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Bosque County, Texas

Bosque County, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 34 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,082 of 3,143 US counties. Within Texas it ranks #107 of 254 counties. It ranks best on job growth (high), students per teacher (low) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on uninsured residents (under 65) (high), flu vaccinations (low) and high ozone days (high).

34Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,082 of 3,143 counties
Texas: #107 of 254 in TX
Population: 18,918 (2025)
Land area: 983 mi²
Density: 19.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 48035

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety66#1,047/3,096
Economy57#1,338/3,143
Housing36#1,997/3,140
Health52#1,502/3,144
Healthcare18#2,589/3,143
Environment41#1,824/3,108
Education34#2,064/3,144
Infrastructure12#2,758/3,144
Community36#2,011/3,144
Leisure & amenities46#1,701/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bosque County, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Job growth · high3.1%
88/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Students per teacher · low10.8×
86/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Grocery stores · high3.2 /10k
85/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Child care cost burden · low21.6%
84/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Property crime rate · low385 /100k
83/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Comfortable days · high30.2%
83/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Weaknesses

Uninsured residents (under 65) · high21.4%
3/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Flu vaccinations · low20.0%
5/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
High ozone days · high4 days
5/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Hot days · high103 days
6/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Access to exercise opportunities · low30.9%
10/100Texas 82.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public transit commuters · low0.0%
12/100Texas 0.9%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301

Trends

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

Mental health providersImproving
22 /100k (2021) → 58 /100k (2025)
+169%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
Violent crime rateWorsening
55 /100k (2020) → 108 /100k (2025)
+98%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
7.0 /1k (2020) → 12.7 /1k (2025)
+82%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
33.0% (2019) → 20.0% (2023)
−13 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
Preventable hospital staysImproving
5,439 /100k (2019) → 3,281 /100k (2023)
−40%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$47,662 (2019) → $65,724 (2024)
+38%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

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, Bosque County, Texas improved on 7 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 19 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: 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.

Improved7

New businesses+82%7.0 /1k → 12.7 /1k
Weekly wage+30%$862 → $1,117
Real income+38%$47,662 → $65,724
Property crime−35%591 /100k → 385 /100k
Unemployment−2 points6.0% → 4.0%

Declined2

Violent crime+98%55 /100k → 108 /100k
Price / income+0.6×2.3× → 2.9×

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Bosque County, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.3 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−36%	Within the margin of error	6%
Average commute time	29.4 min2015-2019	28.8 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	70%
Average weekly wage	$8622020	$1,1172025	+30%	Improved	82%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%2015-2019	20.4%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Broadband subscriptions	74.7%2015-2019	82.1%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Improved	26%
Child poverty rate	19.7%2019	18.2%2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Distance to an airport	78 mi2020	78 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	0.90%2015-2019	0.86%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Firearm deaths	13.8 /100k2020	18.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+31%	Within the margin of error	15%
Grocery stores	2.7 /10k2020	3.2 /10k2025	+16%	Within the margin of error	83%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	−3.5%	Within the margin of error	35%
High school diploma or higher	86.5%2015-2019	87.7%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.9×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	30%
Income adjusted for local prices	$47,6622019	$65,7242024	+38%	Improved	80%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4222015-2019	0.4492020-2024	+0.027	Within the margin of error	17%
Median household income	$55,1792019	$64,3192024	+17%	Improved	13%
New business applications	7.0 /1k2020	12.7 /1k2025	+82%	Improved	85%
Pharmacies	1.6 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−36%	Within the margin of error	11%
Poverty rate	13.7%2019	14.5%2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Property crime rate	591 /100k2020	385 /100k2025	−35%	Improved	49%
Public libraries	1.6 /10k2019	1.6 /10k2024	−1.9%	Within the margin of error	43%
Rent as share of income	25.7%2015-2019	25.5%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Rent-burdened households	31.6%2015-2019	38.4%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Restaurants and bars	5.5 /10k2020	7.4 /10k2025	+35%	Within the margin of error	92%
Students per teacher	10.8×2019	10.8×2024	+0.0×	Little change	24%
Suicide rate	18.1 /100k2020	20.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+15%	Within the margin of error	28%
Traffic deaths	24.1 /100k2015-2019	30.0 /100k2020-2024	+25%	Within the margin of error	28%
Unemployment rate	6.0%2020	4.0%2025	−2 points	Improved	35%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	23.0%2019	21.4%2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Violent crime rate	55 /100k2020	108 /100k2025	+98%	Declined	5%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Bosque County, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bosque County, Texas 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, Bosque County, Texas itself moved −5.8 points in standing on average over the same 31 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

