City · Johnson County, Texas

Rio Vista, Texas

Rio Vista is a city in Johnson County, Texas, part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area. It has 1,312 residents. Rio Vista, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 20 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,560 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #517 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on hospital quality rating (high), primary care shortage (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on high ozone days (high), restaurants and bars (low) and preventable hospital stays (high).

20Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,560 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #517 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,312 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,191.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4862240

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety57#6,673/15,637
Economy64#5,567/15,631
Housing35#9,783/14,977
Health25#11,634/15,609
Healthcare25#11,778/15,650
Environment39#9,496/15,453
Education15#13,292/15,649
Infrastructure39#9,555/15,650
Community10#14,024/15,651
Leisure & amenities5#14,794/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Hospital quality rating · high5.0
98/100Texas 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesJohnson County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Texas 5.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationJohnson County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low117 min
89/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesJohnson County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.331
89/100Texas 0.478United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Texas 5.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationJohnson County value
Job growth · high1.3%
82/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataJohnson County value

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high13 days
4/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyJohnson County value
Restaurants and bars · low4.4 /10k
7/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJohnson County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,009 /100k
9/100Texas 2,991 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJohnson County value
High school diploma or higher · low92.5%
10/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Bachelor's degree or higher · low11.7%
10/100Texas 33.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Hot days · high97 days
10/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationJohnson County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,038 (2015-2019) → 1,312 (2020-2024)
+26%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
26.8% (2015-2019) → 73.8% (2020-2024)
+47 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.7× (2015-2019) → 2.7× (2020-2024)
+62%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.6% (2015-2019) → 94.0% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New homes permittedWorsening
13.0 /1k (2021) → 6.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−53%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
25.0% (2015-2019) → 32.1% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Rio Vista, Texas improved on 0 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Rent / income+7.1 points25.0% → 32.1%

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Rio Vista, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%2015-2019	11.7%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Broadband subscriptions	82.6%2015-2019	94.0%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Effective property tax rate	1.73%2015-2019	1.57%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
High school diploma or higher	87.6%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+1.0×	Within the margin of error	21%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3762015-2019	0.3322020-2024	−0.045	Within the margin of error	82%
Median household income	$57,5002015-2019	$71,6252020-2024	+25%	Within the margin of error	43%
Rent as share of income	25.0%2015-2019	32.1%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Declined	15%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	22.8%2015-2019	16.0%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Within the margin of error	92%

“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 Rio Vista, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Rio Vista, 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, Rio Vista, Texas itself moved −4 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

1,312 residents (±400)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 men (−2.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,312 residents (±400)

Rio Vista, Texas
Texas share

White90%1,178
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino4.7%†62
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.3%†4
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races5.2%†68

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

716 residents (±240)

Rio Vista, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma7.5%†54
High school or GED54%†390
Some college19%†135
Associate degree7.4%†53
Bachelor's degree10%†73
Graduate degree1.5%†11

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

469 households (±160)

Rio Vista, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k6.6%†31
$25k–50k29%†135
$50k–75k28%†133
$75k–100k17%†79
$100k–150k12%†54
$150k–200k4.1%†19
$200k or more3.8%†18

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−13.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

469 households (±160)

Rio Vista, Texas
Texas share

Own67%†312
Rent33%†157

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

149 households (±97)

Rio Vista, Texas
Texas share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0006.7%†10
$1,000–1,50080%†119

Home values

312 homes (±108)

Rio Vista, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k24%†74
$150k–250k55%†171
$250k–400k17%†54

Age of homes

496 homes (±158)

Rio Vista, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later21%†103
2000–200928%†140
1980–199919%†92

Size of homes

496 homes (±158)

Rio Vista, Texas
Texas share

Studio1.2%†6
1 bedroom0.4%†2
2 bedrooms8.9%†44

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

647 workers (±243)

Rio Vista, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone93%†602
Carpool5.7%†37
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home1.2%†8
Other0.0%0

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

639 workers (±242)

Rio Vista, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min8.6%†55
15–29 min30%†189
30–44 min29%†187

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 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 Johnson County, the county holding most of Rio Vista's residents.

Johnson County has 3,465 employer establishments, 170 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Texas's), with 46,141 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,034. The Census Bureau also counts 20,553 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,465; 20,553 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 170; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 46,141
Average annual pay: $53,034; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	369	18.1	1.17×About typical	2,495	$62,428	2,411
Restaurants and other eating places	284	13.9	0.76×Fewer than typical	5,442	$20,497	112
Ambulatory health care services	237	11.6	0.56×Fewer than typical	2,006	$59,996	730
Limited-service restaurants	165	8.1	1.01×About typical	3,448	$20,088	38
Lessors of real estate	161	7.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	319	$42,956	1,402
Building equipment contractors	160	7.9	1.31×More than typical	1,314	$59,616	508
Construction of buildings	130	6.4	0.84×About typical	602	$62,899	902
Automotive repair and maintenance	119	5.8	1.16×About typical	636	$54,739	498
Religious organizations	102	5	0.90×About typical	1,766	$28,978	—
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	101	5	1.57×More than typical	483	$65,217	658
Truck transportation	101	5	0.98×About typical	856	$63,505	786
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	88	4.3	1.31×More than typical	702	$57,751	251

Rank places for an industry Open Johnson County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 203,731 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: Rio Vista is mostly in Johnson County.

See federal money in Johnson 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.

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