Scores by category

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

Safety63#338/924
Economy1#919/925
Housing34#608/925
Health66#313/925
Healthcare5#878/923
Environment4#878/917
Education19#751/925
Infrastructure23#713/925
Community4#886/925
Leisure & amenities9#838/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Injury deaths · low40 /100k
100/100Texas 69 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · low9.8 /100k
96/100Texas 14.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · low6.8 /100k
96/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Firearm deaths · low6.6 /100k
96/100Texas 13.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Depression · low19.1%
95/100Texas 21.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Distance to an airport · low16 mi
90/100Texas 33 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Uninsured residents (under 65) · high29.6%
0/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Food insecurity · high35.2%
1/100Texas 19.4%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Hot days · high152 days
1/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Income adjusted for local prices · low$46,513
1/100Texas $71,940United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisAggregated from counties
Distance to an Amtrak station · high240 mi
1/100Texas 43 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Lack of reliable transportation · high17.1%
1/100Texas 10.5%United States 8.3%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
34% (2021) → 66% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+32 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
57.5% (2015-2019) → 84.4% (2020-2024)
+27 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Distance to an airportImproving
44 mi (2020) → 16 mi (2025)
−64%5 yearsUS 33 mi → 33 mi
New business applicationsImproving
6.0 /1k (2020) → 9.5 /1k (2025)
+58%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
71 /100k (2021) → 110 /100k (2025)
+56%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
3.8 /100k (2021) → 2.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−47%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area improved on 21 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 1 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.

Improved21

Broadband+27 points57.5% → 84.4%
High school++4.6 points67.9% → 72.5%
Poverty−4.1 points28.9% → 24.8%
Uninsured−2.6 points32.1% → 29.6%
Gyms+39%0.5 /10k → 0.7 /10k

Declined7

Overdose deaths+79%3.8 /100k → 6.8 /100k
Suicides+26%7.8 /100k → 9.8 /100k
Commute+1.5 min19.9 min → 21.3 min
Grocery stores−8.6%0.8 /10k → 0.7 /10k
Pharmacies−17%1.5 /10k → 1.2 /10k

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.7 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	+15%	Improved	65%
Average commute time	19.9 min2015-2019	21.3 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Declined	21%
Average weekly wage	$7052020	$9052025	+28%	Improved	87%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%2015-2019	22.1%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Improved	88%
Broadband subscriptions	57.5%2015-2019	84.4%2020-2024	+27 points	Improved	100%
Child poverty rate	41.1%2015-2019	35.6%2020-2024	−5.5 points	Improved	80%
Distance to an airport	44 mi2020	16 mi2025	−28 mi	Improved	99%
Drug overdose deaths	3.8 /100k2020	6.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+79%	Declined	4%
Effective property tax rate	1.71%2015-2019	1.35%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Little change	94%
Firearm deaths	7.1 /100k2020	6.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−7%	Improved	61%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−8.6%	Declined	26%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+39%	Improved	85%
High school diploma or higher	67.9%2015-2019	72.5%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Improved	94%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	58%
Homicide rate	3.6 /100k2020	2.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−44%	Improved	73%
Income adjusted for local prices	$34,4492019	$46,5132024	+35%	Improved	72%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4832015-2019	0.4712020-2024	−0.012	Within the margin of error	81%
Median household income	$38,7582015-2019	$52,6012020-2024	+36%	Improved	88%
New business applications	6.0 /1k2020	9.5 /1k2025	+58%	Improved	68%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−17%	Declined	28%
Poverty rate	28.9%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	−4.1 points	Improved	94%
Property crime rate	1,960 /100k2020	1,576 /100k2025	−20%	Improved	23%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−2.4%	Little change	43%
Public transit commuters	0.7%2015-2019	0.4%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	51%
Rent as share of income	31.9%2015-2019	29.9%2020-2024	−2 points	Improved	87%
Rent-burdened households	53.5%2015-2019	49.8%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Improved	83%
Restaurants and bars	7.4 /10k2020	8.0 /10k2025	+9%	Improved	77%
Suicide rate	7.8 /100k2020	9.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+26%	Declined	20%
Traffic deaths	7.5 /100k2015-2019	8.4 /100k2020-2024	+13%	Declined	40%
Unemployment rate	9.9%2020	6.9%2025	−3 points	Improved	51%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	32.1%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Improved	91%
Violent crime rate	364 /100k2020	334 /100k2025	−8.2%	Improved	38%

“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 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro 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, Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area itself moved +3.4 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

426,120 residents

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: Under 10 men (−0.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

426,120 residents

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area
United States share

White8.7%36,979
Black0.5%2,175
Hispanic or Latino89%380,524

Education

257,360 residents (±230)

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area
United States share

No high school diploma27%70,657
High school or GED26%66,464
Some college17%43,632

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

138,433 households (±877)

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area
United States share

Under $25k25%34,497
$25k–50k23%32,321
$50k–75k17%23,020
$75k–100k12%17,007
$100k–150k13%18,255
$150k–200k5.7%7,855
$200k or more4.0%5,478

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−9.1 points).

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

138,433 households (±877)

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area
United States share

Own65%90,278
Rent35%48,155

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

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

Rent paid

44,231 households (±1,508)

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area
United States share

Under $75030%13,283
$750–1,00029%12,635
$1,000–1,50031%13,675

Home values

90,278 homes (±1,475)

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area
United States share

Under $150k54%48,636
$150k–250k27%24,204
$250k–400k13%11,361

Age of homes

159,679 homes (±95)

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area
United States share

2010 or later16%26,191
2000–200921%34,206
1980–199932%51,740

Size of homes

159,679 homes (±95)

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area
United States share

Studio3.0%4,825
1 bedroom10%16,403
2 bedrooms26%41,474
3 bedrooms

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

172,205 workers (±2,115)

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area
United States share

Drive alone76%130,269
Carpool12%20,183
Public transit0.4%†734
Walk1.6%2,799
Bike0.1%†241
Work from home9.1%15,633
Other1.4%2,346

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−9.1 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

156,572 workers (±2,082)

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area
United States share

Under 15 min31%48,217
15–29 min46%71,844
30–44 min15%24,145

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 10 largest occupations in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX employ 55,400 people. 10 pay a median below the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Home Health and Personal Care Aides21,990 jobs	21,990	$23,500US $35,800	−34%	5.04×
Fast Food and Counter Workers6,570 jobs	6,570	$22,500US $31,200	−28%	1.68×
Customer Service Representatives4,880 jobs	4,880	$38,350US $44,770	−14%	1.86×
Retail Salespersons3,820 jobs	3,820	$27,780US $35,410	−22%	0.97×
General and Operations Managers3,440 jobs	3,440	$75,350US $105,770	−29%	0.97×
Cashiers3,420 jobs	3,420	$26,250US $32,880	−20%	1.09×
Stockers and Order Fillers2,960 jobs	2,960	$34,680US $37,330	−7%	1.03×
Registered Nurses2,930 jobs	2,930	$81,090US $97,550	−17%	0.86×
Office Clerks, General2,900 jobs	2,900	$33,310US $45,010	−26%	1.16×
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners2,490 jobs	2,490	$30,650US $36,840	−17%	1.11×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

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.

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX has 6,732 employer establishments, 157 for every 10,000 residents (0.63× the US rate of 248), with 123,749 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,649. The Census Bureau also counts 40,580 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,732; 40,580 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 157; US 248
Paid employees: 123,749
Average annual pay: $36,649; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	755	17.6	0.84×About typical	19,466	$34,177	1,501
Restaurants and other eating places	685	16	0.87×About typical	14,174	$18,945	433
Offices of physicians	339	7.9	1.22×About typical	3,360	$77,137	238
Limited-service restaurants	311	7.3	0.90×About typical	7,513	$17,416	87
Full-service restaurants	282	6.6	0.86×About typical	5,644	$21,142	230
Lessors of real estate	273	6.4	0.52×Fewer than typical	1,005	$33,441	2,022
Specialty trade contractors	215	5	0.32×Fewer than typical	1,811	$49,038	4,011
Insurance agencies and brokerages	180	4.2	0.96×About typical	1,433	$47,576	616
Legal services	178	4.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	758	$58,084	281
Construction of buildings	164	3.8	0.51×Fewer than typical	801	$57,733	2,572
Child day care services	157	3.7	1.50×More than typical	1,453	$25,502	1,060
Truck transportation	142	3.3	0.65×Fewer than typical	1,820	$53,987	2,099

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 428,906 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 $996M on contracts performed in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area: $2,295 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $996M; +156% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,295; US $2,007
Sole-source: 6.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.5%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

U.S. Customs and Border Protection$632.4M63%
U.S. Coast Guard$207M21%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$84.7M8.5%
Defense Logistics Agency$28.9M2.9%
Department of the Army$14.3M1.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs$10.3M1.0%
Public Buildings Service$6.8M0.7%
Departmental Offices$2.8M0.3%

Top recipients

BARNARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED$369.5M37%
SPENCER CONSTRUCTION LLC$260.2M26%
THE HASKELL COMPANY$200M20%
AKIMA INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION LLC$65.5M6.6%
ORC INDUSTRIES, INC.$28.9M2.9%

Spending by fiscal year

100.1MFY2017
68.3MFY2018
128.6MFY2019
195.4MFY2020
156.6MFY2021
199.3MFY2022
150.3MFY2023
245.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$844.4M85%
Investigation and security services · 5616$71.1M7.1%
Other textile product mills · 3149$28.9M2.9%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$13M1.3%
Facilities support services · 5612$7.7M0.8%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$3.5M

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 $2.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area: $4,740 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $2.1B; −1.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,740; US $12,975
Loan face value: $68.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$936.1M46%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$299.4M15%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$141.5M6.9%
93.566 · Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs$136M6.6%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$129.3M6.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$126.2M6.1%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$48.8M2.4%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$38.6M1.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

COMPASS CONNECTIONS$95.7M4.7%
SAN ANTONIO, TX
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$63.7M3.1%
AUSTIN, TX
SUNNY GLEN CHILDREN'S HOME$54.7M2.7%
SAN BENITO, TX
NEIGHBORS IN NEED OF SERVICES, INC N.I.N.O.S$27.6M1.3%
RIO HONDO, TX
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE

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$1.3B65%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$334.8M16%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Administration for Children and Families$180.6M8.8%
Department of Health and Human Services
Federal Highway Administration$64M3.1%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

1.8BFY2021
1.7BFY2022
1.8BFY2023
1.8BFY2024
2.1BFY2025
2.1BFY2026

County aggregates

82%

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 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Brownsville-Harlingen, 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.

Cameron CountyCentral county14433,946

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

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 2026-10-06
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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved21

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

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Improved21

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