18,687 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: 10–19 men (−2.5 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

18,687 residents

Bosque County, Texas
Texas share

White75%13,991
Black1.1%†206
Hispanic or Latino19%3,576
Asian0.4%†81
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†26
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races4.3%807

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+3.0 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

13,479 residents (±74)

Bosque County, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma12%1,664
High school or GED32%4,257
Some college26%3,536
Associate degree9.5%1,276
Bachelor's degree13%1,805
Graduate degree7.0%941

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View 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.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

7,496 households (±216)

Bosque County, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k15%1,130
$25k–50k21%1,573
$50k–75k20%1,466
$75k–100k15%1,150
$100k–150k15%1,111
$150k–200k7.4%555
$200k or more6.8%511

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−6.5 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

7,496 households (±216)

Bosque County, Texas
Texas share

Own76%5,684
Rent24%1,812

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

1,568 households (±206)

Bosque County, Texas
Texas share

Under $75035%†542
$750–1,00021%†332
$1,000–1,50032%503

Home values

5,684 homes (±265)

Bosque County, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k37%2,083
$150k–250k29%1,633
$250k–400k18%1,042

Age of homes

9,348 homes (±55)

Bosque County, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later9.6%898
2000–200911%1,033
1980–199928%2,616

Size of homes

9,348 homes (±55)

Bosque County, Texas
Texas share

Studio2.2%†203
1 bedroom10%942
2 bedrooms29%2,702

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

7,471 workers (±360)

Bosque County, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone79%5,929
Carpool8.6%641
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.1%†79
Bike0.1%†6
Work from home9.7%728
Other1.2%†88

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+5.2 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

6,743 workers (±360)

Bosque County, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min34%2,275
15–29 min26%1,769
30–44 min17%1,143

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 Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Waco, TX

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.

Bosque County has 315 employer establishments, 166 for every 10,000 residents (0.67× the US rate of 248; 0.76× Texas's), with 2,520 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,473. The Census Bureau also counts 1,846 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 315; 1,846 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 166; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 2,520
Average annual pay: $42,473; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	25	13.2	2.38×More than typical	80	$18,863	—
Specialty trade contractors	25	13.2	0.85×About typical	134	$51,060	230
Restaurants and other eating places	21	11.1	0.60×Fewer than typical	179	$18,151	8
Lessors of real estate	14	7.4	0.60×Fewer than typical	29	$29,621	139
Building equipment contractors	11	5.8	0.97×About typical	74	$49,378	33
Full-service restaurants	11	5.8	0.76×Fewer than typical	71	$14,423	3
Ambulatory health care services	10	5.3	0.25×Fewer than typical	67	$58,075	59
General merchandise stores	9	4.8	2.69×Too few to compare	53	$21,075	14
Other specialty trade contractors	9	4.8	1.89×Too few to compare	38	$34,658	91
Services to buildings and dwellings	9	4.8	0.70×Too few to compare	82	$31,098	154
Banks and credit unions	8	4.2	1.31×Too few to compare	62	$58,242	—
Gasoline stations	8	4.2	1.30×Too few to compare	101	$20,307	5

