Scores by category

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

Safety41#545/924
Economy61#357/925
Housing33#620/925
Health15#785/925
Healthcare1#912/923
Environment49#470/917
Education0#925/925
Infrastructure12#812/925
Community23#717/925
Leisure & amenities38#575/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Job growth · high5.4%
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
Income adjusted for local prices · high$96,815
97/100Texas $71,940United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Aggregated from counties
Average weekly wage · high$1,550
97/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Restaurants and bars · high15.6 /10k
95/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Depression · low19.5%
93/100Texas 21.2%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low7.4%
0/100Texas 33.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Traffic deaths · high94.3 /100k
0/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · low8 /100k
0/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.8 /10k
0/100Texas 3.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Mammography screening · low24.0%
0/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Some college · low38.0%
1/100Texas 64.8%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
14,769 (2020) → 12,138 (2025)
−18%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Grocery storesImproving
0.7 /10k (2020) → 1.6 /10k (2025)
+143%5 yearsUS 1.7 /10k → 1.7 /10k
Homicide rateImproving
8.1 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
0.7 /10k (2020) → 0.0 /10k (2025)
−100%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
New homes permittedImproving
2.2 /1k (2021) → 4.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Violent crime rateWorsening
389 /100k (2020) → 736 /100k (2025)
+89%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, Town of Pecos, TX micropolitan area improved on 10 of 22 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 0 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 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Grocery stores+143%0.7 /10k → 1.6 /10k
Restaurants+78%8.8 /10k → 15.7 /10k
Real income+72%$56,451 → $96,815
Libraries+32%0.6 /10k → 0.8 /10k
Unemployment−6.8 points10.5% → 3.7%

Declined6

Bachelor's+−4.9 points12.3% → 7.4%
Violent crime+89%389 /100k → 736 /100k
Overdose deaths+114%13.3 /100k → 28.5 /100k
Gyms−100%0.7 /10k → 0.0 /10k
Arts & recreation−39%1.4 /10k → 0.8 /10k

All 22 measures

Change of every measure of Town of Pecos, TX micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.4 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−39%	Declined	1%
Average commute time	18.4 min2015-2019	18.0 min2020-2024	−0.4 min	Little change	74%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%2015-2019	7.4%2020-2024	−4.9 points	Declined	0%
Broadband subscriptions	61.8%2015-2019	75.2%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	85%
Distance to an airport	87 mi2020	87 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	21%
Drug overdose deaths	13.3 /100k2020	28.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+114%	Declined	2%
Firearm deaths	19.6 /100k2020	20.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+4.1%	Little change	42%
Grocery stores	0.7 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+143%	Improved	100%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.7 /10k2020	0.0 /10k2025	−100%	Declined	1%
High school diploma or higher	69.7%2015-2019	70.2%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Little change	13%
Income adjusted for local prices	$56,4512019	$96,8152024	+72%	Improved	100%
New business applications	7.1 /1k2020	12.5 /1k2025	+76%	Improved	84%
Pharmacies	0.7 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+22%	Improved	95%
Property crime rate	1,502 /100k2020	632 /100k2025	−58%	Improved	94%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	+32%	Improved	98%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Little change	84%
Rent-burdened households	46.9%2015-2019	55.6%2020-2024	+8.8 points	Declined	6%
Restaurants and bars	8.8 /10k2020	15.7 /10k2025	+78%	Improved	100%
Suicide rate	20.1 /100k2020	19.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−4%	Little change	69%
Traffic deaths	121.5 /100k2015-2019	94.3 /100k2020-2024	−22%	Improved	90%
Unemployment rate	10.5%2020	3.7%2025	−6.8 points	Improved	99%
Violent crime rate	389 /100k2020	736 /100k2025	+89%	Declined	2%

“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 Town of Pecos, TX micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Town of Pecos, 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, Town of Pecos, TX micropolitan area itself moved +3.4 points in standing on average over the same 22 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

12,664 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

4,224 households (±203)

Town of Pecos, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k23%966
$25k–50k18%†774
$50k–75k16%695

Homes

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

Owners and renters

4,224 households (±203)

Town of Pecos, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Own74%3,113
Rent26%1,111

Table view

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

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

5,378 workers (±468)

Town of Pecos, TX micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone80%4,305
Carpool13%†708
Public transit0.0%0

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 Town of Pecos, 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.

