City · Upton County, Texas

McCamey, Texas

McCamey is a city in Upton County, Texas. It has 1,643 residents. McCamey, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 17 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,024 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #571 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on public libraries (high), job growth (high) and preventable hospital stays (low). It ranks worst on traffic deaths (high), dentists (low) and flu vaccinations (low).

17Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,024 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #571 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,643 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 811.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 4845432

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.

Safety90#1,594/15,637
Economy42#9,135/15,631
Housing41#8,818/14,977
Health24#11,900/15,609
Healthcare29#11,143/15,650
Environment37#9,659/15,453
Education8#14,385/15,649
Infrastructure0#15,584/15,650
Community8#14,371/15,651
Leisure & amenities18#12,799/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Public libraries · high9.6 /10k
100/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesUpton County value
Job growth · high17.4%
100/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataUpton County value
Preventable hospital stays · low873 /100k
100/100Texas 2,991 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteUpton County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Texas 13.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionUpton County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataUpton County value
Distance to an emergency room · low2.3 mi
98/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesUpton County value

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high94.2 /100k
0/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataUpton County value
Dentists · low0 /100k
0/100Texas 63 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteUpton County value
Flu vaccinations · low14.0%
0/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteUpton County value
Social associations · low0.0 /10k
0/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteUpton County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low2.4%
1/100Texas 33.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Texas 3.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsUpton County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,137 (2015-2019) → 1,643 (2020-2024)
−23%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
47.7% (2015-2019) → 72.2% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedImproving
0.6 /1k (2021) → 1.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+109%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
14.9% (2015-2019) → 33.3% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
52.5% (2015-2019) → 66.0% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.4× (2015-2019) → 2.2× (2020-2024)
+55%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, McCamey, Texas improved on 1 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved1

Broadband+24 points47.7% → 72.2%

Declined1

Uninsured+18 points14.9% → 33.3%

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of McCamey, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.9 min2015-2019	31.5 min2020-2024	+8.6 min	Within the margin of error	3%
Broadband subscriptions	47.7%2015-2019	72.2%2020-2024	+24 points	Improved	95%
Effective property tax rate	1.04%2015-2019	1.27%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	74.1%2015-2019	82.0%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Home price to income ratio	1.4×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.8×	Within the margin of error	31%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4262015-2019	0.4192020-2024	−0.007	Within the margin of error	57%
Median household income	$44,2592015-2019	$43,2032020-2024	−2.4%	Within the margin of error	6%
Poverty rate	14.7%2015-2019	17.1%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.9%2015-2019	33.3%2020-2024	+18 points	Declined	1%

“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 McCamey, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of McCamey, 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, McCamey, Texas itself moved −11.7 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

1,643 residents (±249)

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

711 households (±119)

McCamey, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k25%†175
$25k–50k31%†222
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

711 households (±119)

McCamey, Texas
Texas share

Own74%525
Rent26%†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

654 workers (±157)

McCamey, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone89%579
Carpool11%†75
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 Upton County, the county holding most of McCamey's residents.

Upton County has 107 employer establishments, 342 for every 10,000 residents (1.38× the US rate of 248; 1.57× Texas's), with 1,381 paid employees at an average annual pay of $86,999. The Census Bureau also counts 244 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 107; 244 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 342; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 1,381
Average annual pay: $86,999; US $68,342

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

Heavy and civil engineering construction	6	19.2	16.7×Too few to compare	67	$56,612	3
Truck transportation	6	19.2	3.80×Too few to compare	70	$70,814	4
Gasoline stations	5	16	4.93×Too few to compare	40	$32,700	—
Grocery and convenience stores	3	9.6	3.23×Too few to compare	21	$20,571	—
Restaurants and other eating places	3	9.6	0.52×Too few to compare	12	$7,583	3
Specialty trade contractors	3	9.6	0.62×Too few to compare	3	$47,000	23
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Ambulatory health care services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	5
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Architectural, engineering and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Upton County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 3,126 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 McCamey, 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

670.2FY2022
195.1FY2024
-311.9FY2025

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

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

See federal money in Upton 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.

McCamey, 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.

Upton County31100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Upton County

Largest first.

Rankin221,087

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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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved1

Declined1

Cities and towns like McCamey, Texas five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Local businesses

Federal contracts performed here

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

How this is estimated

Representation in Congress

Senate

County

Other cities and towns in Upton County

Similar cities and towns

Data and sources

Improved1

Declined1

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Senate

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

What was bought

How this is estimated