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 18,936 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.
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 $939.2K on contracts performed in Bosque County, Texas: $49.65 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $939.2K; −22% vs FY2025
Per resident: $49.65; US $1,994
Sole-source: 38%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.8%; 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

Department of the Army$919.6K98%
Federal Acquisition Service$16.7K1.8%
Defense Information Systems Agency$2,8460.3%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1.4MFY2017
2MFY2018
4.6MFY2019
2.2MFY2020
1.4MFY2021
2.2MFY2022
12.6MFY2023
1.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$521.1K55%
Other specialty trade contractors · 2389$351.2K37%
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$39K4.2%
Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$16.7K1.8%
Other support services · 5619$9,5381.0%
Satellite telecommunications · 5174

Largest awards

BASE WHITNEY CLEANING$1.3M
PURESERVICE CORP· Bosque County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Nov 24, 2020 – Jun 1, 2026· W9126G21P0003
INSTALLATION OF RV PARK SHELTERS$839.9K
C-A NATIVE CONSTRUCTORS INC· Bosque County, TX· Construction & real property· Sep 25, 2025 – Mar 30, 2026· W9126G25CA014
SERVICES FOR FACILITY CLEANING, GROUNDS CLEANING, WATER SYSTEM OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE WATER WELL TESTING, BEACH WATER TESTING AND REFUSE COLLECTION AND REFUSE DISPOSAL IS PERFORMED AT WHITNEY LAKE, TEXAS AND AQUILLA LAKE, TEXAS.$285.1K
PURESERVICE CORP· Bosque County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Nov 30, 2025 – Dec 9, 2025· W9126G26PA003
PESTICIDE/HERBICIDE - AQUILLA LAKE

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.

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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 $161.8M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Bosque County, Texas: $8,553 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $161.8M; +4.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,553; US $12,955
Loan face value: $8.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$102.7M63%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$17.2M11%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$12.5M7.8%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$9.9M6.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$7.9M4.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$2.4M1.5%
10.987 · Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023 and 2024 Flood and Wildfire$2.1M1.3%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$1.5M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$11.3M7.0%
AUSTIN, TX
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN$356.5K0.2%
MERIDIAN, TX
CLIFTON HOUSING AUTHORITY$301.1K0.2%
CLIFTON, TX
CLIFTON CHARGER PROPERTIES$253K0.2%
CLIFTON, TX
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC

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$123M76%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$19.9M12%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$11.3M7.0%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$2.9M1.8%
Department of Agriculture
Railroad Retirement Board

Assistance by fiscal year

130.4MFY2021
146.2MFY2022
170.1MFY2023
149.6MFY2024
154.8MFY2025
161.8MFY2026

County aggregates

89%

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.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Bosque County, Texas compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Bosque County, Texas
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bosque County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bosque County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$77.94	$1,436
FY2018	$110	$1,552
FY2019	$245	$1,654
FY2020	$119	$1,880
FY2021	$77.50	$1,810
FY2022	$120	$1,917
FY2023	$663	$2,079
FY2024	$74.90	$2,047
FY2025	$63.66	$2,165
FY2026	$49.65 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bosque County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bosque County, Texas	United States
FY2017	-$0.77	$93.28
FY2018	$47.54	$105
FY2019	$118	$128
FY2020	$24.09	$145
FY2021	$28.02	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bosque County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bosque County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$748	$5,748
FY2022	$1,300	$5,221
FY2023	$2,588	$5,364
FY2024	$667	$5,501
FY2025	$140	$5,732
FY2026	$676

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bosque County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bosque County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$636	$298
FY2022	$1,152	$357
FY2023	$1,897	$301
FY2024	$517	$319
FY2025	-$11.64	$360
FY2026	$599

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bosque County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bosque County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$47.34	$239
FY2022	$48.61	$185
FY2023	$45.70	$229
FY2024	$41.40	$229
FY2025	$52.34	$249
FY2026	$56.07

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bosque County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bosque County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$5.35	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	-$0.01	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bosque County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bosque County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$527	$1,186
FY2022	$167	$465
FY2023	$19.98	$76.52
FY2024	$127	$120
FY2025	$106	$148
FY2026	$233

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Bosque County, Texas
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Bosque County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Bosque County, Texas	United States
2014

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Contracts and grants · FY2023

$2,588 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $1,024 (2.5× that).

