City · Gonzales County, Texas

Nixon, Texas

Nixon is a city in Gonzales County, Texas, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area. It has 2,231 residents. Nixon, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 6 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,670 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #852 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), home price to income ratio (low) and new homes permitted (high). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and traffic deaths (high).

6Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,670 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #852 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 2,231 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,427.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4851588

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety10#14,022/15,637
Economy23#12,022/15,631
Housing62#5,698/14,977
Health30#10,939/15,609
Healthcare4#15,035/15,650
Environment35#9,996/15,453
Education4#14,992/15,649
Infrastructure5#14,935/15,650
Community19#12,728/15,651
Leisure & amenities16#13,106/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Time spent in the emergency room · low70 min
100/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGonzales County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.0×
91/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
New homes permitted · high9.0 /1k
86/100Texas 6.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Public libraries · high1.5 /10k
86/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesGonzales County value
Child care cost burden · low23.5%
82/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGonzales County value
Social associations · high13.1 /10k
82/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGonzales County value

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low3.3%
1/100Texas 33.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.5 /10k
1/100Texas 3.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGonzales County value
Traffic deaths · high51.4 /100k
2/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataGonzales County value
Hot days · high135 days
2/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGonzales County value
Drought exposure · high100%
2/100Texas 57%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAGonzales County value
Reading scores · low2.49
2/100Texas 2.89United States 3.052018University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGonzales County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,510 (2015-2019) → 2,231 (2020-2024)
−11%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
25.3% (2015-2019) → 3.0% (2020-2024)
−22 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
62.9% (2015-2019) → 81.0% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
21.2% (2015-2019) → 32.9% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.3× (2015-2019) → 2.0× (2020-2024)
+55%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeWorsening
$57,460 (2015-2019) → $37,838 (2020-2024)
−34%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Nixon, Texas improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 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+18 points62.9% → 81.0%

Declined3

Household income−34%$57,460 → $37,838
Inequality+0.0780.378 → 0.456
Price / income+0.7×1.3× → 2.0×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Nixon, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.9 min2015-2019	26.2 min2020-2024	+1.3 min	Within the margin of error	33%
Broadband subscriptions	62.9%2015-2019	81.0%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	87%
Effective property tax rate	1.02%2015-2019	1.50%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	0%
High school diploma or higher	60.2%2015-2019	66.5%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Home price to income ratio	1.3×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	36%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3782015-2019	0.4562020-2024	+0.078	Declined	8%
Median household income	$57,4602015-2019	$37,8382020-2024	−34%	Declined	0%
Poverty rate	16.8%2015-2019	18.1%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	18.6%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	+6.2 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Rent-burdened households	21.2%2015-2019	32.9%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	32.3%2015-2019	28.0%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Within the margin of error	84%

“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 Nixon, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Nixon, 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, Nixon, Texas itself moved −19 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

2,231 residents (±463)

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: 20–29 men (−5.1 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

2,231 residents (±463)

Nixon, Texas
Texas share

White15%†330
Black2.6%†58
Hispanic or Latino81%1,801

Education

1,402 residents (±302)

Nixon, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma33%†469
High school or GED41%†568
Some college19%†

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

822 households (±152)

Nixon, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k35%†290
$25k–50k24%†198
$50k–75k9.2%†76
$75k–100k13%†108
$100k–150k14%†116
$150k–200k3.8%†31
$200k or more0.4%†3

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−18.0 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

822 households (±152)

Nixon, Texas
Texas share

Own67%549
Rent33%†273

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

170 households (±97)

Nixon, Texas
Texas share

Under $75047%†80
$750–1,0006.5%†11
$1,000–1,50046%†79

Home values

549 homes (±142)

Nixon, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k77%†424
$150k–250k13%†69
$250k–400k5.3%†29

Age of homes

927 homes (±151)

Nixon, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later8.7%†81
2000–20090.9%†8
1980–199940%†373

Size of homes

927 homes (±151)

Nixon, Texas
Texas share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom8.5%†79
2 bedrooms33%†304

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

1,048 workers (±251)

Nixon, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone83%873
Carpool7.0%†73
Public transit0.0%0
Walk9.7%†102
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.0%0
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

1,048 workers (±251)

Nixon, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min45%†474
15–29 min2.3%†24
30–44 min35%†366

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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, 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 Gonzales County, the county holding most of Nixon's residents.

Gonzales County has 405 employer establishments, 202 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248; 0.93× Texas's), with 4,950 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,255. The Census Bureau also counts 1,781 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 405; 1,781 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 202; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 4,950
Average annual pay: $48,255; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	36	18	0.98×About typical	442	$21,357	21
Religious organizations	26	13	2.34×More than typical	108	$18,083	—
Truck transportation	20	10	1.97×More than typical	203	$60,951	76
Full-service restaurants	18	9	1.17×About typical	143	$20,615	10
Specialty trade contractors	18	9	0.58×Fewer than typical	66	$49,985	221
Gasoline stations	16	8	2.46×More than typical	125	$25,536	—
Ambulatory health care services	15	7.5	0.36×Fewer than typical	130	$51,662	46
Limited-service restaurants	14	7	0.87×About typical	273	$22,267	8
Building equipment contractors	13	6.5	1.08×About typical	42	$42,405	35
Management, scientific and technical consulting	11	5.5	0.82×About typical	15	$45,200	60
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	4.5	0.89×Too few to compare	48	$37,813	37
Construction of buildings	9	4.5	0.59×Too few to compare	26	$44,808	69

Rank places for an industry Open Gonzales County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 20,028 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 Nixon, Texas: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
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

368.8FY2017
6.6FY2025

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

Nixon, Texas's figures are part of those of Gonzales County, TX and Wilson County, TX ($87K 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: Nixon is mostly in Gonzales County.

See federal money in Gonzales 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.

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