Scores by category

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

Safety38#571/924
Economy71#272/925
Housing49#468/925
Health62#353/925
Healthcare35#597/923
Environment80#182/917
Education44#521/925
Infrastructure32#633/925
Community38#578/925
Leisure & amenities43#528/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Child care cost burden · low19.7%
96/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · low8.3 /100k
91/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from countiesCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
Comfortable days · high31.3%
87/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Injury deaths · low72 /100k
84/100Texas 69 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from countiesCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
Unemployment rate · low3.3%
82/100Texas 4.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Cost of buying a home today · low26.1%
82/100Texas 30.7%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.6 /10k
2/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Hot days · high116 days
4/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high18.5%
7/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Distance to an Amtrak station · high146 mi
7/100Texas 43 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Preventable hospital stays · high3,926 /100k
11/100Texas 2,991 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from countiesCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
Voter turnout · low52.6%
11/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
70.3% (2010 & 2021) → 83.2% (2022 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New business applicationsImproving
6.7 /1k (2020) → 10.8 /1k (2025)
+62%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Traffic deathsWorsening
9.7 /100k (2015-2019) → 14.9 /100k (2020-2024)
+53%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.0% (2015-2019) → 87.4% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drought exposureWorsening
4% (2021) → 13% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+8.6 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Mental health providersImproving
158 /100k (2021) → 226 /100k (2025)
+43%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /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, San Angelo, TX metro area improved on 13 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 6 moved within the margin of error and 6 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.

Improved13

Child poverty−6.7 points19.4% → 12.6%
Poverty−2.3 points13.4% → 11.1%
New businesses+62%6.7 /1k → 10.8 /1k
Firearm deaths−14%16.4 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Violent crime−25%347 /100k → 260 /100k

Declined7

Traffic deaths+53%9.7 /100k → 14.9 /100k
Uninsured+2.3 points16.2% → 18.5%
Commute+2.4 min17.9 min → 20.3 min
Pharmacies−20%1.2 /10k → 1.0 /10k
Gyms−13%1.3 /10k → 1.1 /10k

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of San Angelo, TX metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.5 /10k2020	3.7 /10k2025	+4.3%	Little change	38%
Average commute time	17.9 min2015-2019	20.3 min2020-2024	+2.4 min	Declined	9%
Average weekly wage	$9042020	$1,1232025	+24%	Improved	59%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%2015-2019	25.5%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Broadband subscriptions	78.0%2015-2019	87.4%2020-2024	+9.4 points	Improved	55%
Child poverty rate	19.4%2015-2019	12.6%2020-2024	−6.7 points	Improved	87%
Distance to an airport	108 mi2020	108 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	19%
Drug overdose deaths	12.3 /100k2020	8.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−33%	Improved	60%
Effective property tax rate	1.47%2015-2019	1.29%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	69%
Firearm deaths	16.4 /100k2020	14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−14%	Improved	73%
Grocery stores	0.6 /10k2020	0.6 /10k2025	−0.3%	Little change	50%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−13%	Declined	23%
High school diploma or higher	86.4%2015-2019	87.1%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	71%
Homicide rate	5.6 /100k2020	5.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−10%	Improved	31%
Income adjusted for local prices	$55,2792019	$73,3682024	+33%	Improved	58%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4672015-2019	0.4512020-2024	−0.016	Within the margin of error	85%
Median household income	$53,8832015-2019	$68,4192020-2024	+27%	Improved	50%
New business applications	6.7 /1k2020	10.8 /1k2025	+62%	Improved	73%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−20%	Declined	19%
Poverty rate	13.4%2015-2019	11.1%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Improved	78%
Property crime rate	2,698 /100k2020	1,937 /100k2025	−28%	Improved	38%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−0.6%	Little change	59%
Public transit commuters	0.2%2015-2019	0.4%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Rent-burdened households	47.1%2015-2019	48.9%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Restaurants and bars	8.9 /10k2020	8.8 /10k2025	−1.2%	Little change	40%
Suicide rate	13.1 /100k2020	14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.6%	Declined	42%
Traffic deaths	9.7 /100k2015-2019	14.9 /100k2020-2024	+53%	Declined	5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%2020	3.3%2025	−2.8 points	Improved	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.2%2015-2019	18.5%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Declined	6%
Violent crime rate	347 /100k2020	260 /100k2025	−25%	Improved	66%

“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 San Angelo, TX metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of San Angelo, 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, San Angelo, TX metro area itself moved −0.1 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

120,986 residents (±148)

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

47,344 households (±655)

San Angelo, TX metro area
United States share

Under $25k15%7,273
$25k–50k21%10,162
$50k–75k18%8,322

Homes

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

Owners and renters

47,344 households (±655)

San Angelo, TX metro area
United States share

Own65%30,947
Rent35%16,397

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

57,638 workers (±1,141)

San Angelo, TX metro area
United States share

Drive alone74%42,648
Carpool12%7,189
Public transit0.4%†225

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 San Angelo, TX employ 12,870 people. 10 pay a median below the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in San Angelo, 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
Fast Food and Counter Workers1,990 jobs	1,990	$23,850US $31,200	−24%	1.61×
Registered Nurses1,710 jobs	1,710

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.

