City · Gaines County, Texas

Seagraves, Texas

Seagraves is a city in Gaines County, Texas. It has 2,691 residents. Seagraves, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 19 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,666 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #529 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), home price to income ratio (low) and job growth (high). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), mammography screening (low) and flu vaccinations (low).

19Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,666 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #529 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 2,691 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,847.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4866440

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety60#6,233/15,637
Economy21#12,302/15,631
Housing42#8,653/14,977
Health32#10,617/15,609
Healthcare1#15,479/15,650
Environment76#3,774/15,453
Education19#12,639/15,649
Infrastructure11#13,863/15,650
Community35#10,184/15,651
Leisure & amenities14#13,408/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Property crime rate · low272 /100k
98/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureGaines County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.5×
98/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Job growth · high2.3%
90/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataGaines County value
Average commute time · low13.3 min
89/100Texas 26.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Violent crime rate · low93 /100k
87/100Texas 345 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureGaines County value
Comfortable days · high32.1%
87/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGaines County value

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low5 /100k
0/100Texas 61 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGaines County value
Mammography screening · low22.0%
0/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGaines County value
Flu vaccinations · low19.0%
1/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGaines County value
Mental health providers · low22 /100k
1/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGaines County value
Dentists · low13 /100k
2/100Texas 63 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGaines County value
Traffic deaths · high43.0 /100k
2/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataGaines County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,836 (2015-2019) → 2,691 (2020-2024)
−5.1%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
0.3 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
27.4% (2015-2019) → 14.0% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.385 (2015-2019) → 0.572 (2020-2024)
+49%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.1× (2015-2019) → 1.5× (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Average commute timeImproving
21.3 min (2015-2019) → 13.3 min (2020-2024)
−37%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Seagraves, Texas improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 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

Uninsured−13 points27.4% → 14.0%
Bachelor's++7.1 points6.1% → 13.2%

Declined1

Inequality+0.1870.385 → 0.572

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Seagraves, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.3 min2015-2019	13.3 min2020-2024	−8.0 min	Within the margin of error	97%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%2015-2019	13.2%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Improved	80%
Broadband subscriptions	71.0%2015-2019	73.8%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Child poverty rate	20.0%2015-2019	22.5%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Effective property tax rate	1.41%2015-2019	2.40%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	0%
High school diploma or higher	63.1%2015-2019	68.6%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Home price to income ratio	1.1×2015-2019	1.5×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	54%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3852015-2019	0.5722020-2024	+0.187	Declined	1%
Median household income	$46,9512015-2019	$46,4332020-2024	−1.1%	Within the margin of error	7%
Poverty rate	16.5%2015-2019	18.8%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	27.4%2015-2019	14.0%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	99%

“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 Seagraves, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Seagraves, 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, Seagraves, Texas itself moved −13.2 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

2,691 residents (±574)

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

975 households (±206)

Seagraves, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k32%†310
$25k–50k20%†195
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

975 households (±206)

Seagraves, Texas
Texas share

Own60%585
Rent40%†390

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

853 workers (±243)

Seagraves, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone90%†769
Carpool4.2%†36
Public transit0.0%

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 Gaines County, the county holding most of Seagraves's residents.

Gaines County has 532 employer establishments, 236 for every 10,000 residents (0.95× the US rate of 248; 1.08× Texas's), with 5,154 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,813. The Census Bureau also counts 3,150 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 532; 3,150 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 236; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 5,154
Average annual pay: $58,813; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	52	23.1	1.49×More than typical	335	$68,710	488
Restaurants and other eating places	34	15.1	0.82×About typical	385	$21,535	17
Construction of buildings	33	14.6	1.94×More than typical	89	$52,449	490
Automotive repair and maintenance	31	13.7	2.73×More than typical	108	$52,981	73
Truck transportation	27	12	2.37×More than typical	153	$79,261	267
Religious organizations	23	10.2	1.84×More than typical	199	$18,347	—
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	19	8.4	2.67×More than typical	174	$65,477	96
Building equipment contractors	17	7.5	1.25×More than typical	75	$95,560	59
Ambulatory health care services	15	6.7	0.32×Fewer than typical	92	$60,120	41
Full-service restaurants	14	6.2	0.81×About typical	147	$23,129	11
Limited-service restaurants	14	6.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	202	$22,292	—
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	13	5.8	2.33×More than typical	52	$109,288	34

Rank places for an industry Open Gaines County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 22,552 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: Seagraves is mostly in Gaines County.

See federal money in Gaines 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.

Seagraves, 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.

Gaines County31100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Gaines 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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