City · Fisher County, Texas

Rotan, Texas

Rotan is a city in Fisher County, Texas. It has 1,204 residents. Rotan, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 36 out of 100 (low), ranking #9,990 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #250 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), suicide rate (low) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on flu vaccinations (low), arts, entertainment and recreation (low) and distance to an Amtrak station (high).

36Low

Quality-of-life score: #9,990 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #250 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,204 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 595.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4863464

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 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.

Safety94#899/15,637
Economy23#11,959/15,631
Housing83#2,486/14,977
Health42#8,988/15,609
Healthcare19#12,715/15,650
Environment58#6,522/15,453
Education23#12,023/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,189/15,650
Community55#7,055/15,651
Leisure & amenities16#13,175/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Rotan, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Fisher 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
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Texas 14.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFisher County value
Grocery stores · high5.4 /10k
99/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFisher County value
Students per teacher · low9.3×
99/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsFisher County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Texas 13.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFisher County value
Social associations · high22.1 /10k
99/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFisher County value

Weaknesses

Flu vaccinations · low11.0%
0/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFisher County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Texas 3.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFisher County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high179 mi
3/100Texas 43 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauFisher County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyFisher County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Texas 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFisher County value
Mammography screening · low33.0%
4/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFisher County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,404 (2015-2019) → 1,204 (2020-2024)
−14%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
52.7% (2015-2019) → 28.6% (2020-2024)
−24 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.4% (2015-2019) → 83.3% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$34,539 (2015-2019) → $53,289 (2020-2024)
+54%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
31.7% (2015-2019) → 21.1% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
22.3% (2015-2019) → 14.5% (2020-2024)
−7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Rotan, Texas improved on 3 of 14 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.

Improved3

Rent burden−24 points52.7% → 28.6%
Household income+54%$34,539 → $53,289
Broadband+14 points69.4% → 83.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Rotan, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	15.1 min2015-2019	20.7 min2020-2024	+5.7 min	Within the margin of error	8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%2015-2019	13.7%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Broadband subscriptions	69.4%2015-2019	83.3%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	76%
Child poverty rate	32.3%2015-2019	27.2%2020-2024	−5.1 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Effective property tax rate	1.37%2015-2019	1.48%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	6%
High school diploma or higher	80.6%2015-2019	82.8%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Home price to income ratio	1.4×2015-2019	1.0×2020-2024	−0.4×	Within the margin of error	92%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4772015-2019	0.4142020-2024	−0.064	Within the margin of error	89%
Median household income	$34,5392015-2019	$53,2892020-2024	+54%	Improved	88%
Poverty rate	24.4%2015-2019	19.4%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	31.7%2015-2019	21.1%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Rent-burdened households	52.7%2015-2019	28.6%2020-2024	−24 points	Improved	96%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	22.3%2015-2019	14.5%2020-2024	−7.8 points	Within the margin of error	93%

“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 Rotan, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Rotan, 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, Rotan, Texas itself moved +13.5 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

1,204 residents (±133)

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

516 households (±74)

Rotan, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k24%†126
$25k–50k21%†107
$50k–75k25%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

516 households (±74)

Rotan, Texas
Texas share

Own73%377
Rent27%†139

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+11.3 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

508 workers (±88)

Rotan, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone81%409
Carpool10%†53
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 Fisher County, the county holding most of Rotan's residents.

Fisher County has 62 employer establishments, 172 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248; 0.79× Texas's), with 502 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,114. The Census Bureau also counts 247 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 62; 247 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 172; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 502
Average annual pay: $55,114; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	8	22.1	3.99×Too few to compare	17	$17,882	—
Gasoline stations	4	11.1	3.41×Too few to compare	17	$31,824	—
Grocery and convenience stores	3	8.3	2.80×Too few to compare	27	$15,667	—
Restaurants and other eating places	3	8.3	0.45×Too few to compare	27	$14,407	3
Truck transportation	3	8.3	1.64×Too few to compare	9	$39,889	14
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	4
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Ambulatory health care services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	8
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Architectural, engineering and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	3
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	6

Rank places for an industry Open Fisher County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 3,614 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: Rotan is mostly in Fisher County.

See federal money in Fisher 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.

Rotan, 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.

Fisher County54100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Fisher 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
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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