Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety49#7,977/15,637
Economy65#5,407/15,631
Housing56#6,632/14,977
Health27#11,322/15,609
Healthcare4#15,056/15,650
Environment21#12,232/15,453
Education29#11,152/15,649
Infrastructure41#9,163/15,650
Community19#12,624/15,651
Leisure & amenities3#15,122/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Poverty rate · low0.9%
99/100Texas 13.4%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Job growth · high3.5%
95/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataJasper County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Texas 5.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataJasper County value
Child care cost burden · low23.5%
82/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJasper County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.0
80/100Texas 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesJasper County value
Pharmacies · high2.1 /10k
78/100Texas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJasper County value

Weaknesses

Mental health care shortage · high20.0
1/100Texas 14.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationJasper County value
Dental care shortage · high20.0
1/100Texas 5.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationJasper County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low27.7%
2/100Texas 82.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJasper County value
Grocery stores · low0.6 /10k
3/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJasper County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high22.2%
5/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Life expectancy · low71.3 yrs
5/100Texas 77.2 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJasper County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
950 (2015-2019) → 1,366 (2020-2024)
+44%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
61.4% (2015-2019) → 17.3% (2020-2024)
−44 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
76.1% (2015-2019) → 99.1% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.8% (2015-2019) → 95.0% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
17.0% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
5.7% (2015-2019) → 22.2% (2020-2024)
+17 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, Sam Rayburn, Texas improved on 2 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 5 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

Bachelor's++11 points21.3% → 32.6%
Broadband+20 points74.8% → 95.0%

Declined1

Inequality+0.0860.326 → 0.412

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Sam Rayburn, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%2015-2019	32.6%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	92%
Broadband subscriptions	74.8%2015-2019	95.0%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	90%
Effective property tax rate	1.31%2015-2019	0.89%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	86%
High school diploma or higher	76.1%2015-2019	99.1%2020-2024	+23 points	Within the margin of error	100%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	62%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3262015-2019	0.4122020-2024	+0.086	Declined	6%
Median household income	$75,1302015-2019	$83,0562020-2024	+11%	Within the margin of error	17%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“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 Sam Rayburn, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sam Rayburn, 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, Sam Rayburn, Texas itself moved +17.9 points in standing on average over the same 7 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

1,366 residents (±330)

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: 40–49 women (−9.6 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

1,366 residents (±330)

Sam Rayburn, Texas
Texas share

White94%1,279
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino3.1%†42
Asian0.7%†9
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%†3
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races2.4%†33

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

1,028 residents (±210)

Sam Rayburn, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma0.9%†9
High school or GED35%†359
Some college24%†243
Associate degree8.0%†82
Bachelor's degree21%†221
Graduate degree11%†114

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−23.0 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 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

642 households (±142)

Sam Rayburn, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k3.3%†21
$25k–50k27%†171
$50k–75k11%†68
$75k–100k16%†105
$100k–150k23%†145
$150k–200k8.1%†52
$200k or more12%†80

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−11.9 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 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

642 households (±142)

Sam Rayburn, Texas
Texas share

Own82%528
Rent18%†114

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

75 households (±59)

Sam Rayburn, Texas
Texas share

Under $75017%†13
$750–1,00016%†12
$1,000–1,50067%†50

Home values

528 homes (±136)

Sam Rayburn, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k12%†62
$150k–250k37%†197
$250k–400k28%†147

Age of homes

961 homes (±159)

Sam Rayburn, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later21%†200
2000–200916%†154
1980–199931%†295

Size of homes

961 homes (±159)

Sam Rayburn, Texas
Texas share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom7.2%†69
2 bedrooms31%†297

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

462 workers (±181)

Sam Rayburn, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone75%†345
Carpool10%†47
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.9%†41
Other6.3%†29

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

421 workers (±173)

Sam Rayburn, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min23%†95
15–29 min46%†195
30–44 min9.0%†38

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

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 Jasper County, the county holding most of Sam Rayburn's residents.

Jasper County has 641 employer establishments, 196 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Texas's), with 8,369 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,907. The Census Bureau also counts 2,984 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 641; 2,984 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 196; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 8,369
Average annual pay: $44,907; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	59	18	0.86×About typical	1,631	$24,133	121
Restaurants and other eating places	50	15.3	0.83×About typical	903	$17,621	22
Religious organizations	39	11.9	2.15×More than typical	213	$18,399	—
Specialty trade contractors	26	7.9	0.51×Fewer than typical	179	$48,961	302
Limited-service restaurants	25	7.6	0.95×About typical	507	$16,773	5
Full-service restaurants	20	6.1	0.80×Fewer than typical	389	$18,668	6
Truck transportation	20	6.1	1.21×About typical	118	$47,068	82
Gasoline stations	19	5.8	1.79×More than typical	172	$18,227	—
Lessors of real estate	17	5.2	0.42×Fewer than typical	31	$179,161	138
General merchandise stores	16	4.9	2.77×More than typical	379	$31,778	27
Banks and credit unions	15	4.6	1.42×More than typical	169	$48,917	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	14	4.3	0.85×About typical	61	$39,607	58

Rank places for an industry Open Jasper County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 32,740 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 $116.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Sam Rayburn, Texas: $85.59 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $116.9K; +121% vs FY2025
Per resident: $85.59; 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

Department of the Army$116.9K100%

Top recipients

LAKEY, INC.$116.9K100%

Spending by fiscal year

9.1KFY2018
6.5KFY2019
11.9KFY2020
124.7KFY2021
2.3KFY2022
151.6KFY2023
4.6KFY2024
52.8KFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$116.9K100%

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 Sam Rayburn, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Sam Rayburn, Texas's figures are part of those of Jasper County, TX ($2.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 5.5% of that total.

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

See federal money in Jasper 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.

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

House

Brian BabinR-TX-36 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.1%

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.

Jasper County9100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Jasper 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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