Scores by category

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

Safety52#7,475/15,637
Economy66#5,316/15,631
Housing60#5,923/14,977
Health36#10,054/15,609
Healthcare2#15,351/15,650
Environment44#8,724/15,453
Education12#13,805/15,649
Infrastructure64#5,631/15,650
Community37#9,816/15,651
Leisure & amenities5#14,923/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

New homes permitted · high98.1 /1k
100/100Texas 6.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Unemployment rate · low1.0%
92/100Texas 4.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Child care cost burden · low22.0%
88/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWise County value
Job growth · high1.9%
87/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataWise County value
Broadband subscriptions · high97.0%
85/100Texas 91.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Property crime rate · low589 /100k
84/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationWise County value

Weaknesses

Uninsured residents (under 65) · high27.9%
2/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Distance to an emergency room · high18.2 mi
4/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWise County value
High ozone days · high13 days
4/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWise County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low38.3%
5/100Texas 82.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWise County value
Dentists · low22 /100k
5/100Texas 63 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWise County value
Restaurants and bars · low4.4 /10k
7/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWise County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,347 (2015-2019) → 1,570 (2020-2024)
+17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
3.4% (2015-2019) → 55.8% (2020-2024)
+52 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateWorsening
4.1% (2015-2019) → 28.9% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.5% (2015-2019) → 97.0% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.5× (2015-2019) → 2.5× (2020-2024)
+75%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
14.3% (2015-2019) → 27.9% (2020-2024)
+14 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, New Fairview, Texas improved on 2 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 4 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.

Improved2

Broadband+15 points81.5% → 97.0%
Household income+27%$72,500 → $91,806

Declined2

Uninsured+14 points14.3% → 27.9%
Price / income+1.1×1.5× → 2.5×

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of New Fairview, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	39.8 min2015-2019	39.3 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	54%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Broadband subscriptions	81.5%2015-2019	97.0%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	81%
High school diploma or higher	91.4%2015-2019	85.6%2020-2024	−5.8 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Home price to income ratio	1.5×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	19%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3392015-2019	0.3962020-2024	+0.057	Within the margin of error	14%
Median household income	$72,5002015-2019	$91,8062020-2024	+27%	Improved	48%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.3%2015-2019	27.9%2020-2024	+14 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 New Fairview, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of New Fairview, 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, New Fairview, Texas itself moved −6.3 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

1,570 residents (±500)

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 (+5.7 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

1,570 residents (±500)

New Fairview, Texas
Texas share

White45%†707
Black0.3%†4
Hispanic or Latino51%†806

Education

883 residents (±235)

New Fairview, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma14%†127
High school or GED42%367
Some college24%†215

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

429 households (±107)

New Fairview, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k12%†53
$25k–50k17%†71
$50k–75k14%†60
$75k–100k15%†63
$100k–150k21%†91
$150k–200k15%†63
$200k or more6.5%†28

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 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

429 households (±107)

New Fairview, Texas
Texas share

Own88%377
Rent12%†52

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

17 households (±13)

New Fairview, Texas
Texas share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50053%†9

Home values

377 homes (±91)

New Fairview, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k36%†134
$150k–250k17%†64
$250k–400k21%†81

Age of homes

497 homes (±114)

New Fairview, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later16%†82
2000–200927%†136
1980–199948%†241

Size of homes

497 homes (±114)

New Fairview, Texas
Texas share

Studio0.6%†3
1 bedroom2.2%†11
2 bedrooms3.2%†16

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

734 workers (±209)

New Fairview, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone73%†535
Carpool18%†130
Public transit1.8%†13
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.5%†55
Other0.1%†1

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−13.3 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

679 workers (±203)

New Fairview, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min2.8%†19
15–29 min31%†209
30–44 min41%†279

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 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 Wise County, the county holding most of New Fairview's residents.

Wise County has 1,604 employer establishments, 206 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.94× Texas's), with 20,150 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,833. The Census Bureau also counts 8,301 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,604; 8,301 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 206; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 20,150
Average annual pay: $57,833; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	186	23.8	1.54×More than typical	1,656	$66,589	947
Ambulatory health care services	107	13.7	0.66×Fewer than typical	1,169	$39,933	247
Restaurants and other eating places	92	11.8	0.64×Fewer than typical	1,658	$22,826	45
Building equipment contractors	70	9	1.49×More than typical	365	$53,184	184
Lessors of real estate	68	8.7	0.71×Fewer than typical	228	$31,820	643
Truck transportation	67	8.6	1.70×More than typical	421	$65,238	382
Religious organizations	64	8.2	1.48×More than typical	902	$62,700	—
Construction of buildings	62	7.9	1.05×About typical	212	$80,189	362
Offices of physicians	49	6.3	0.97×About typical	319	$75,890	39
Other specialty trade contractors	49	6.3	2.50×More than typical	560	$70,427	379
Automotive repair and maintenance	48	6.2	1.22×About typical	230	$52,813	233
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	47	6	1.91×More than typical	645	$72,546	213

Rank places for an industry Open Wise County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 78,012 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 $19.7K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in New Fairview, Texas: $12.54 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $19.7K; −77% vs FY2025
Per resident: $12.54; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 12%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$19.7K100%

Top recipients

AVIATION PRODUCTS INC$11.5K58%
DYSOL INC$9,16447%
THE LASTER WAY TRANSPORTATION LLC-$88.690.0%
B.C.I. LLC-$8850.0%

Spending by fiscal year

5.6KFY2017
28KFY2019
0FY2020
7.1KFY2021
1.2KFY2022
24.8KFY2024
84.3KFY2025
19.7KFY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Other nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing · 3279$8,92145%
Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing · 3259$5,01125%
Basic chemical manufacturing · 3251$3,26817%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$2,58113%

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 New Fairview, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

New Fairview, Texas's figures are part of those of Wise County, TX and Denton County, TX ($98.6M 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: New Fairview is mostly in Wise County.

See federal money in Wise 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.

New Fairview, Texas is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

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.

Wise County42100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX52

Other cities and towns in Wise 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

JSON · /api/v1/places/4850920

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends