Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety20#740/924
Economy66#313/925
Housing88#115/925
Health30#647/925
Healthcare9#839/923
Environment79#196/917
Education13#803/925
Infrastructure38#573/925
Community40#553/925
Leisure & amenities50#462/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Borger, TX micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Severe housing problems · low7.9%
99/100Texas 17.5%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Job growth · high6.3%
99/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
99/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Average weekly wage · high$1,515
96/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Public libraries · high1.5 /10k
89/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.419
89/100Texas 0.478United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
1/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
New homes permitted · low0.1 /1k
2/100Texas 6.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Primary care physicians · low25 /100k
3/100Texas 61 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · low56 /100k
3/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Distance to an airport · high141 mi
5/100Texas 33 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Distance to an Amtrak station · high161 mi
5/100Texas 43 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Mental health providersImproving
10 /100k (2021) → 56 /100k (2025)
+477%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Drought exposureWorsening
22% (2021) → 62% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+39 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.5 /10k (2020) → 1.0 /10k (2025)
+110%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
New homes permittedWorsening
0.2 /1k (2021) → 0.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−74%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
New business applicationsImproving
5.6 /1k (2020) → 9.0 /1k (2025)
+60%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Violent crime rateWorsening
237 /100k (2020) → 354 /100k (2025)
+49%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k

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, Borger, TX micropolitan area improved on 14 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 8 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved14

Uninsured−7.1 points22.8% → 15.6%
Restaurants+44%7.8 /10k → 11.2 /10k
Gyms+110%0.5 /10k → 1.0 /10k
Child poverty−9.1 points21.4% → 12.3%
Arts & recreation+40%1.5 /10k → 2.0 /10k

Declined5

Commute+4.1 min16.2 min → 20.3 min
Violent crime+49%237 /100k → 354 /100k
Homicides+34%5.0 /100k → 6.7 /100k
Grocery stores−21%1.9 /10k → 1.5 /10k
Traffic deaths+22%17.8 /100k → 21.8 /100k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Borger, TX micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.5 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+40%	Improved	93%
Average commute time	16.2 min2015-2019	20.3 min2020-2024	+4.1 min	Declined	2%
Average weekly wage	$1,2752020	$1,5152025	+19%	Improved	15%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Broadband subscriptions	79.2%2015-2019	88.5%2020-2024	+9.3 points	Improved	54%
Child poverty rate	21.4%2015-2019	12.3%2020-2024	−9.1 points	Improved	94%
Distance to an airport	141 mi2020	141 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	18.4 /100k2020	14.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−23%	Improved	49%
Effective property tax rate	1.43%2015-2019	1.45%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Firearm deaths	16.2 /100k2020	15.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.5%	Little change	53%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−21%	Declined	9%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	+110%	Improved	97%
High school diploma or higher	86.0%2015-2019	85.9%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Home price to income ratio	1.5×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	73%
Homicide rate	5.0 /100k2020	6.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+34%	Declined	8%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,1072019	$63,1562024	+31%	Improved	47%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4312015-2019	0.4192020-2024	−0.012	Within the margin of error	81%
Median household income	$52,5242015-2019	$67,2282020-2024	+28%	Improved	55%
New business applications	5.6 /1k2020	9.0 /1k2025	+60%	Improved	71%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+4.8%	Little change	84%
Poverty rate	14.6%2015-2019	13.3%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Property crime rate	2,261 /100k2020	1,169 /100k2025	−48%	Improved	83%
Public libraries	1.4 /10k2019	1.5 /10k2024	+5.6%	Improved	87%
Rent as share of income	23.9%2015-2019	25.6%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Rent-burdened households	37.4%2015-2019	40.5%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Restaurants and bars	7.8 /10k2020	11.2 /10k2025	+44%	Improved	100%
Traffic deaths	17.8 /100k2015-2019	21.8 /100k2020-2024	+22%	Declined	26%
Unemployment rate	6.8%2020	4.1%2025	−2.7 points	Improved	42%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	22.8%2015-2019	15.6%2020-2024	−7.1 points	Improved	99%
Violent crime rate	237 /100k2020	354 /100k2025	+49%	Declined	4%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Borger, TX micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Borger, TX micropolitan area 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, Borger, TX micropolitan area itself moved +1 points in standing on average over the same 29 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

20,184 residents

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

7,000 households (±307)

Borger, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k17%1,176
$25k–50k21%1,498
$50k–75k16%1,089

Homes

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

Owners and renters

7,000 households (±307)

Borger, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Own83%5,829
Rent17%1,171

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.9 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

8,558 workers (±491)

Borger, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone81%6,958
Carpool9.3%800
Public transit0.8%†65

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 no occupation wages for Borger, TX micropolitan area.

