City · Reeves County, Texas

Town of Pecos, Texas

Town of Pecos is a city in Reeves County, Texas, part of the Town of Pecos, TX metro area. It has 10,926 residents. Town of Pecos, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 14 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,425 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #633 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), restaurants and bars (high) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on traffic deaths (high), mental health providers (low) and voter turnout (low).

14Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,425 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #633 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 10,926 (2020-2024)
Land area: 32 mi²
Density: 339.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4873493

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 64 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.

Safety37#9,875/15,637
Economy50#7,860/15,631
Housing51#7,408/14,977
Health—
Healthcare0#15,573/15,650
Environment50#7,793/15,453
Education7#14,550/15,649
Infrastructure14#13,461/15,650
Community9#14,307/15,651
Leisure & amenities38#9,677/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Town of Pecos, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Reeves 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

Job growth · high5.4%
98/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataReeves County value
Restaurants and bars · high15.6 /10k
96/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsReeves County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Texas 5.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataReeves County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
93/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public EV charging ports · high14.0 /10k
89/100Texas 4.1 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyReeves County value
Comfortable days · high32.4%
88/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationReeves County value

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high94.3 /100k
0/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataReeves County value
Mental health providers · low8 /100k
0/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteReeves County value
Voter turnout · low42.8%
1/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionReeves County value
Mammography screening · low24.0%
1/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteReeves County value
Hot days · high136 days
1/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationReeves County value
Broadband subscriptions · low77.5%
2/100Texas 91.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
2.4 /1k (2021) → 4.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+103%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

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.

There is not enough history to compare Town of Pecos, Texas over five years.

Cities and towns like Town of Pecos, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Town of Pecos, 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.

No place that looked like Town of Pecos, Texas five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

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

10,926 residents (±416)

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

† 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

10,926 residents (±416)

Town of Pecos, Texas
Texas share

White10%1,136
Black1.9%†205
Hispanic or Latino87%9,513
Asian0.2%†22
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†15
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races0.3%†35

† 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

6,644 residents (±341)

Town of Pecos, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma30%1,989
High school or GED40%2,645
Some college18%1,196
Associate degree4.2%†280
Bachelor's degree5.8%†386
Graduate degree2.2%†148

† 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

3,515 households (±222)

Town of Pecos, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k25%871
$25k–50k18%†617
$50k–75k18%†624
$75k–100k9.5%†334
$100k–150k17%†591
$150k–200k5.6%†196
$200k or more8.0%†282

† 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

3,515 households (±222)

Town of Pecos, Texas
Texas share

Own71%2,485
Rent29%1,030

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

966 households (±266)

Town of Pecos, Texas
Texas share

Under $75011%†111
$750–1,00041%†400
$1,000–1,50031%†295

Home values

2,485 homes (±272)

Town of Pecos, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k62%1,535
$150k–250k27%†681
$250k–400k7.4%†183

Age of homes

4,228 homes (±159)

Town of Pecos, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later20%837
2000–20094.6%†196
1980–199920%848

Size of homes

4,228 homes (±159)

Town of Pecos, Texas
Texas share

Studio2.9%†122
1 bedroom9.5%†403
2 bedrooms22%950

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

4,391 workers (±460)

Town of Pecos, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone81%3,578
Carpool11%†493
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.1%†90
Bike0.3%†15
Work from home3.7%†162
Other1.2%†53

† 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

4,229 workers (±442)

Town of Pecos, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min58%2,452
15–29 min14%†572
30–44 min19%†794

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

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 Town of Pecos, 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 Reeves County, the county holding most of Town of Pecos's residents.

Reeves County has 383 employer establishments, 321 for every 10,000 residents (1.29× the US rate of 248; 1.47× Texas's), with 5,405 paid employees at an average annual pay of $73,370. The Census Bureau also counts 1,216 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 383; 1,216 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 321; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 5,405
Average annual pay: $73,370; US $68,342

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

Truck transportation	36	30.2	5.96×More than typical	523	$103,233	146
Restaurants and other eating places	27	22.6	1.23×About typical	433	$25,374	21
Traveler accommodation	18	15.1	8.36×More than typical	252	$28,405	3
Specialty trade contractors	14	11.7	0.76×Fewer than typical	137	$66,416	81
Full-service restaurants	13	10.9	1.42×More than typical	204	$28,387	10
Gasoline stations	12	10.1	3.10×More than typical	276	$43,833	—
Limited-service restaurants	12	10.1	1.25×More than typical	192	$26,625	7
Ambulatory health care services	11	9.2	0.44×Fewer than typical	88	$47,705	17
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	7.5	1.50×Too few to compare	31	$50,613	69
Legal services	8	6.7	1.25×Too few to compare	19	$58,737	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	6	5	2.88×Too few to compare	50	$41,040	3
Building equipment contractors	6	5	0.84×Too few to compare	57	$66,368	23

Rank places for an industry Open Reeves County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 11,937 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: Town of Pecos is mostly in Reeves County.

See federal money in Reeves 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.

Town of Pecos, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

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.

Reeves County16100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Town of Pecos, TX15

Other cities and towns in Reeves 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.

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

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