Town · Culberson County, Texas

Van Horn, Texas

Van Horn is a town in Culberson County, Texas. It has 1,908 residents. Van Horn, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 24 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,859 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #424 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), rent as share of income (low) and suicide rate (low). It ranks worst on traffic deaths (high), job growth (low) and reading scores (low).

24Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,859 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #424 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,908 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 672.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4875032

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.

Safety71#4,466/15,637
Economy36#9,945/15,631
Housing97#492/14,977
Health17#12,952/15,609
Healthcare7#14,631/15,650
Environment41#9,172/15,453
Education10#14,149/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,146/15,650
Community25#11,752/15,651
Leisure & amenities47#8,264/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Public EV charging ports · high88.2 /10k
100/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyCulberson County value
Rent as share of income · low13.1%
100/100Texas 30.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Texas 14.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCulberson County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Texas 13.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCulberson County value
Grocery stores · high4.4 /10k
99/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCulberson County value
Public libraries · high4.4 /10k
98/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCulberson County value

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high245.3 /100k
0/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataCulberson County value
Job growth · low-22.8%
0/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataCulberson County value
Reading scores · low2.08
0/100Texas 2.89United States 3.052018University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCulberson County value
Flu vaccinations · low13.0%
0/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCulberson County value
Dentists · low0 /100k
0/100Texas 63 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCulberson County value
Social associations · low0.0 /10k
0/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCulberson County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,760 (2015-2019) → 1,908 (2020-2024)
+8.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
28.6% (2015-2019) → 8.3% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
51.0% (2015-2019) → 69.9% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$36,500 (2015-2019) → $59,707 (2020-2024)
+64%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateImproving
51.9% (2015-2019) → 40.2% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherImproving
63.5% (2015-2019) → 74.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Van Horn, Texas improved on 2 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 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

Household income+64%$36,500 → $59,707
Broadband+19 points51.0% → 69.9%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Van Horn, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	12.2 min2015-2019	16.4 min2020-2024	+4.2 min	Within the margin of error	13%
Broadband subscriptions	51.0%2015-2019	69.9%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	88%
High school diploma or higher	63.5%2015-2019	74.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	84%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3992015-2019	0.3632020-2024	−0.036	Within the margin of error	77%
Median household income	$36,5002015-2019	$59,7072020-2024	+64%	Improved	92%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	29.7%2015-2019	21.0%2020-2024	−8.7 points	Within the margin of error	95%

“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 Van Horn, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Van Horn, 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 Van Horn, Texas five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Van Horn, Texas itself moved +6.5 points in standing on average over the same 6 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

1,908 residents (±199)

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

747 households (±191)

Van Horn, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k17%†127
$25k–50k27%†205
$50k–75k29%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

747 households (±191)

Van Horn, Texas
Texas share

Own67%†502
Rent33%†245

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

697 workers (±193)

Van Horn, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone90%†629
Carpool3.0%†21
Public transit

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 Culberson County, the county holding most of Van Horn's residents.

Culberson County has 58 employer establishments, 263 for every 10,000 residents (1.06× the US rate of 248; 1.20× Texas's), with 1,113 paid employees at an average annual pay of $94,564. The Census Bureau also counts 240 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 58; 240 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 263; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 1,113
Average annual pay: $94,564; US $68,342

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

Traveler accommodation	10	45.4	25.1×More than typical	146	$24,486	9
Gasoline stations	5	22.7	6.99×Too few to compare	170	$36,441	—
Restaurants and other eating places	5	22.7	1.23×Too few to compare	84	$19,881	8
Limited-service restaurants	3	13.6	1.70×Too few to compare	61	$21,115	4
Truck transportation	3	13.6	2.69×Too few to compare	12	$56,333	7
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
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	—	—
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	—	—
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	—	10

Rank places for an industry Open Culberson County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,205 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: Van Horn is mostly in Culberson County.

See federal money in Culberson 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.

Van Horn, 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.

Culberson County27100% of residents

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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Van Horn, Texas

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved2

Declined0

Cities and towns like Van Horn, Texas five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Local businesses

Federal contracts performed here

Representation in Congress

Senate

County

Similar cities and towns

Data and sources

Improved2

Declined0

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Senate