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.

Borger, TX has 394 employer establishments, 197 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248), with 5,715 paid employees at an average annual pay of $70,331. The Census Bureau also counts 1,030 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 394; 1,030 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 197; US 248
Paid employees: 5,715
Average annual pay: $70,331; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	39	19.5	1.06×About typical	666	$16,887	8
Religious organizations	24	12	2.16×More than typical	145	$15,655	—
Specialty trade contractors	23	11.5	0.74×Fewer than typical	492	$74,549	139
Ambulatory health care services	19	9.5	0.46×Fewer than typical	123	$45,431	24
Limited-service restaurants	18	9	1.12×About typical	306	$16,886	5
Full-service restaurants	16	8	1.04×About typical	300	$18,313	3
Building equipment contractors	14	7	1.16×About typical	215	$73,372	20
Automotive repair and maintenance	12	6	1.19×About typical	56	$41,107	20
General merchandise stores	11	5.5	3.11×More than typical	319	$30,009	8
Lessors of real estate	11	5.5	0.45×Fewer than typical	25	$22,040	52
Gasoline stations	9	4.5	1.39×Too few to compare	104	$26,346	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	8	4	2.29×Too few to compare	49	$36,857	5

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 20,020 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $12.4M on contracts performed in Borger, TX micropolitan area: $634 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $12.4M
Per resident: $634; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 15%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Highway Administration$12.3M99%
National Park Service$127.3K1.0%

Top recipients

CENTRAL SOUTHERN CONSTRUCTION CORP.$10.5M84%
PROHNS LLC$1.3M11%
ROCKSOL CONSULTING GROUP, INC.$576.3K4.6%
JOEL ROBERTSON$89.9K0.7%
HAROLD RAY WHITE III$27.3K0.2%

Spending by fiscal year

878.6KFY2017
158.1KFY2018
648.4KFY2019
246.9KFY2020
175.6KFY2021
492.1KFY2022
16.4MFY2023
1.1MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$10.5M84%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1.8M15%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$89.9K0.7%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$27.3K0.2%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$10K0.1%

Largest awards

FUNDS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TX NP MULTI PMS(1) ), PAVEMENT PRESERVATION TEXAS. THIS WORK CONSISTS OF CRACK SEALING, PATCHING, APPLICATION OF CHIP SEAL AND MICRO SURFACE TREATMENTS AND PAVEMENT MARKING.$10.5M
CENTRAL SOUTHERN CONSTRUCTION CORP.· Hutchinson County, TX· Construction & real property· Dec 8, 2025 – Jan 22, 2026· 69056726F00009N
TX NP MULTI PMS(1), PAVEMENT PRESERVATION TEXAS CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT/INSPECTION SUPPORT SERVICES$1.3M
PROHNS LLC· Hutchinson County, TX· Construction & real property· Feb 3, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026· 69056726F00021N
OK NP MULTI PMS(1) & TX NP MULTI PMS(2), PAVEMENT PRESERVATION OKLAHOMA AND PAVEMENT PRESERVATION NORTH TEXAS CI-II SERVICES$576.3K
ROCKSOL CONSULTING GROUP, INC.· Hutchinson County, TX· Construction & real property· Apr 7, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026· 69056726F00042N

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $120.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Borger, TX micropolitan area: $6,139 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $120.5M; −5.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,139; US $12,955
Loan face value: $2.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$75.7M63%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$12.7M10%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$12M10.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$8.4M7.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$2.7M2.2%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$1.9M1.6%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$1.8M1.5%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$982.7K0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

BORGER JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT$2M1.7%
BORGER, TX
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$2M1.6%
AUSTIN, TX
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BORGER$877.8K0.7%
BORGER, TX
KIRK PROPERTIES INC$239.6K0.2%
ARVADA, CO
ROGER BUCHANAN REAL ESTATE TR$188.4K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$99.4M82%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$13.5M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$2.1M1.7%
Federal Highway Administration$2M1.6%
Department of Transportation
Railroad Retirement Board$982.7K0.8%

Assistance by fiscal year

111.7MFY2021
118.3MFY2022
126MFY2023
120.5MFY2024
127.6MFY2025
120.5MFY2026

County aggregates

95%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Borger, TX

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Hutchinson CountyCentral county3919,633

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

BorgerPrincipal city12,226

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Texas

Areas based in Texas, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved14

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Borger, TX micropolitan area 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

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Borger, TX

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Texas

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved14

Declined5

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

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought