Scores by category

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

Safety67#303/924
Economy18#756/925
Housing54#427/925
Health59#377/925
Healthcare1#914/923
Environment57#392/917
Education20#743/925
Infrastructure22#726/925
Community3#898/925
Leisure & amenities8#853/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Distance to an Amtrak station · low3 mi
100/100Texas 43 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Injury deaths · low57 /100k
98/100Texas 69 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Depression · low19.4%
94/100Texas 21.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · high32.3%
90/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Home price to income ratio · low2.5×
86/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Average commute time · low19.1 min
85/100Texas 26.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Pharmacies · low0.4 /10k
1/100Texas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Flu vaccinations · low22.0%
1/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Hot days · high133 days
2/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Distance to an emergency room · high24.3 mi
2/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties
Physical inactivity · high36.7%
2/100Texas 29.6%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Poor or fair health · high29.8%
3/100Texas 23.2%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
33% (2021) → 61% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+29 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
4.3 /1k (2020) → 8.7 /1k (2025)
+104%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
67.6% (2015-2019) → 85.7% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Traffic deathsWorsening
8.2 /100k (2015-2019) → 14.3 /100k (2020-2024)
+75%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
New homes permittedWorsening
3.3 /1k (2021) → 1.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−54%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Preventable hospital staysImproving
4,410 /100k (2019) → 2,120 /100k (2023)
−52%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /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, Del Rio, TX micropolitan area improved on 14 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 8 moved within the margin of error and 7 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

High school++8.5 points68.2% → 76.8%
Broadband+18 points67.6% → 85.7%
Household income+43%$46,147 → $66,100
New businesses+104%4.3 /1k → 8.7 /1k
Child poverty−10 points28.5% → 18.5%

Declined2

Traffic deaths+75%8.2 /100k → 14.3 /100k
Suicides+8.1%14.8 /100k → 16.0 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Del Rio, 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	1.9 /10k2025	+28%	Improved	85%
Average commute time	18.3 min2015-2019	19.1 min2020-2024	+0.9 min	Within the margin of error	34%
Average weekly wage	$7792020	$9642025	+24%	Improved	55%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%2015-2019	22.5%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Improved	80%
Broadband subscriptions	67.6%2015-2019	85.7%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	95%
Child poverty rate	28.5%2015-2019	18.5%2020-2024	−10 points	Improved	96%
Distance to an airport	147 mi2020	147 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	10.9 /100k2020	9.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−9.2%	Improved	35%
Effective property tax rate	1.34%2015-2019	1.31%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Firearm deaths	14.6 /100k2020	14.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−4.1%	Little change	56%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−0.5%	Little change	48%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−0.5%	Little change	40%
High school diploma or higher	68.2%2015-2019	76.8%2020-2024	+8.5 points	Improved	100%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	75%
Homicide rate	5.0 /100k2020	4.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2%	Little change	24%
Income adjusted for local prices	$44,0832019	$59,2782024	+34%	Improved	68%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4702015-2019	0.4382020-2024	−0.032	Within the margin of error	96%
Median household income	$46,1472015-2019	$66,1002020-2024	+43%	Improved	98%
New business applications	4.3 /1k2020	8.7 /1k2025	+104%	Improved	96%
Pharmacies	0.4 /10k2020	0.4 /10k2025	−0.5%	Little change	70%
Poverty rate	20.3%2015-2019	16.6%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Property crime rate	1,371 /100k2020	839 /100k2025	−39%	Improved	62%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	+2.6%	Little change	78%
Rent as share of income	23.3%2015-2019	26.3%2020-2024	+3 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Rent-burdened households	36.1%2015-2019	43.6%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Restaurants and bars	6.3 /10k2020	7.1 /10k2025	+13%	Improved	85%
Suicide rate	14.8 /100k2020	16.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+8.1%	Declined	41%
Traffic deaths	8.2 /100k2015-2019	14.3 /100k2020-2024	+75%	Declined	2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%2020	5.2%2025	−3.6 points	Improved	69%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	20.8%2015-2019	20.2%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Violent crime rate	205 /100k2020	167 /100k2025	−18%	Improved	53%

“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 Del Rio, TX micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Del Rio, 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, Del Rio, TX micropolitan area itself moved +2.3 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

47,741 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

16,810 households (±386)

Del Rio, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k19%3,261
$25k–50k19%3,196
$50k–75k19%3,256

Homes

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

Owners and renters

16,810 households (±386)

Del Rio, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Own69%11,608
Rent31%5,202

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+5.6 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

20,267 workers (±708)

Del Rio, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone74%14,897
Carpool15%3,123
Public transit0.1%†12

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 Del Rio, 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.

