City · Hardeman County, Texas

Quanah, Texas

Quanah is a city in Hardeman County, Texas. It has 2,109 residents. Quanah, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 16 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,081 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #583 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), home price to income ratio (low) and public EV charging ports (high). It ranks worst on access to exercise opportunities (low), pharmacies (low) and preventable hospital stays (high).

16Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,081 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #583 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 2,109 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 606.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 4860044

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.

Safety71#4,503/15,637
Economy20#12,539/15,631
Housing51#7,353/14,977
Health14#13,380/15,609
Healthcare18#12,828/15,650
Environment54#7,092/15,453
Education12#13,779/15,649
Infrastructure21#12,355/15,650
Community7#14,610/15,651
Leisure & amenities30#10,945/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Students per teacher · low8.3×
100/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsHardeman County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.4×
99/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public EV charging ports · high24.3 /10k
98/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyHardeman County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low94 min
98/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHardeman County value
Public libraries · high3.0 /10k
96/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesHardeman County value
Dentists · high115 /100k
95/100Texas 63 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHardeman County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low0.3%
0/100Texas 82.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHardeman County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Texas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHardeman County value
Preventable hospital stays · high5,033 /100k
2/100Texas 2,991 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHardeman County value
Mammography screening · low31.0%
3/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHardeman County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Texas 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHardeman County value
Distance to an airport · high129 mi
4/100Texas 33 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauHardeman County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,474 (2015-2019) → 2,109 (2020-2024)
−15%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
63.6% (2015-2019) → 77.9% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
39.2% (2015-2019) → 49.2% (2020-2024)
+9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
22.8% (2015-2019) → 13.3% (2020-2024)
−9.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Unemployment rateImproving
12.1% (2015-2019) → 3.1% (2020-2024)
−9 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$37,308 (2015-2019) → $51,161 (2020-2024)
+37%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, Quanah, 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

Broadband+14 points63.6% → 77.9%
Household income+37%$37,308 → $51,161

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Quanah, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.3 min2015-2019	13.2 min2020-2024	−3.1 min	Within the margin of error	80%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%2015-2019	12.8%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Broadband subscriptions	63.6%2015-2019	77.9%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	77%
High school diploma or higher	82.4%2015-2019	84.3%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Home price to income ratio	1.1×2015-2019	1.4×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	59%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4282015-2019	0.4822020-2024	+0.054	Within the margin of error	15%
Median household income	$37,3082015-2019	$51,1612020-2024	+37%	Improved	69%
Poverty rate	16.8%2015-2019	14.3%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	23.4%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	+6.2 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Rent-burdened households	39.2%2015-2019	49.2%2020-2024	+9.9 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.9%2015-2019	20.4%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Within the margin of error	9%

“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 Quanah, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Quanah, 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, Quanah, Texas itself moved −9.4 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

2,109 residents (±257)

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

780 households (±112)

Quanah, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k23%†178
$25k–50k26%†199
$50k–75k17%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

780 households (±112)

Quanah, Texas
Texas share

Own73%571
Rent27%†209

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+10.5 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

879 workers (±158)

Quanah, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone75%663
Carpool13%†110
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 Hardeman County, the county holding most of Quanah's residents.

Hardeman County has 87 employer establishments, 252 for every 10,000 residents (1.02× the US rate of 248; 1.16× Texas's), with 817 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,080. The Census Bureau also counts 250 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 87; 250 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 252; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 817
Average annual pay: $47,080; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	8	23.2	1.26×Too few to compare	58	$13,362	3
Gasoline stations	6	17.4	5.37×Too few to compare	85	$24,706	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	14.5	2.88×Too few to compare	24	$37,375	11
Full-service restaurants	5	14.5	1.89×Too few to compare	25	$14,160	—
Banks and credit unions	4	11.6	3.59×Too few to compare	38	$30,868	—
Truck transportation	4	11.6	2.29×Too few to compare	7	$67,429	8
Ambulatory health care services	3	8.7	0.42×Too few to compare	7	$47,286	11
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	3	8.7	4.98×Too few to compare	7	$44,143	—
Child day care services	3	8.7	3.57×Too few to compare	19	$30,211	5
Limited-service restaurants	3	8.7	1.08×Too few to compare	33	$12,758	—
Religious organizations	3	8.7	1.57×Too few to compare	8	$13,750	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	3

Rank places for an industry Open Hardeman County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 3,448 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: Quanah is mostly in Hardeman County.

See federal money in Hardeman 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.

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

House

Ronny JacksonR-TX-13 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.7%

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.

Hardeman County30100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Hardeman County

Largest first.

Chillicothe479

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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