Town of Pecos, TX has 383 employer establishments, 321 for every 10,000 residents (1.29× the US rate of 248), with 5,405 paid employees at an average annual pay of $73,370. The Census Bureau also counts 1,216 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 383; 1,216 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 321; US 248
Paid employees: 5,405
Average annual pay: $73,370; US $68,342

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

Truck transportation	36	30.2	5.96×More than typical	523	$103,233	146
Restaurants and other eating places	27	22.6	1.23×About typical	433	$25,374	21
Traveler accommodation	18	15.1	8.36×More than typical	252	$28,405	3
Specialty trade contractors	14	11.7	0.76×Fewer than typical	137	$66,416	81
Full-service restaurants	13	10.9	1.42×More than typical	204	$28,387	10
Gasoline stations	12	10.1	3.10×More than typical	276	$43,833	—
Limited-service restaurants	12	10.1	1.25×More than typical	192	$26,625	7
Ambulatory health care services	11	9.2	0.44×Fewer than typical	88	$47,705	17
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	7.5	1.50×Too few to compare	31	$50,613	69
Legal services	8	6.7	1.25×Too few to compare	19	$58,737	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	6	5	2.88×Too few to compare	50	$41,040	3
Building equipment contractors	6	5	0.84×Too few to compare	57	$66,368	23

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 11,937 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 $439.9K on contracts performed in Town of Pecos, TX micropolitan area: $36.24 per resident (US $2,008).

Obligations: $439.9K
Per resident: $36.24; US $2,008
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$439.9K100%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

65.9MFY2017
15.1MFY2018
48.2MFY2019
67.1MFY2020
437.4MFY2021
1.4BFY2022
266.2MFY2023
360.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$439.9K100%

Largest awards

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDER IS TO AWARD EMERGENCY INTAKE SITE AND WRAP AROUND CARE SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE ORR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN'S PROGRAM; THE FACILITY IS LOCATED IN PECOS, TX.$713.9M
FAMILY ENDEAVORS, INC.· Reeves County, TX· Education & social services· Mar 16, 2021 – Mar 20, 2026· 75ACF121P00005
ORR INFLUX CARE FACILITY$346.5M
FAMILY ENDEAVORS, INC.· Reeves County, TX· Professional services· Nov 6, 2023 – Mar 26, 2026· 140D0424F0005
FIRST SOURCE TELECOM SYSTEM$27.3K
AVAYA FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, INC.· Reeves County, TX· IT & telecom· Aug 22, 2019 – Nov 24, 2025· 70CTD019FR0000190
4571601619!TURBINE FUEL,AVIATION, JAA

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 $79M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Town of Pecos, TX micropolitan area: $6,506 per resident (US $12,990).

Assistance · FY2026: $79M; +8.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,506; US $12,990
Loan face value: $7.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$29.3M37%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$21.8M28%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$9.2M12%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$5.5M7.0%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$3.5M4.4%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$3.1M4.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$1.6M2.0%
20.272 · Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)$787.1K1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$32.4M41%
AUSTIN, TX
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN OF PECOS CITY$724.9K0.9%
PECOS, TX
CALIAN CORP.$438K0.6%
HOUSTON, TX
PELICAN RANCH LLC$410.5K0.5%
WINK, TX
CITY OF PECOS$375K0.5%

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$39.9M51%
Federal Highway Administration$32.4M41%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$3.6M4.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$822.7K1.0%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Natural Resources Conservation Service

Assistance by fiscal year

73.6MFY2021
85.1MFY2022
51.7MFY2023
59.7MFY2024
72.9MFY2025
79MFY2026

County aggregates

56%

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Town of Pecos, 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.

Reeves CountyCentral county1612,138

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Town of PecosPrincipal city10,926

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.

Carlsbad-Artesia, NM22

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
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 Town of Pecos, 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 Town of Pecos, 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 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