City · Fayette County, Texas

La Grange, Texas

La Grange is a city in Fayette County, Texas. It has 4,452 residents. La Grange, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 37 out of 100 (low), ranking #9,832 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #234 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), average commute time (low) and job growth (high). It ranks worst on traffic deaths (high), distance to an emergency room (high) and hot days (high).

37Low

Quality-of-life score: #9,832 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #234 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 4,452 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 1,076.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4840276

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.

Safety62#5,870/15,637
Economy37#9,799/15,631
Housing21#11,894/14,977
Health49#8,031/15,609
Healthcare13#13,549/15,650
Environment49#7,896/15,453
Education44#8,762/15,649
Infrastructure23#12,052/15,650
Community62#5,975/15,651
Leisure & amenities79#3,286/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where La Grange, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Fayette 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 · high20.8 /10k
98/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFayette County value
Average commute time · low13.1 min
96/100Texas 26.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Job growth · high3.0%
94/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataFayette County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Texas 5.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFayette County value
Restaurants and bars · high12.6 /10k
89/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFayette County value
Property crime rate · low542 /100k
87/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationFayette County value

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high51.1 /100k
2/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataFayette County value
Distance to an emergency room · high19.0 mi
3/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFayette County value
Hot days · high122 days
4/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationFayette County value
Mental health providers · low51 /100k
6/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFayette County value
Broadband subscriptions · low78.3%
7/100Texas 91.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high18.5%
7/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010

Trends

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

Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.3× (2015-2019) → 6.3× (2020-2024)
+94%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateImproving
20.0% (2015-2019) → 5.4% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
1.4 /1k (2021) → 0.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−67%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
65.9% (2015-2019) → 78.3% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
18.1% (2015-2019) → 27.8% (2020-2024)
+9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Poverty rateImproving
19.8% (2015-2019) → 10.9% (2020-2024)
−9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, La Grange, Texas improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 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

Broadband+12 points65.9% → 78.3%

Declined1

Price / income+3.1×3.3× → 6.3×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of La Grange, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.7 min2015-2019	13.1 min2020-2024	−3.6 min	Within the margin of error	83%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	+9.7 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Broadband subscriptions	65.9%2015-2019	78.3%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	71%
Effective property tax rate	0.91%2015-2019	0.85%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
High school diploma or higher	82.6%2015-2019	90.9%2020-2024	+8.3 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	6.3×2020-2024	+3.1×	Declined	1%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4352015-2019	0.4952020-2024	+0.060	Within the margin of error	13%
Median household income	$49,4742015-2019	$53,5472020-2024	+8.2%	Within the margin of error	15%
Poverty rate	19.8%2015-2019	10.9%2020-2024	−9 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	53.2%2015-2019	56.4%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.3%2015-2019	18.5%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	33%

“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 La Grange, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of La Grange, 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, La Grange, Texas itself moved −3.9 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

4,452 residents (±22)

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

1,970 households (±159)

La Grange, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k22%†433
$25k–50k24%†480
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,970 households (±159)

La Grange, Texas
Texas share

Own55%1,083
Rent45%887

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−17.4 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,128 workers (±261)

La Grange, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone85%1,810
Carpool5.7%†122
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 Fayette County, the county holding most of La Grange's residents.

Fayette County has 771 employer establishments, 303 for every 10,000 residents (1.22× the US rate of 248; 1.39× Texas's), with 7,373 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,637. The Census Bureau also counts 2,972 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 771; 2,972 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 303; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 7,373
Average annual pay: $47,637; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	58	22.8	1.47×More than typical	485	$62,274	306
Restaurants and other eating places	54	21.2	1.16×About typical	772	$23,532	14
Ambulatory health care services	41	16.1	0.77×Fewer than typical	338	$47,121	90
Religious organizations	40	15.7	2.83×More than typical	248	$22,492	—
Full-service restaurants	30	11.8	1.54×More than typical	396	$24,801	8
Lessors of real estate	28	11	0.89×About typical	63	$51,048	306
Building equipment contractors	21	8.3	1.37×More than typical	190	$58,974	49
Gasoline stations	18	7.1	2.18×More than typical	221	$34,738	—
Limited-service restaurants	18	7.1	0.88×About typical	329	$22,453	3
Other specialty trade contractors	18	7.1	2.82×More than typical	232	$67,384	138
Banks and credit unions	16	6.3	1.95×More than typical	178	$70,787	4
Construction of buildings	16	6.3	0.83×About typical	38	$60,000	112

Rank places for an industry Open Fayette County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 25,436 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 La Grange, 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

21.2KFY2017
11.8KFY2018
2.2KFY2019
938.1FY2020
-2.2KFY2021
1.9KFY2022
1.3KFY2023
1.1KFY2024
-139FY2025

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 La Grange, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

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

See federal money in Fayette 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.

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

House

Michael T. McCaulR-TX-10 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 14.4%

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.

Fayette County53100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Fayette 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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