City · Denton County, Texas

Roanoke, Texas

Roanoke is a city in Denton County, Texas, part of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area. It has 10,286 residents. Roanoke, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 59 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,377 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #92 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on injury deaths (low), child care cost burden (low) and premature death (low). It ranks worst on public libraries (low), high ozone days (high) and grocery stores (low).

59Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,377 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #92 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 10,286 (2020-2024)
Land area: 7 mi²
Density: 1,493.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4862504

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.

Safety80#3,065/15,637
Economy79#3,326/15,631
Housing35#9,719/14,977
Health92#1,189/15,609
Healthcare58#6,552/15,650
Environment10#13,936/15,453
Education66#5,301/15,649
Infrastructure66#5,302/15,650
Community40#9,439/15,651
Leisure & amenities20#12,458/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Injury deaths · low45 /100k
98/100Texas 69 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDenton County value
Child care cost burden · low18.4%
97/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDenton County value
Premature death · low4,914 /100k
93/100Texas 7,960 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDenton County value
Distance to an emergency room · low3.0 mi
92/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDenton County value
Traffic deaths · low5.7 /100k
91/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataDenton County value
Life expectancy · high81.2 yrs
90/100Texas 77.2 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDenton County value

Weaknesses

Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
3/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesDenton County value
High ozone days · high19 days
3/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDenton County value
Grocery stores · low0.6 /10k
3/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDenton County value
Days with unhealthy air · high5.2%
8/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDenton County value
Social associations · low5.6 /10k
10/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDenton County value
Hot days · high100 days
10/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationDenton County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
8,341 (2015-2019) → 10,286 (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
27.0% (2015-2019) → 45.4% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
37.4% (2015-2019) → 47.1% (2020-2024)
+9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.3× (2015-2019) → 4.8× (2020-2024)
+45%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.377 (2015-2019) → 0.472 (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.5% (2015-2019) → 28.2% (2020-2024)
+3.7 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, Roanoke, Texas improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 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.

Improved2

Property tax−0.6 points1.84% → 1.28%
Bachelor's++9.7 points37.4% → 47.1%

Declined3

Inequality+0.0950.377 → 0.472
Price / income+1.5×3.3× → 4.8×
Rent burden+18 points27.0% → 45.4%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Roanoke, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.5 min2015-2019	26.8 min2020-2024	−0.7 min	Within the margin of error	56%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%2015-2019	47.1%2020-2024	+9.7 points	Improved	89%
Broadband subscriptions	93.2%2015-2019	93.7%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Effective property tax rate	1.84%2015-2019	1.28%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Improved	93%
High school diploma or higher	90.6%2015-2019	89.4%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	4.8×2020-2024	+1.5×	Declined	9%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3772015-2019	0.4722020-2024	+0.095	Declined	5%
Median household income	$97,8332015-2019	$97,2952020-2024	−0.5%	Within the margin of error	7%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.5%2015-2019	28.2%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent-burdened households	27.0%2015-2019	45.4%2020-2024	+18 points	Declined	10%
Unemployment rate	4.0%2015-2019	5.0%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.5%2015-2019	12.5%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	59%

“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 Roanoke, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Roanoke, 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, Roanoke, Texas itself moved −15.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

10,286 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

4,323 households (±306)

Roanoke, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k5.0%†214
$25k–50k12%†506
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

4,323 households (±306)

Roanoke, Texas
Texas share

Own54%2,347
Rent46%1,976

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

5,395 workers (±592)

Roanoke, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone67%3,636
Carpool4.9%†267
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 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 Denton County, the county holding most of Roanoke's residents.

Denton County has 20,025 employer establishments, 197 for every 10,000 residents (0.80× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Texas's), with 280,349 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,177. The Census Bureau also counts 115,434 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 20,025; 115,434 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 197; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 280,349
Average annual pay: $59,177; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	2,049	20.2	0.97×About typical	21,619	$73,812	4,596
Restaurants and other eating places	1,840	18.1	0.99×About typical	33,956	$22,173	638
Lessors of real estate	1,134	11.2	0.91×About typical	4,701	$66,901	10,439
Computer systems design and related services	1,063	10.5	2.42×More than typical	5,242	$99,821	2,221
Specialty trade contractors	1,016	10	0.65×Fewer than typical	10,613	$67,885	5,898
Management, scientific and technical consulting	985	9.7	1.45×More than typical	3,739	$82,654	5,736
Limited-service restaurants	842	8.3	1.04×About typical	17,337	$19,936	226
Offices of physicians	683	6.7	1.04×About typical	4,646	$86,282	847
Full-service restaurants	672	6.6	0.86×About typical	13,546	$25,582	307
Services to buildings and dwellings	555	5.5	0.81×About typical	5,137	$44,182	4,905
Offices of other health practitioners	552	5.4	0.90×About typical	3,328	$45,194	2,213
Real estate agents and brokers	500	4.9	1.01×About typical	820	$62,270	3,808

Rank places for an industry Open Denton County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,013,965 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 $189.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Roanoke, Texas: $18.47 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $189.9K; −57% vs FY2025
Per resident: $18.47; US $1,994
Sole-source: 13%; US 30%
Single offer: 9.4%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$162.2K85%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$10.5K5.5%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$8,1514.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs$5,3832.8%
National Institute of Standards and Technology$3,1151.6%
Drug Enforcement Administration$5640.3%

Top recipients

STATZ CORP$73.5K39%
WESCO AIRCRAFT HARDWARE CORP.$65.8K35%
R & M GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC$19.3K10%
ECI SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, INC$13.6K7.2%
QUAIL CREEK SHOOTING RANGE LLC$8,1514.3%

Spending by fiscal year

203.2KFY2017
362.4KFY2018
18KFY2019
117.5KFY2020
210.8KFY2021
53.6KFY2022
79.2KFY2023
40.3K

Top industries (NAICS)

Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$132.9K70%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$24.2K13%
Software publishers · 5132$13.6K7.2%
Other amusement and recreation industries · 7139$8,1514.3%
Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing · 3372$5,3832.8%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363

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

Roanoke, Texas's figures are part of those of Denton County, TX and Tarrant County, TX ($13.9B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Denton 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.

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