City · Presidio County, Texas

Presidio, Texas

Presidio is a city in Presidio County, Texas. It has 3,163 residents. Presidio, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 33 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,537 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #283 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on grocery stores (high), restaurants and bars (high) and property crime rate (low). It ranks worst on uninsured residents (under 65) (high), mammography screening (low) and distance to an emergency room (high).

33Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,537 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #283 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 3,163 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 1,228.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4859396

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 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.

Safety50#7,821/15,637
Economy6#14,621/15,631
Housing87#1,889/14,977
Health38#9,752/15,609
Healthcare1#15,439/15,650
Environment84#2,503/15,453
Education9#14,201/15,649
Infrastructure6#14,689/15,650
Community46#8,435/15,651
Leisure & amenities88#1,874/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Grocery stores · high5.5 /10k
99/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPresidio County value
Restaurants and bars · high23.9 /10k
99/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPresidio County value
Property crime rate · low245 /100k
98/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2024Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figurePresidio County value
Public libraries · high3.5 /10k
97/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPresidio County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high11.0 /10k
96/100Texas 3.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPresidio County value
Comfortable days · high35.8%
95/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPresidio County value

Weaknesses

Uninsured residents (under 65) · high51.7%
0/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Mammography screening · low18.0%
0/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePresidio County value
Distance to an emergency room · high49.2 mi
0/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPresidio County value
Dental care shortage · high21.0
0/100Texas 5.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPresidio County value
Food environment index · low3.6
0/100Texas 5.7United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePresidio County value
Physical inactivity · high47.5%
0/100Texas 29.6%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
4,019 (2015-2019) → 3,163 (2020-2024)
−21%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
34.9% (2015-2019) → 82.3% (2020-2024)
+47 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
49.0% (2015-2019) → 11.8% (2020-2024)
−37 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
75.5% (2015-2019) → 55.3% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$20,794 (2015-2019) → $40,800 (2020-2024)
+96%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
38.5% (2015-2019) → 51.6% (2020-2024)
+13 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, Presidio, 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

Broadband+47 points34.9% → 82.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Presidio, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.9 min2015-2019	11.5 min2020-2024	−12.4 min	Within the margin of error	99%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%2015-2019	19.8%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Broadband subscriptions	34.9%2015-2019	82.3%2020-2024	+47 points	Improved	100%
Child poverty rate	75.5%2015-2019	55.3%2020-2024	−20 points	Within the margin of error	94%
High school diploma or higher	40.8%2015-2019	52.6%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4432015-2019	0.3832020-2024	−0.059	Within the margin of error	87%
Poverty rate	51.7%2015-2019	38.9%2020-2024	−13 points	Within the margin of error	96%
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	19.2%2020-2024	−10 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	38.5%2015-2019	51.6%2020-2024	+13 points	Within the margin of error	1%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 10944 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 Presidio, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Presidio, 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, Presidio, Texas itself moved +26.6 points in standing on average over the same 6 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

3,163 residents (±13)

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

1,066 households (±206)

Presidio, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k44%†468
$25k–50k22%†239
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,066 households (±206)

Presidio, Texas
Texas share

Own76%811
Rent24%†255

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (−23.1 points).

† 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

952 workers (±182)

Presidio, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone85%810
Carpool15%†142
Public transit0.0%0

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 Presidio County, the county holding most of Presidio's residents.

Presidio County has 151 employer establishments, 264 for every 10,000 residents (1.06× the US rate of 248; 1.21× Texas's), with 967 paid employees at an average annual pay of $32,298. The Census Bureau also counts 950 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 151; 950 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 264; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 967
Average annual pay: $32,298; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	16	27.9	1.52×More than typical	144	$22,375	13
Full-service restaurants	10	17.5	2.27×More than typical	99	$23,485	7
Traveler accommodation	10	17.5	9.67×More than typical	116	$21,069	7
Truck transportation	7	12.2	2.42×Too few to compare	41	$37,902	43
Gasoline stations	6	10.5	3.23×Too few to compare	65	$24,277	—
General merchandise stores	6	10.5	5.92×Too few to compare	42	$22,571	6
Construction of buildings	5	8.7	1.15×Too few to compare	18	$65,222	70
Religious organizations	5	8.7	1.57×Too few to compare	6	$22,667	—
Specialty trade contractors	5	8.7	0.56×Too few to compare	29	$55,310	122
Ambulatory health care services	4	7	0.33×Too few to compare	36	$59,000	16
Limited-service restaurants	4	7	0.87×Too few to compare	38	$16,342	3
Architectural, engineering and related services	3	5.2	1.50×Too few to compare	10	$45,400	9

Rank places for an industry Open Presidio County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,730 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 $111.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Presidio, Texas: $35.38 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $111.9K; +66% vs FY2025
Per resident: $35.38; US $1,994
Sole-source: 98%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.1%; 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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection$68.1K61%
Department of the Army$41.6K37%
International Boundary and Water Commission: U.S.-Mexico$2,2032.0%

Top recipients

CRB-PLS, LLC$41.6K37%
IPS, INC.$37.4K33%
INTEGRIWARD, LLC$24.8K22%
CHEROKEE NATION GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, L.L.C.$5,7935.2%
NEW SOLUTIONS CONSULTANTS LLC$1,2661.1%

Spending by fiscal year

17.3KFY2017
11.9KFY2018
21.7KFY2019
39.7KFY2020
48.3KFY2021
42.7KFY2022
65.3KFY2023
57.3K

Top industries (NAICS)

Legal services · 5411$41.6K37%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$37.4K33%
Facilities support services · 5612$30.6K27%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$1,2661.1%
Automotive equipment rental and leasing · 5321$5870.5%
Architectural and structural metals manufacturing · 3323$278

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

Presidio, Texas's figures are part of those of Presidio County, TX ($15.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.7% of that total.

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

See federal money in Presidio 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.

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

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.

Presidio County36100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Presidio 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

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved1

Declined0

Cities and towns like Presidio, Texas five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Local businesses

Federal contracts performed here

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

How this is estimated

Representation in Congress

Senate

County

Other cities and towns in Presidio County

Similar cities and towns

Data and sources

Improved1

Declined0

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Senate

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

How this is estimated

What was bought