Census-designated place · Hood County, Texas

Pecan Plantation, Texas

Pecan Plantation is a census-designated place in Hood County, Texas, part of the Granbury, TX metro area. It has 6,452 residents. Pecan Plantation, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 53 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,386 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #121 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on food insecurity (low), poverty rate (low) and lack of reliable transportation (low). It ranks worst on unemployment rate (high), high ozone days (high) and hot days (high).

53Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,386 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #121 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 6,452 (2020-2024)
Land area: 7 mi²
Density: 869.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 4856498

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety42#9,089/15,637
Economy73#4,242/15,631
Housing47#7,934/14,977
Health63#5,730/15,609
Healthcare40#9,320/15,650
Environment34#10,263/15,453
Education67#5,204/15,649
Infrastructure61#6,029/15,650
Community47#8,316/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,096/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Food insecurity · low8.1%
92/100Texas 19.4%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Poverty rate · low3.5%
91/100Texas 13.4%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Lack of reliable transportation · low5.4%
91/100Texas 10.5%United States 8.3%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Texas 5.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHood County value
Broadband subscriptions · high96.3%
89/100Texas 91.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Poor or fair health · low12.7%
88/100Texas 23.2%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high19.2%
1/100Texas 4.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
High ozone days · high12 days
5/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyHood County value
Hot days · high105 days
8/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationHood County value
Suicide rate · high23.6 /100k
11/100Texas 14.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHood County value
Average commute time · high45.5 min
14/100Texas 26.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
14/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHood County value

Trends

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

Unemployment rateWorsening
4.0% (2015-2019) → 19.2% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.0× (2015-2019) → 4.0× (2020-2024)
+32%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateImproving
5.9% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
42.0% (2015-2019) → 47.3% (2020-2024)
+5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
23.0% (2015-2019) → 28.2% (2020-2024)
+5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$84,420 (2015-2019) → $104,993 (2020-2024)
+24%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, Pecan Plantation, Texas improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Rent / income+5.2 points23.0% → 28.2%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Pecan Plantation, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	42.0 min2015-2019	45.5 min2020-2024	+3.4 min	Within the margin of error	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%2015-2019	47.3%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Broadband subscriptions	91.7%2015-2019	96.3%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Effective property tax rate	1.22%2015-2019	0.90%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	76%
High school diploma or higher	97.4%2015-2019	99.2%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Home price to income ratio	3.0×2015-2019	4.0×2020-2024	+1.0×	Within the margin of error	23%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3962015-2019	0.3732020-2024	−0.022	Within the margin of error	69%
Median household income	$84,4202015-2019	$104,9932020-2024	+24%	Within the margin of error	43%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	23.0%2015-2019	28.2%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Declined	22%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.7%2015-2019	11.4%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	12%

“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 Pecan Plantation, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pecan Plantation, 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, Pecan Plantation, Texas itself moved −1.8 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

6,452 residents (±665)

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

2,767 households (±271)

Pecan Plantation, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k6.6%†182
$25k–50k11%†308
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,767 households (±271)

Pecan Plantation, Texas
Texas share

Own96%2,669
Rent3.5%†98

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

1,931 workers (±223)

Pecan Plantation, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone72%1,397
Carpool1.9%†37
Public transit0.0%0

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 Granbury, 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 Hood County, the county holding most of Pecan Plantation's residents.

Hood County has 1,552 employer establishments, 229 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248; 1.05× Texas's), with 15,655 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,330. The Census Bureau also counts 7,308 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,552; 7,308 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 229; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 15,655
Average annual pay: $45,330; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	135	19.9	1.29×More than typical	739	$61,472	787
Restaurants and other eating places	118	17.4	0.95×About typical	2,229	$18,798	30
Ambulatory health care services	115	17	0.81×About typical	871	$70,348	233
Lessors of real estate	69	10.2	0.83×About typical	130	$49,269	747
Construction of buildings	64	9.5	1.25×About typical	491	$72,711	356
Building equipment contractors	55	8.1	1.35×More than typical	349	$55,940	129
Limited-service restaurants	53	7.8	0.98×About typical	1,174	$17,437	5
Full-service restaurants	46	6.8	0.88×About typical	908	$19,913	21
Services to buildings and dwellings	46	6.8	1.01×About typical	212	$44,552	480
Management, scientific and technical consulting	43	6.3	0.95×About typical	93	$83,656	269
Religious organizations	43	6.3	1.14×About typical	465	$23,206	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	42	6.2	1.41×More than typical	131	$67,550	163

Rank places for an industry Open Hood County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 67,717 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 $112.1K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Pecan Plantation, Texas: $17.38 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $112.1K; +36% vs FY2025
Per resident: $17.38; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.1%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.2%; 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$112K99.8%
Department of the Navy$1700.2%

Top recipients

FABRICATION SPECIALTY INC$112.1K100%
INTELLIGENCE CONSULTING PARTNERS ICP LLC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

65.1KFY2017
118.4KFY2018
135.9KFY2019
122.3KFY2020
48KFY2021
62.2KFY2022
54.5KFY2023
44.6KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$87.1K78%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$15.9K14%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$3,1162.8%
Forging and stamping · 3321$2,2822.0%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$1,4011.2%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$7020.6%

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 Pecan Plantation, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Pecan Plantation, Texas's figures are part of those of Hood County, TX and Johnson County, TX ($18M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.6% of that total.

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

See federal money in Hood 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.

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

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Granbury, TX54

Other cities and towns in Hood 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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