City · Garza County, Texas

Post, Texas

Post is a city in Garza County, Texas, part of the Lubbock, TX metro area. It has 4,326 residents. Post, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 26 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,512 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #379 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), home price to income ratio (low) and firearm deaths (low). It ranks worst on traffic deaths (high), mammography screening (low) and restaurants and bars (low).

26Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,512 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #379 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 4,326 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 1,155.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 4859012

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 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.

Safety88#1,881/15,637
Economy15#13,290/15,631
Housing74#3,936/14,977
Health23#11,976/15,609
Healthcare2#15,309/15,650
Environment41#9,114/15,453
Education25#11,774/15,649
Infrastructure5#14,867/15,650
Community41#9,177/15,651
Leisure & amenities56#6,895/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Job growth · high14.5%
100/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataGarza County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.2×
100/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Texas 13.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGarza County value
Math scores · high3.60
99/100Texas 3.15United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGarza County value
Students per teacher · low10.5×
96/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsGarza County value
Rent-burdened households · low14.7%
95/100Texas 51.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high58.4 /100k
1/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataGarza County value
Mammography screening · low25.0%
1/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGarza County value
Restaurants and bars · low2.2 /10k
1/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGarza County value
Distance to an emergency room · high26.7 mi
1/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGarza County value
Voter turnout · low43.4%
1/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionGarza County value
Mental health providers · low22 /100k
1/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGarza County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
5,193 (2015-2019) → 4,326 (2020-2024)
−17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
48.0% (2015-2019) → 14.7% (2020-2024)
−33 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
32.5% (2015-2019) → 17.9% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
23.4% (2015-2019) → 9.8% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
29.5% (2015-2019) → 19.1% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
High school diploma or higherImproving
57.8% (2015-2019) → 67.1% (2020-2024)
+9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Post, Texas improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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

Poverty−14 points23.4% → 9.8%
Rent / income−10 points29.5% → 19.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Post, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.4 min2015-2019	22.5 min2020-2024	+3.0 min	Within the margin of error	19%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%2015-2019	7.7%2020-2024	−3.8 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	76.5%2015-2019	81.5%2020-2024	+5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Effective property tax rate	1.24%2015-2019	1.65%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	1%
High school diploma or higher	57.8%2015-2019	67.1%2020-2024	+9.3 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Home price to income ratio	1.5×2015-2019	1.2×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	91%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5022015-2019	0.3892020-2024	−0.113	Within the margin of error	97%
Median household income	$46,4752015-2019	$41,3042020-2024	−11%	Within the margin of error	3%
Poverty rate	23.4%2015-2019	9.8%2020-2024	−14 points	Improved	97%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	29.5%2015-2019	19.1%2020-2024	−10 points	Improved	94%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.2%2015-2019	26.2%2020-2024	+8.1 points	Within the margin of error	5%

“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 Post, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Post, 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, Post, Texas itself moved +2.3 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

4,326 residents (±338)

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

1,156 households (±175)

Post, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k17%†192
$25k–50k43%†493
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,156 households (±175)

Post, Texas
Texas share

Own68%783
Rent32%†373

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

1,353 workers (±259)

Post, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone80%1,078
Carpool18%†240
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 Lubbock, 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 Garza County, the county holding most of Post's residents.

Garza County has 129 employer establishments, 284 for every 10,000 residents (1.14× the US rate of 248; 1.30× Texas's), with 1,303 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,702. The Census Bureau also counts 344 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 129; 344 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 284; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 1,303
Average annual pay: $50,702; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	10	22	1.42×More than typical	136	$60,537	33
Restaurants and other eating places	8	17.6	0.96×Too few to compare	131	$15,267	4
Religious organizations	7	15.4	2.78×Too few to compare	18	$21,056	—
Ambulatory health care services	5	11	0.53×Too few to compare	57	$50,193	4
Gasoline stations	5	11	3.39×Too few to compare	57	$32,702	—
Limited-service restaurants	5	11	1.37×Too few to compare	109	$15,248	—
Building equipment contractors	4	8.8	1.46×Too few to compare	27	$38,667	—
Other specialty trade contractors	4	8.8	3.51×Too few to compare	103	$67,816	22
Beer, wine and liquor stores	3	6.6	6.10×Too few to compare	23	$20,348	—
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	3	6.6	2.00×Too few to compare	25	$37,640	—
Traveler accommodation	3	6.6	3.66×Too few to compare	10	$25,800	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	9

Rank places for an industry Open Garza County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,544 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Garza 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.

Post, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jodey C. ArringtonR-TX-19 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.3%

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.

Garza County28100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Lubbock, TX37

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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