Scores by category

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

Safety51#454/924
Economy48#479/925
Housing77#216/925
Health42#538/925
Healthcare2#909/923
Environment83#156/917
Education0#921/925
Infrastructure19#748/925
Community43#532/925
Leisure & amenities30#647/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Rent as share of income · low22.8%
98/100Texas 30.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low36.8%
93/100Texas 51.7%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Average commute time · low17.4 min
93/100Texas 26.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Job growth · high2.2%
92/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Unemployment rate · low3.0%
90/100Texas 4.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year

Weaknesses

High school diploma or higher · low68.2%
0/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Bachelor's degree or higher · low12.3%
1/100Texas 33.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Mental health providers · low32 /100k
1/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Some college · low40.8%
1/100Texas 64.8%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high24.4%
1/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Primary care physicians · low24 /100k
2/100Texas 61 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University 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
22% (2021) → 62% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+40 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedImproving
0.2 /1k (2021) → 0.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+151%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
15 /100k (2021) → 32 /100k (2025)
+120%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
17.3 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.5 /10k (2020) → 0.9 /10k (2025)
+94%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Child poverty rateWorsening
15.3% (2015-2019) → 25.4% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Dumas, TX micropolitan area improved on 10 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 9 moved within the margin of error and 5 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.

Improved10

Gyms+94%0.5 /10k → 0.9 /10k
Overdose deaths−100%14.3 /100k → 0.0 /100k
Traffic deaths−7.3%24.3 /100k → 22.5 /100k
Real income+35%$52,433 → $70,588
Violent crime−27%212 /100k → 154 /100k

Declined6

Uninsured+5.4 points19.0% → 24.4%
Inequality+0.0580.376 → 0.434
Child poverty+10 points15.3% → 25.4%
Restaurants−22%9.4 /10k → 7.3 /10k
Homicides+7.8%5.1 /100k → 5.5 /100k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Dumas, TX micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.9 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−2.9%	Little change	23%
Average commute time	17.2 min2015-2019	17.4 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	59%
Average weekly wage	$9702020	$1,1182025	+15%	Improved	4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%2015-2019	12.3%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Broadband subscriptions	84.4%2015-2019	84.0%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	0%
Child poverty rate	15.3%2015-2019	25.4%2020-2024	+10 points	Declined	0%
Distance to an airport	155 mi2020	155 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	14.3 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−100%	Improved	99%
Effective property tax rate	1.47%2015-2019	1.35%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Firearm deaths	15.8 /100k2020	16.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.7%	Declined	40%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−2.9%	Little change	38%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+94%	Improved	95%
High school diploma or higher	67.3%2015-2019	68.2%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	75%
Homicide rate	5.1 /100k2020	5.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.8%	Declined	16%
Income adjusted for local prices	$52,4332019	$70,5882024	+35%	Improved	70%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3762015-2019	0.4342020-2024	+0.058	Declined	1%
Median household income	$54,8712015-2019	$61,7622020-2024	+13%	Improved	3%
New business applications	5.8 /1k2020	8.6 /1k2025	+49%	Improved	55%
Pharmacies	1.4 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−2.9%	Little change	61%
Poverty rate	12.8%2015-2019	18.3%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Property crime rate	1,730 /100k2020	1,016 /100k2025	−41%	Improved	67%
Public libraries	1.4 /10k2019	1.4 /10k2024	−3.4%	Little change	34%
Rent as share of income	21.4%2015-2019	22.8%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent-burdened households	31.9%2015-2019	36.8%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Restaurants and bars	9.4 /10k2020	7.3 /10k2025	−22%	Declined	2%
Traffic deaths	24.3 /100k2015-2019	22.5 /100k2020-2024	−7.3%	Improved	75%
Unemployment rate	4.2%2020	3.0%2025	−1.2 points	Improved	7%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.0%2015-2019	24.4%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Declined	0%
Violent crime rate	212 /100k2020	154 /100k2025	−27%	Improved	70%

“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 Dumas, TX micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Dumas, 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, Dumas, TX micropolitan area itself moved −8.2 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

21,373 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

7,157 households (±272)

Dumas, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k18%1,314
$25k–50k22%1,602
$50k–75k20%1,461

Homes

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

Owners and renters

7,157 households (±272)

Dumas, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Own62%4,470
Rent38%2,687

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

9,710 workers (±518)

Dumas, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone82%7,969
Carpool11%1,085
Public transit0.3%†26

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 Dumas, 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.

