Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety67#5,089/15,637
Economy14#13,365/15,631
Housing34#9,821/14,977
Health17#12,950/15,609
Healthcare4#15,099/15,650
Environment22#12,108/15,453
Education16#13,084/15,649
Infrastructure5#14,841/15,650
Community58#6,636/15,651
Leisure & amenities15#13,269/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Milam, 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
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
Social associations · high13.9 /10k
86/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSabine 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
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
Distance to an airport · high129 mi
4/100Texas 33 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauSabine County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,841 (2015-2019) → 1,258 (2020-2024)
−32%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
100.0% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−100 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
49.7% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−50 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
28.6% (2015-2019) → 14.9% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$35,761 (2015-2019) → $50,781 (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
17.7% (2015-2019) → 10.2% (2020-2024)
−7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Milam, Texas improved on 1 of 10 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.

Improved1

Child poverty−50 points49.7% → 0.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Milam, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%2015-2019	10.2%2020-2024	−7.4 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Broadband subscriptions	77.9%2015-2019	84.6%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Child poverty rate	49.7%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	−50 points	Improved	100%
Effective property tax rate	1.35%2015-2019	0.64%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	97%
High school diploma or higher	86.7%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+1.0×	Within the margin of error	23%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5242015-2019	0.4492020-2024	−0.076	Within the margin of error	92%
Median household income	$35,7612015-2019	$50,7812020-2024	+42%	Within the margin of error	76%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	100.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	−100 points	Within the margin of error	100%

“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 Milam, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Milam, 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, Milam, Texas itself moved +16.8 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

1,258 residents (±378)

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: 60–69 women (+12.2 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

1,258 residents (±378)

Milam, Texas
Texas share

White96%†1,205
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino1.6%†20

Education

1,074 residents (±274)

Milam, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma7.5%†81
High school or GED54%†577
Some college25%†

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

591 households (±148)

Milam, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k24%†142
$25k–50k25%†146
$50k–75k20%†120
$75k–100k25%†146
$100k–150k2.7%†16
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more3.6%†21

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (+17.0 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

591 households (±148)

Milam, Texas
Texas share

Own90%532
Rent10.0%†59

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

25 households (±38)

Milam, Texas
Texas share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,000100%†25
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

532 homes (±142)

Milam, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k30%†162
$150k–250k27%†146
$250k–400k32%†171

Age of homes

1,110 homes (±197)

Milam, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later32%†357
2000–200924%†269
1980–199929%†325

Size of homes

1,110 homes (±197)

Milam, Texas
Texas share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom2.3%†25
2 bedrooms48%†532

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

284 workers (±193)

Milam, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone66%†188
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit0.0%0
Walk3.5%†10
Bike0.0%0
Work from home30%†86
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+30.3 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

198 workers (±113)

Milam, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min22%†43
15–29 min12%†24
30–44 min45%†90

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 Sabine County, the county holding most of Milam'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 $29.1K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Milam, Texas: $23.17 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $29.1K; +78% vs FY2025
Per resident: $23.17; 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$29.1K100%

Top recipients

RAVEN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC$12.2K42%
RUSSELL BYRD$11.5K39%
SPRINGFIELD SOLUTIONS LLC$3,48512%
AMSTABILITY, LLC$2,0527.0%

Spending by fiscal year

27.9KFY2017
28.8KFY2018
43.9KFY2019
52.8KFY2020
33.8KFY2021
38.3KFY2022
21.7KFY2023
26KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for forestry · 1153$12.2K42%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$11.5K39%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$3,48512%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$2,0527.0%

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

Milam, Texas's figures are part of those of Sabine County, TX ($493.8K in FY2026), never added to them: 5.9% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Milam 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.

Milam, 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
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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