Compared with 17 similar counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/48035

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Bosque County, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

John R. CarterR-TX-31 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.9%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Bosque County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Waco, TX23Outlying county

Cities and towns in Bosque County

Places whose residents live mostly in Bosque County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
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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Calendar years	Bosque County, Texas	United States
2014	+1.2%	−4.2%
2015	−1.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.8%	+3.3%
2018	+9.7%	+6.8%
2019	+17.8%	+10.5%
2020	+26.8%	+19.4%
2021	+28.2%	+26.1%
2022	+36.6%	+30.6%
2023	+45.1%	+35.0%
2024	+56.2%	+41.0%
2025	+64.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Bosque County, Texas	United States
2014	0.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.3/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.1/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.4/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.6/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Bosque County, Texas	United States
2014	−6.8%	−6.9%
2015	−1.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+4.7%
2018	+1.7%	+7.5%
2019	+15.8%	+14.0%
2020	+21.9%	+16.9%
2021	+17.6%	+21.0%
2022	+28.2%	+29.7%
2023	+39.2%	+34.9%
2024	+35.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Bosque County, Texas	United States
2014	15.0%	15.5%
2015	15.0%	14.7%
2016	15.8%	14.0%
2017	16.0%	13.4%
2018	14.9%	13.1%
2019	13.7%	12.3%
2020	12.5%	11.9%
2021	13.2%	12.8%
2022	12.4%	12.6%
2023	11.7%	12.5%
2024	14.5%	12.1%

Calendar years	Bosque County, Texas	United States
2014	−11.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+18.1% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+25.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+40.9% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+73.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+85.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+74.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+79.4% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+73.2% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Bosque County, Texas	United States
2014	5.2%	6.2%
2015	4.5%	5.3%
2016	4.7%	4.9%
2017	4.3%	4.4%
2018	4.0%	3.9%
2019	3.7%	3.7%
2020	6.0%	8.1%
2021	5.0%	5.4%
2022	4.1%	3.7%
2023	3.9%	3.6%
2024	3.9%	4.0%
2025	4.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Bosque County, Texas	United States
2014	0.0%	−5.5%
2015	+0.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.0%	+4.1%
2018	+7.5%	+8.9%
2019	+13.5%	+13.5%
2020	+20.7%	+20.8%
2021	+33.7%	+32.1%
2022	+40.5%	+35.4%
2023	+49.7%	+42.9%
2024	+56.9%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Bosque County, Texas	United States
2014	25.1%	13.5%
2015	22.7%	10.9%
2016	22.7%	10.0%
2017	22.3%	10.2%
2018	23.4%	10.4%
2019	23.0%	10.8%
2020	22.2%	10.4%
2021	21.6%	10.2%
2022	20.3%	9.5%
2023	19.5%	9.5%
2024	21.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Bosque County, Texas	United States
2014	6.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.8/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.7/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Bosque County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−5.3 points	−5.2 points	−6.9 points to −2.1 points
Year −2	−1.9 points	+0.3 points	−4.5 points to +4.2 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−3.6 points	−2.6 points	−5.8 points to +0.7 points
Year +1	−1.5 points	−2.9 points	−6.5 points to −0.5 points
Year +2	−11.4 points	−3.5 points	−6.2 points to +0.1 points

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

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Trends

What changed in five years

Improved7

Declined2

Counties like Bosque County, Texas five years ago that improved

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Money per resident

How outcomes moved

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Compared with 17 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Metro area

Cities and towns in Bosque County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved7

Declined2

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

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House

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