City · Willacy County, Texas

Raymondville, Texas

Raymondville is a city in Willacy County, Texas, part of the Raymondville, TX metro area. It has 10,185 residents. Raymondville, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 2 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,367 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #984 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), drug overdose deaths (low) and injury deaths (low). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), dentists (low) and food environment index (low).

2Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,367 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #984 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 10,185 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 2,475.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4860836

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety49#7,897/15,637
Economy1#15,522/15,631
Housing41#8,802/14,977
Health26#11,495/15,609
Healthcare1#15,547/15,650
Environment8#14,251/15,453
Education5#14,871/15,649
Infrastructure14#13,457/15,650
Community0#15,633/15,651
Leisure & amenities2#15,290/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Home price to income ratio · low1.0×
100/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Drug overdose deaths · low6.1 /100k
95/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataWillacy County value
Injury deaths · low53 /100k
94/100Texas 69 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWillacy County value
Pharmacies · high2.5 /10k
90/100Texas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWillacy County value
Average commute time · low16.2 min
90/100Texas 26.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Suicide rate · low9.5 /100k
85/100Texas 14.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateWillacy County value

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.0 /10k
0/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesWillacy County value
Dentists · low5 /100k
0/100Texas 63 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWillacy County value
Food environment index · low4.0
0/100Texas 5.7United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWillacy County value
Voter turnout · low39.6%
1/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionWillacy County value
Physical inactivity · high46.1%
1/100Texas 29.6%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · high39.1%
1/100Texas 23.2%United States 19.9%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
11,021 (2015-2019) → 10,185 (2020-2024)
−7.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
72.5% (2015-2019) → 48.5% (2020-2024)
−24 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
62.9% (2015-2019) → 81.0% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.9 /1k (2021) → 0.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−77%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$29,750 (2015-2019) → $51,442 (2020-2024)
+73%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateImproving
46.6% (2015-2019) → 35.3% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Raymondville, Texas improved on 4 of 13 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.

Improved4

Unemployment−8.5 points17.6% → 9.1%
Household income+73%$29,750 → $51,442
Price / income−0.6×1.6× → 1.0×
Broadband+18 points62.9% → 81.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Raymondville, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.4 min2015-2019	16.2 min2020-2024	−3.2 min	Within the margin of error	80%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%2015-2019	10.0%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Broadband subscriptions	62.9%2015-2019	81.0%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	87%
Child poverty rate	46.6%2015-2019	35.3%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	84%
High school diploma or higher	62.5%2015-2019	73.2%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	1.0×2020-2024	−0.6×	Improved	94%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4572015-2019	0.4382020-2024	−0.019	Within the margin of error	67%
Median household income	$29,7502015-2019	$51,4422020-2024	+73%	Improved	95%
Poverty rate	29.8%2015-2019	31.0%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	72.5%2015-2019	48.5%2020-2024	−24 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Unemployment rate	17.6%2015-2019	9.1%2020-2024	−8.5 points	Improved	99%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	32.9%2015-2019	27.9%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	86%

“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 Raymondville, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Raymondville, 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, Raymondville, Texas itself moved +12.2 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

10,185 residents (±19)

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

2,573 households (±243)

Raymondville, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k27%†704
$25k–50k22%†575
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,573 households (±243)

Raymondville, Texas
Texas share

Own70%1,794
Rent30%779

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,896 workers (±356)

Raymondville, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone87%3,399
Carpool4.1%†160
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 Raymondville, 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 Willacy County, the county holding most of Raymondville's residents.

Willacy County has 189 employer establishments, 94.4 for every 10,000 residents (0.38× the US rate of 248; 0.43× Texas's), with 3,004 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,298. The Census Bureau also counts 1,453 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 189; 1,453 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 94.4; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 3,004
Average annual pay: $39,298; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	21	10.5	0.57×Fewer than typical	246	$18,008	18
Ambulatory health care services	13	6.5	0.31×Fewer than typical	295	$40,298	60
Limited-service restaurants	11	5.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	214	$17,949	7
Child day care services	10	5	2.05×More than typical	76	$29,171	35
Full-service restaurants	10	5	0.65×Fewer than typical	32	$18,406	8
Gasoline stations	8	4	1.23×Too few to compare	76	$19,105	—
Religious organizations	8	4	0.72×Too few to compare	15	$12,200	—
Lessors of real estate	7	3.5	0.28×Too few to compare	17	$26,882	33
Truck transportation	7	3.5	0.69×Too few to compare	10	$35,400	164
General merchandise stores	5	2.5	1.41×Too few to compare	36	$20,778	3
Traveler accommodation	5	2.5	1.38×Too few to compare	36	$18,278	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	4	2	0.49×Too few to compare	13	$13,769	11

Rank places for an industry Open Willacy County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 20,011 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 $25.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Raymondville, Texas: $2.50 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $25.5K
Per resident: $2.50; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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. Fish and Wildlife Service$25.5K100%

Top recipients

RANDY KINDER EXCAVATING INC$25.5K100%

Spending by fiscal year

770.5FY2017
14.5FY2018
6.5KFY2019
174.4FY2020
170.1FY2021
174.4FY2022
25.5KFY2026

What was bought

Construction & real property

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$25.5K100%

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

Raymondville, Texas's figures are part of those of Willacy County, TX ($22.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Willacy 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.

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

House

Vicente GonzalezD-TX-34 · 100% of residentsWith party 73%Missed 5.2%

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.

Willacy County1100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Raymondville, TX1

Other cities and towns in Willacy 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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