Del Rio, TX has 786 employer establishments, 165 for every 10,000 residents (0.66× the US rate of 248), with 11,850 paid employees at an average annual pay of $35,702. The Census Bureau also counts 4,408 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 786; 4,408 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 165; US 248
Paid employees: 11,850
Average annual pay: $35,702; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	69	14.5	0.79×Fewer than typical	1,578	$19,208	50
Ambulatory health care services	55	11.5	0.55×Fewer than typical	1,011	$38,089	146
Specialty trade contractors	36	7.6	0.49×Fewer than typical	188	$45,277	607
Truck transportation	36	7.6	1.49×More than typical	234	$54,692	212
Limited-service restaurants	35	7.3	0.92×About typical	1,043	$20,234	15
Lessors of real estate	29	6.1	0.49×Fewer than typical	80	$45,450	198
Religious organizations	26	5.5	0.98×About typical	157	$18,783	—
Full-service restaurants	25	5.2	0.68×Fewer than typical	442	$16,973	24
Building equipment contractors	24	5	0.84×About typical	152	$47,658	130
Insurance agencies and brokerages	20	4.2	0.96×About typical	122	$31,098	58
Gasoline stations	19	4	1.23×About typical	146	$21,110	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	18	3.8	0.75×Fewer than typical	78	$30,090	136

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 47,678 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 $1.3B on contracts performed in Del Rio, TX micropolitan area: $28,087 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.3B; +1,300% vs FY2025
Per resident: $28,087; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.4%; US 30%
Single offer: 6.8%; 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

U.S. Customs and Border Protection$1.3B96%
Department of the Air Force$36.3M2.7%
Federal Acquisition Service$9.6M0.7%
Defense Logistics Agency$3.5M0.3%
Public Buildings Service$2M0.1%
Department of the Army$887.8K0.1%
International Boundary and Water Commission: U.S.-Mexico$769.2K0.1%
Defense Health Agency$393K0.0%

Top recipients

BARNARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED$651.9M49%
SLS FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$382.3M28%
SPENCER CONSTRUCTION LLC$173.1M13%
LOYAL SOURCE GOVERNMENT SERVICES LLC$74.6M5.6%
CHUGACH LOGISTICS AND FACILITY SERVICES JV, LLC$14.8M1.1%

Spending by fiscal year

47.9MFY2017
56.3MFY2018
71.3MFY2019
135.1MFY2020
119.5MFY2021
179.9MFY2022
139.4MFY2023
141.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$1.2B91%
Employment services · 5613$74.6M5.6%
Facilities support services · 5612$14.9M1.1%
Automotive equipment rental and leasing · 5321$9.5M0.7%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$4.7M0.3%
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$4.4M

Largest awards

BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION - VERTICAL BARRIER, DEL RIO TEXAS SECTOR (DRT-4)$651.9M
BARNARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED· Val Verde County, TX· Construction & real property· Mar 5, 2026 – Sep 29, 2026· 70B01C26F00000141
DEL RIO TEXAS-3 CARRIZO SPRINGS WATERBORNE & VERTICAL BARRIERS AND ATTRIBUTES DESIGN BUILD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT$382.3M
SLS FEDERAL SERVICES LLC· Val Verde County, TX· Construction & real property· Nov 21, 2025 – Feb 10, 2026· 70B01C26F00000003
BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION - WATERBORNE, DEL RIO SECTOR TEXAS (DRT-4)$173.1M
SPENCER CONSTRUCTION LLC· Val Verde County, TX· Construction & real property· Mar 5, 2026 – Jun 18, 2026· 70B01C26F00000140

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 $223.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Del Rio, TX micropolitan area: $4,664 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $223.1M; −4.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,664; US $12,955
Loan face value: $11.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$109.6M49%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$46M21%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$18.2M8.2%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$15.5M6.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$10.1M4.5%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$5.9M2.6%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$4.9M2.2%
93.600 · Head Start$2.9M1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DEL RIO$6.3M2.8%
DEL RIO, TX
SAN FELIPE DEL RIO CISD$2.9M1.3%
DEL RIO, TX
CITY OF DEL RIO$492.8K0.2%
DEL RIO, TX
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$480K0.2%
AUSTIN, TX
RANCHES AND RIVERS LLC$393.7K

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$153.4M69%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$51.7M23%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$6.1M2.7%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Railroad Retirement Board$5.9M2.6%
Administration for Children and Families

Assistance by fiscal year

190.8MFY2021
205.5MFY2022
219.1MFY2023
205.8MFY2024
233.2MFY2025
223.1MFY2026

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 Del Rio, 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.

Val Verde CountyCentral county2247,835

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Del RioPrincipal city34,668

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.

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

Declined2

Metro and micro areas like Del Rio, 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 Del Rio, TX

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Texas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved14

Declined2

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