City · Nolan County, Texas

Roscoe, Texas

Roscoe is a city in Nolan County, Texas, part of the Sweetwater, TX metro area. It has 1,425 residents. Roscoe, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 17 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,983 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #566 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), home price to income ratio (low) and distance to an emergency room (low). It ranks worst on students per teacher (high), uninsured residents (under 65) (high) and traffic deaths (high).

17Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,983 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #566 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,425 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 442.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 4863176

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.

Safety29#11,025/15,637
Economy25#11,756/15,631
Housing42#8,692/14,977
Health32#10,585/15,609
Healthcare13#13,664/15,650
Environment77#3,593/15,453
Education10#14,072/15,649
Infrastructure23#12,013/15,650
Community18#12,902/15,651
Leisure & amenities35#10,224/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Time spent in the emergency room · low87 min
99/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesNolan County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.6×
97/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Distance to an emergency room · low2.9 mi
94/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesNolan County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Texas 5.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataNolan County value
Social associations · high14.0 /10k
87/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNolan County value
Comfortable days · high31.1%
83/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationNolan County value

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high68.8×
0/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsNolan County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high32.2%
2/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Traffic deaths · high45.7 /100k
2/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataNolan County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high177 mi
3/100Texas 43 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauNolan County value
Voter turnout · low48.8%
4/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionNolan County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Texas 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNolan County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
34.2% (2015-2019) → 58.7% (2020-2024)
+25 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.4% (2015-2019) → 92.0% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
24.0% (2015-2019) → 12.7% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
22.0% (2015-2019) → 31.6% (2020-2024)
+9.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
23.2% (2015-2019) → 32.2% (2020-2024)
+8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Poverty rateWorsening
12.0% (2015-2019) → 19.6% (2020-2024)
+7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Roscoe, Texas improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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+16 points76.4% → 92.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Roscoe, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.2 min2015-2019	27.8 min2020-2024	+3.6 min	Within the margin of error	16%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%2015-2019	12.7%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Broadband subscriptions	76.4%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	81%
Effective property tax rate	1.88%2015-2019	1.74%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
High school diploma or higher	82.7%2015-2019	83.7%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Home price to income ratio	1.2×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	55%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4092015-2019	0.3802020-2024	−0.029	Within the margin of error	74%
Median household income	$57,8572015-2019	$56,3262020-2024	−2.6%	Within the margin of error	6%
Poverty rate	12.0%2015-2019	19.6%2020-2024	+7.7 points	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	22.0%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	+9.6 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	23.2%2015-2019	32.2%2020-2024	+8.9 points	Within the margin of error	4%

“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 Roscoe, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Roscoe, 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, Roscoe, Texas itself moved −12.5 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

1,425 residents (±248)

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

515 households (±111)

Roscoe, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k23%†120
$25k–50k22%†112
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

515 households (±111)

Roscoe, Texas
Texas share

Own87%449
Rent13%†66

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

569 workers (±117)

Roscoe, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone82%467
Carpool12%†71
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 Sweetwater, 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 Nolan County, the county holding most of Roscoe's residents.

Nolan County has 342 employer establishments, 240 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 1.10× Texas's), with 5,011 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,107. The Census Bureau also counts 1,021 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 342; 1,021 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 240; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 5,011
Average annual pay: $52,107; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	31	21.8	1.19×About typical	483	$18,484	13
Religious organizations	20	14	2.53×More than typical	95	$16,316	—
Limited-service restaurants	15	10.5	1.31×More than typical	315	$18,083	4
Specialty trade contractors	15	10.5	0.68×Fewer than typical	169	$68,249	71
Full-service restaurants	13	9.1	1.19×About typical	167	$18,946	7
Gasoline stations	13	9.1	2.82×More than typical	255	$28,043	—
Traveler accommodation	12	8.4	4.67×More than typical	179	$19,022	—
Ambulatory health care services	10	7	0.34×Fewer than typical	50	$46,320	141
Insurance agencies and brokerages	10	7	1.60×More than typical	33	$41,333	13
Truck transportation	10	7	1.39×More than typical	143	$72,483	24
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	6.3	1.25×Too few to compare	51	$41,784	26
Building equipment contractors	9	6.3	1.05×Too few to compare	40	$55,850	7

Rank places for an industry Open Nolan County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,243 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: Roscoe is mostly in Nolan County.

See federal money in Nolan 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.

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

House

Jodey C. ArringtonR-TX-19 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.3%

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.

Nolan County21100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Sweetwater, TX16

Other cities and towns in Nolan 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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