Dumas, TX has 456 employer establishments, 214 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248), with 8,969 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,159. The Census Bureau also counts 1,572 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 456; 1,572 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 214; US 248
Paid employees: 8,969
Average annual pay: $55,159; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	37	17.4	0.95×About typical	593	$18,710	29
Religious organizations	25	11.7	2.12×More than typical	102	$20,157	—
Specialty trade contractors	24	11.3	0.73×Fewer than typical	216	$53,968	106
Ambulatory health care services	22	10.3	0.50×Fewer than typical	118	$51,966	30
Truck transportation	21	9.9	1.95×More than typical	176	$72,636	204
Full-service restaurants	18	8.5	1.10×About typical	261	$19,479	10
Gasoline stations	16	7.5	2.32×More than typical	186	$23,581	—
Heavy and civil engineering construction	15	7	6.15×More than typical	434	$70,668	—
Lessors of real estate	14	6.6	0.53×Fewer than typical	25	$38,720	90
Limited-service restaurants	14	6.6	0.82×About typical	316	$18,142	15
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	6.1	1.21×About typical	53	$42,358	28
Insurance agencies and brokerages	13	6.1	1.39×More than typical	52	$41,654	8

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 21,279 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 $2.9M on contracts performed in Dumas, TX micropolitan area: $132 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.9M; +31% vs FY2025
Per resident: $132; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Agricultural Marketing Service$2.9M100%

Top recipients

MASTERS GALLERY FOODS, INCORPORATED$2.9M100%

Spending by fiscal year

-75.4KFY2017
3.1KFY2018
14.1KFY2019
10.8KFY2020
16.8KFY2021
13.8KFY2022
24.4KFY2023
2.8MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Dairy product manufacturing · 3115$2.9M100%

Largest awards

COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011454/4400002535/4100034600/CHEESE CHED YEL BLOCK-40 LB (40800)$514.5K
MASTERS GALLERY FOODS, INCORPORATED· Moore County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 21, 2026 – Jul 21, 2026· 123J1426F1540
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011059/4100033407/CHEESE CHED YEL BLOCK-40 LB (40800)$446K
MASTERS GALLERY FOODS, INCORPORATED· Moore County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 11, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· 123J1426C0331
COMMODITIES FOR USG FOOD DONATIONS: 2000011347/4400002535/4100034363/CHEESE CHED WHT BLOCK-40 LB (40800),CHEESE CHED YEL BLOCK-40 LB (40800)$433.2K
MASTERS GALLERY FOODS, INCORPORATED· Moore County, TX· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 2, 2026 – Aug 3, 2026· 123J1426F1303

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 $73.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Dumas, TX micropolitan area: $3,364 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $73.6M; −47% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3,364; US $12,955
Loan face value: $2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 7.8%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$46.5M63%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$6.5M8.9%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$4.4M6.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$4.3M5.9%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$3.7M5.1%
10.912 · Environmental Quality Incentives Program$1.7M2.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$1.5M2.0%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$1.1M1.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$2M2.7%
AUSTIN, TX
MCCLOY FAMILY FARMS PARTNERSHI$787.2K1.1%
STINNETT, TX
NETSYNC NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.$764.4K1.0%
HOUSTON, TX
M&A HALFMANN INC$317.6K0.4%
SUNRAY, TX
HASTA FARMS$229.4K

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$58.9M80%
Farm Service Agency$4.7M6.3%
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$4.4M5.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Natural Resources Conservation Service$2.5M3.4%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration

Assistance by fiscal year

78.3MFY2021
124.9MFY2022
78MFY2023
67.8MFY2024
139.7MFY2025
73.6MFY2026

County aggregates

86%

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 Dumas, 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.

Moore CountyCentral county3321,891

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

DumasPrincipal city14,452

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

Improved10

Declined6

Metro and micro areas like Dumas, 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 Dumas, 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

Improved10

Declined6

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 buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

What was bought

By type