San Angelo, TX has 3,027 employer establishments, 250 for every 10,000 residents (1.01× the US rate of 248), with 42,567 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,189. The Census Bureau also counts 9,964 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,027; 9,964 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 250; US 248
Paid employees: 42,567
Average annual pay: $51,189; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	224	18.5	1.01×About typical	4,741	$20,031	46
Specialty trade contractors	214	17.7	1.14×About typical	1,365	$57,674	1,129
Ambulatory health care services	161	13.3	0.64×Fewer than typical	2,267	$104,531	326
Lessors of real estate	132	10.9	0.89×About typical	392	$37,574	916
Limited-service restaurants	104	8.6	1.07×About typical	2,502	$19,025	15
Religious organizations	97	8	1.45×More than typical	927	$20,770	—
Building equipment contractors	93	7.7	1.28×More than typical	827	$62,521	155
Full-service restaurants	89	7.4	0.96×About typical	1,895	$21,809	21
Services to buildings and dwellings	83	6.9	1.02×About typical	377	$30,393	698
Automotive repair and maintenance	80	6.6	1.31×More than typical	541	$46,370	150
Construction of buildings	75	6.2	0.82×About typical	283	$46,806	408
Insurance agencies and brokerages	69	5.7	1.30×More than typical	267	$53,936	196

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 120,879 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 $38.2M on contracts performed in San Angelo, TX metro area: $313 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $38.2M; −29% vs FY2025
Per resident: $313; US $1,994
Sole-source: 17%; US 30%
Single offer: 33%; 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

Department of the Air Force$25.7M67%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$8.8M23%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.6M4.2%
Defense Health Agency$1.3M3.5%
Federal Aviation Administration$385.2K1.0%
Defense Commissary Agency$294.4K0.8%
Consumer Product Safety Commission$105K0.3%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$37.1K0.1%

Top recipients

GIDEON CONTRACTING, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY$8M21%
GEXA ENERGY, LP$3.3M8.7%
CEMS-RS&H USAF JV$2.9M7.6%
WORK SERVICES CORPORATION$1.6M4.3%
FOUR LLC$1.6M4.1%

Spending by fiscal year

39.3MFY2017
46.1MFY2018
41.6MFY2019
36MFY2020
47.2MFY2021
54.7MFY2022
61MFY2023
82M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$8.4M22%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$6.2M16%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$4.7M12%
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$4.2M11%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$2.6M6.8%

Largest awards

REPAIR DORM B3206 WINGS C1 AND C2 NORTH - GOODFELLOW AFB$16.2M
BRISTOL GENERAL CONTRACTORS, LLC· Tom Green County, TX· Construction & real property· Oct 11, 2023 – Feb 27, 2026· FA303024F0003
REPAIR OF HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING (HVAC) AT BUILDING 3453.$11.6M
CMS CORPORATION· Tom Green County, TX· Construction & real property· Jul 23, 2024 – Apr 20, 2026· FA303024F0040
REPAIR_B401_CYBER_NETWORK_PROCESSING_CENTER$10.3M
CMS CORPORATION· Tom Green County, TX· Construction & real property· Oct 12, 2023 – May 22, 2026· FA303024F0004
300PN MODULAR DORM LEASE AND PAD CONSTRUCTION

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 $782.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for San Angelo, TX metro area: $6,410 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $782.5M; −3.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,410; US $12,955
Loan face value: $46.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 4.8%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$422.9M54%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$128M16%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$45.1M5.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$44.9M5.7%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$18.7M2.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$18.2M2.3%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$18.1M2.3%
10.923 · Emergency Watershed Protection Program$17.9M2.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

CITY OF SAN ANGELO$38.1M4.9%
SAN ANGELO, TX
ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY$19.6M2.5%
SAN ANGELO, TX
LA ESPERANZA CLINIC, INC.$3.2M0.4%
SAN ANGELO, TX
EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER REGION XV$1.3M0.2%
SAN ANGELO, TX
CONTERRA ULTRA BROADBAND LLC$1.2M

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$531.1M68%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$142.8M18%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Natural Resources Conservation Service$34.1M4.4%
Department of Agriculture
Farm Service Agency$24.5M3.1%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

644.4MFY2021
640.2MFY2022
663.3MFY2023
664.7MFY2024
810.1MFY2025
782.5MFY2026

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 San Angelo, 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.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

San AngeloPrincipal city99,674

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
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like San Angelo, TX metro 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 San Angelo, TX

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Texas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved13

Declined7

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

Look up any occupation

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