, Texas

Iraan is a city in Pecos County, Texas. It has 1,038 residents. Iraan, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 20 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,529 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #509 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent as share of income (low), unemployment rate (low) and public EV charging ports (high). It ranks worst on students per teacher (high), mammography screening (low) and voter turnout (low).

20Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,529 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #509 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,038 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,682.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4836128

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.

Safety34#10,367/15,637
Economy29#11,040/15,631
Housing86#2,119/14,977
Health16#13,123/15,609
Healthcare4#15,085/15,650
Environment69#4,829/15,453
Education7#14,606/15,649
Infrastructure33#10,500/15,650
Community7#14,540/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,153/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Rent as share of income · low9.0%
100/100Texas 30.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At most this value: the publisher's bottom bracket is open-ended
Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Texas 4.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Public EV charging ports · high19.2 /10k
95/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyPecos County value
Comfortable days · high33.6%
92/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPecos County value
Property crime rate · low433 /100k
92/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPecos County value
Public libraries · high2.0 /10k
91/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPecos County value

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high66.5×
0/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsPecos County value
Mammography screening · low21.0%
0/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePecos County value
Voter turnout · low41.3%
1/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionPecos County value
Flu vaccinations · low19.0%
1/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePecos County value
Mental health care shortage · high20.0
1/100Texas 14.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPecos County value
Traffic deaths · high55.1 /100k
1/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataPecos County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,150 (2015-2019) → 1,038 (2020-2024)
−9.7%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
42.7% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−43 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
10.3% (2015-2019) → 39.8% (2020-2024)
+29 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
26.3% (2015-2019) → 9.0% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.345 (2015-2019) → 0.507 (2020-2024)
+47%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
High school diploma or higherWorsening
83.2% (2015-2019) → 74.4% (2020-2024)
−8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Iraan, Texas improved on 1 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 5 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.

Improved1

Rent burden−43 points42.7% → 0.0%

Declined2

Household income−35%$66,705 → $43,490
Inequality+0.1620.345 → 0.507

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Iraan, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	74.1%2015-2019	69.2%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Effective property tax rate	0.99%2015-2019	1.12%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	5%
High school diploma or higher	83.2%2015-2019	74.4%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	47%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3452015-2019	0.5072020-2024	+0.162	Declined	1%
Median household income	$66,7052015-2019	$43,4902020-2024	−35%	Declined	0%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	42.7%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	−43 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 Iraan, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Iraan, 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, Iraan, Texas itself moved −24.4 points in standing on average over the same 7 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

1,038 residents (±466)

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: 10–19 men (−8.3 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

1,038 residents (±466)

Iraan, Texas
Texas share

White39%†405
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino61%†633

Education

739 residents (±270)

Iraan, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma26%†189
High school or GED30%†219
Some college29%†

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

441 households (±144)

Iraan, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k28%†122
$25k–50k29%†127
$50k–75k18%†79
$75k–100k0.0%0
$100k–150k5.0%†22
$150k–200k4.5%†20
$200k or more16%†71

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (−26.0 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

441 households (±144)

Iraan, Texas
Texas share

Own74%†327
Rent26%†114

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

114 households (±89)

Iraan, Texas
Texas share

Under $75074%†84
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50026%†30

Home values

327 homes (±113)

Iraan, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k91%†299
$150k–250k4.3%†14
$250k–400k4.3%†14

Age of homes

515 homes (±147)

Iraan, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later26%†133
2000–200917%†89
1980–19992.7%†14

Size of homes

515 homes (±147)

Iraan, Texas
Texas share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom11%†58
2 bedrooms26%†136

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

434 workers (±195)

Iraan, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone82%†355
Carpool14%†61
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home4.1%†18
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

416 workers (±188)

Iraan, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min77%†321
15–29 min2.4%†10
30–44 min13%†55

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 Pecos County, the county holding most of Iraan's residents.

Pecos County has 354 employer establishments, 241 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 1.10× Texas's), with 3,619 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,645. The Census Bureau also counts 1,083 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 354; 1,083 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 241; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 3,619
Average annual pay: $53,645; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	27	18.3	1.00×About typical	396	$19,338	15
Traveler accommodation	19	12.9	7.15×More than typical	230	$21,826	6
Ambulatory health care services	14	9.5	0.46×Fewer than typical	46	$65,457	9
Truck transportation	14	9.5	1.88×More than typical	128	$78,258	51
Specialty trade contractors	13	8.8	0.57×Fewer than typical	158	$59,222	132
Full-service restaurants	12	8.2	1.06×About typical	116	$21,897	7
Limited-service restaurants	12	8.2	1.02×About typical	268	$17,810	4
Automotive repair and maintenance	11	7.5	1.48×More than typical	40	$35,775	38
Gasoline stations	10	6.8	2.10×More than typical	198	$36,217	—
Religious organizations	9	6.1	1.10×Too few to compare	26	$13,154	—
Lessors of real estate	7	4.8	0.39×Too few to compare	27	$27,667	65
Other specialty trade contractors	7	4.8	1.89×Too few to compare	97	$60,402	42

Rank places for an industry Open Pecos County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,719 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: Iraan is mostly in Pecos County.

See federal money in Pecos 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.

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

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Pecos County26100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Pecos 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
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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