City · Runnels County, Texas

Winters, Texas

Winters is a city in Runnels County, Texas. It has 2,405 residents. Winters, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 17 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,029 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #574 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), social associations (high) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on traffic deaths (high), pharmacies (low) and dentists (low).

17Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,029 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #574 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 2,405 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,020.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 4879876

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.

Safety54#7,111/15,637
Economy21#12,306/15,631
Housing41#8,869/14,977
Health13#13,629/15,609
Healthcare10#14,107/15,650
Environment53#7,297/15,453
Education30#10,918/15,649
Infrastructure4#15,071/15,650
Community31#10,774/15,651
Leisure & amenities48#8,197/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Home price to income ratio · low1.1×
100/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Social associations · high18.2 /10k
97/100Texas 7.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRunnels County value
Grocery stores · high3.1 /10k
95/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRunnels County value
Students per teacher · low10.9×
94/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsRunnels County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Texas 5.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataRunnels County value
Public libraries · high2.0 /10k
92/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesRunnels County value

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high54.7 /100k
1/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataRunnels County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Texas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRunnels County value
Dentists · low10 /100k
1/100Texas 63 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRunnels County value
Preventable hospital stays · high5,207 /100k
1/100Texas 2,991 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRunnels County value
Voter turnout · low49.6%
4/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionRunnels County value
Distance to an airport · high130 mi
4/100Texas 33 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauRunnels County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,858 (2015-2019) → 2,405 (2020-2024)
−16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
58.2% (2015-2019) → 90.1% (2020-2024)
+32 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
63.9% (2015-2019) → 85.2% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
44.3% (2015-2019) → 24.2% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$34,256 (2015-2019) → $48,590 (2020-2024)
+42%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
26.9% (2015-2019) → 19.0% (2020-2024)
−7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Winters, Texas improved on 4 of 12 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.

Improved4

High school++21 points63.9% → 85.2%
Broadband+32 points58.2% → 90.1%
Child poverty−20 points44.3% → 24.2%
Household income+42%$34,256 → $48,590

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Winters, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.0 min2015-2019	29.4 min2020-2024	+7.4 min	Within the margin of error	5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%2015-2019	13.7%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Broadband subscriptions	58.2%2015-2019	90.1%2020-2024	+32 points	Improved	98%
Child poverty rate	44.3%2015-2019	24.2%2020-2024	−20 points	Improved	94%
Effective property tax rate	2.17%2015-2019	1.60%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	93%
High school diploma or higher	63.9%2015-2019	85.2%2020-2024	+21 points	Improved	100%
Home price to income ratio	1.2×2015-2019	1.1×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	83%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4532015-2019	0.4392020-2024	−0.014	Within the margin of error	63%
Median household income	$34,2562015-2019	$48,5902020-2024	+42%	Improved	76%
Poverty rate	26.9%2015-2019	19.0%2020-2024	−7.8 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Rent-burdened households	38.5%2015-2019	46.1%2020-2024	+7.6 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.9%2015-2019	18.2%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	81%

“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 Winters, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Winters, 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, Winters, Texas itself moved +2.2 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

2,405 residents (±258)

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

855 households (±122)

Winters, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k27%†228
$25k–50k26%†226
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

855 households (±122)

Winters, Texas
Texas share

Own63%538
Rent37%†317

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

1,021 workers (±158)

Winters, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone77%790
Carpool18%†182
Public transit0.0%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 Runnels County, the county holding most of Winters's residents.

Runnels County has 218 employer establishments, 220 for every 10,000 residents (0.89× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Texas's), with 2,181 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,990. The Census Bureau also counts 844 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 218; 844 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 220; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 2,181
Average annual pay: $41,990; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	18	18.2	3.28×More than typical	68	$9,147	—
Restaurants and other eating places	18	18.2	0.99×About typical	194	$13,691	8
Specialty trade contractors	14	14.1	0.91×About typical	73	$47,575	142
Gasoline stations	13	13.1	4.05×More than typical	125	$26,592	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	9.1	1.81×Too few to compare	22	$24,045	21
Full-service restaurants	9	9.1	1.18×Too few to compare	105	$14,371	5
Truck transportation	9	9.1	1.80×Too few to compare	25	$86,200	39
Ambulatory health care services	8	8.1	0.39×Too few to compare	66	$45,773	31
Building equipment contractors	8	8.1	1.34×Too few to compare	52	$47,327	24
Banks and credit unions	6	6.1	1.88×Too few to compare	69	$72,319	—
Construction of buildings	6	6.1	0.80×Too few to compare	21	$35,905	36
Limited-service restaurants	6	6.1	0.76×Too few to compare	79	$12,835	3

Rank places for an industry Open Runnels County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,901 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: Winters is mostly in Runnels County.

See federal money in Runnels 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.

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

House

August PflugerR-TX-11 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.3%

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.

Runnels County36100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Runnels 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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