Town · Carson County, Texas

White Deer, Texas

White Deer is a town in Carson County, Texas, part of the Amarillo, TX metro area. It has 1,191 residents. White Deer, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 44 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,715 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #174 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on public libraries (high), drug overdose deaths (low) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on traffic deaths (high), restaurants and bars (low) and distance to an Amtrak station (high).

44Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,715 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #174 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,191 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 684.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4878316

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 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.

Safety48#8,198/15,637
Economy77#3,558/15,631
Housing62#5,748/14,977
Health35#10,168/15,609
Healthcare15#13,354/15,650
Environment56#6,856/15,453
Education55#6,966/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,136/15,650
Community77#3,540/15,651
Leisure & amenities41#9,297/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where White Deer, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Carson 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 libraries · high6.9 /10k
100/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCarson County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCarson County value
Students per teacher · low9.9×
98/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsCarson County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.3×
98/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Average weekly wage · high$1,998
98/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarson County value
Social associations · high18.7 /10k
97/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarson County value

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high123.9 /100k
0/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataCarson County value
Restaurants and bars · low3.5 /10k
3/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCarson 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 BureauCarson County value
Dentists · low17 /100k
3/100Texas 63 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCarson County value
Distance to an emergency room · high18.9 mi
3/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCarson County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyCarson County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
736 (2015-2019) → 1,191 (2020-2024)
+62%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
11.5% (2015-2019) → 30.4% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
8.8% (2015-2019) → 21.6% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 11.8% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
22.5% (2015-2019) → 11.3% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Average commute timeWorsening
18.3 min (2015-2019) → 28.0 min (2020-2024)
+53%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, White Deer, Texas improved on 0 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of White Deer, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.3 min2015-2019	28.0 min2020-2024	+9.7 min	Within the margin of error	2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%2015-2019	19.6%2020-2024	−3.8 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	84.2%2015-2019	80.9%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	3%
High school diploma or higher	89.7%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Home price to income ratio	1.2×2015-2019	1.3×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	73%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4222015-2019	0.3962020-2024	−0.026	Within the margin of error	72%
Median household income	$81,0712015-2019	$87,2922020-2024	+7.7%	Within the margin of error	14%
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 White Deer, Texas five years ago that improved

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

For comparison, White Deer, Texas itself moved −16.4 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

1,191 residents (±256)

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: 10–19 men (+10.3 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

1,191 residents (±256)

White Deer, Texas
Texas share

White85%1,015
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino14%†168
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races0.7%†8

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

689 residents (±133)

White Deer, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma7.8%†54
High school or GED29%†199
Some college34%†237
Associate degree9.3%†64
Bachelor's degree16%†112
Graduate degree3.3%†23

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 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

397 households (±82)

White Deer, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k11%†42
$25k–50k18%†71
$50k–75k13%†53
$75k–100k12%†47
$100k–150k18%†73
$150k–200k14%†57
$200k or more14%†54

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 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

397 households (±82)

White Deer, Texas
Texas share

Own75%298
Rent25%†99

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−15.4 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

79 households (±48)

White Deer, Texas
Texas share

Under $75013%†10
$750–1,00077%†61
$1,000–1,50010%†8

Home values

298 homes (±64)

White Deer, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k60%†179
$150k–250k23%†70
$250k–400k13%†39

Age of homes

499 homes (±89)

White Deer, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later1.4%†7
2000–200911%†53
1980–199913%†66

Size of homes

499 homes (±89)

White Deer, Texas
Texas share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom4.6%†23
2 bedrooms21%†103

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

565 workers (±137)

White Deer, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone83%470
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit0.0%0
Walk5.3%†30
Bike0.0%0
Work from home12%†65
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (−15.0 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

500 workers (±122)

White Deer, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min32%†162
15–29 min22%†108
30–44 min22%†109

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 Amarillo, 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 Carson County, the county holding most of White Deer's residents.

Carson County has 131 employer establishments, 223 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248; 1.02× Texas's), with 983 paid employees at an average annual pay of $64,813. The Census Bureau also counts 442 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 131; 442 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 223; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 983
Average annual pay: $64,813; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	11	18.7	3.37×More than typical	38	$24,737	—
Gasoline stations	8	13.6	4.19×Too few to compare	86	$24,047	—
Specialty trade contractors	7	11.9	0.77×Too few to compare	46	$66,174	44
Heavy and civil engineering construction	5	8.5	7.41×Too few to compare	176	$131,449	—
Restaurants and other eating places	5	8.5	0.46×Too few to compare	52	$15,538	5
Truck transportation	5	8.5	1.68×Too few to compare	36	$49,333	19
Automotive repair and maintenance	4	6.8	1.35×Too few to compare	14	$90,857	5
Banks and credit unions	4	6.8	2.10×Too few to compare	19	$55,737	—
Building equipment contractors	4	6.8	1.13×Too few to compare	10	$47,800	8
Construction of buildings	4	6.8	0.90×Too few to compare	8	$55,625	7
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	4	6.8	2.75×Too few to compare	10	$47,800	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	3	5.1	1.25×Too few to compare	11	$36,364	7

Rank places for an industry Open Carson County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,883 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: White Deer is mostly in Carson County.

See federal money in Carson 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.

White Deer, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Ronny JacksonR-TX-13 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.7%

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.

Carson County67100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Amarillo, TX41

Other cities and towns in Carson 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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