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Brewster County, Texas

Brewster County, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 63 out of 100 (high), ranking #1,154 of 3,143 US counties. Within Texas it ranks #17 of 254 counties. It ranks best on gyms and fitness centers (high), property crime rate (low) and comfortable days (high). It ranks worst on hot days (high), job growth (low) and mammography screening (low).

63High

Quality-of-life score: #1,154 of 3,143 counties
Texas: #17 of 254 in TX
Population: 9,458 (2025)
Land area: 6,184 mi²
Density: 1.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 48043

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 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.

Safety75#767/3,096
Economy57#1,348/3,143
Housing17#2,618/3,140
Health93#212/3,144
Healthcare41#1,853/3,143
Environment56#1,354/3,108
Education68#1,014/3,144
Infrastructure38#1,962/3,144
Community53#1,472/3,144
Leisure & amenities99#37/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Gyms and fitness centers · high3.2 /10k
99/100Texas 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Property crime rate · low105 /100k
99/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Comfortable days · high34.3%
98/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Adult smoking · low10.3%
97/100Texas 15.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public EV charging ports · high22.2 /10k
96/100Texas 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy
Restaurants and bars · high21.1 /10k
96/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Weaknesses

Hot days · high127 days
2/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Job growth · low-6.1%
4/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Mammography screening · low30.0%
5/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high18.5%
6/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Reading scores · low2.58
8/100Texas 2.89United States 3.052018University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an airport · high146 mi
9/100Texas 33 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau

Trends

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

Traffic deathsWorsening
6.5 /100k (2015-2019) → 31.6 /100k (2020-2024)
+385%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
7.7 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
13.4 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Property crime rateImproving
705 /100k (2020) → 105 /100k (2025)
−85%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Some collegeImproving
63.7% (2016-2020) → 79.6% (2019-2023)
+16 pts3 yearsUS 66.9% → 67.8%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
64.2% (2010 & 2021) → 75.4% (2022 & 2024)
+11 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%

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, Brewster County, Texas improved on 8 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 21 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved8

Property crime−85%705 /100k → 105 /100k
Real income+45%$50,572 → $73,128
Household income+32%$48,581 → $63,982
Weekly wage+26%$845 → $1,068
Unemployment−2.7 points5.7% → 3.0%

Declined1

Traffic deaths+385%6.5 /100k → 31.6 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Brewster County, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	9.4 /10k2020	8.5 /10k2025	−10%	Within the margin of error	20%
Average commute time	14.9 min2015-2019	14.3 min2020-2024	−0.6 min	Within the margin of error	71%
Average weekly wage	$8452020	$1,0682025	+26%	Improved	66%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%2015-2019	45.5%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Broadband subscriptions	76.5%2015-2019	83.7%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Improved	24%
Child poverty rate	19.8%2019	18.0%2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Distance to an airport	146 mi2020	146 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	1.25%2015-2019	0.98%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Firearm deaths	27.8 /100k2020	20.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−28%	Within the margin of error	86%
Grocery stores	5.2 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	−19%	Within the margin of error	19%
Gyms and fitness centers	2.1 /10k2020	3.2 /10k2025	+52%	Within the margin of error	87%
High school diploma or higher	85.7%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	4.0×2020-2024	+0.8×	Within the margin of error	15%
Income adjusted for local prices	$50,5722019	$73,1282024	+45%	Improved	92%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4442015-2019	0.4182020-2024	−0.027	Within the margin of error	87%
Median household income	$48,5812019	$63,9822024	+32%	Improved	81%
New business applications	11.6 /1k2020	14.8 /1k2025	+27%	Improved	30%
Pharmacies	3.1 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−33%	Within the margin of error	13%
Poverty rate	13.1%2019	15.1%2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Property crime rate	705 /100k2020	105 /100k2025	−85%	Improved	99%
Public libraries	2.2 /10k2019	2.1 /10k2024	−4%	Within the margin of error	30%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Rent as share of income	25.1%2015-2019	25.7%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Rent-burdened households	43.5%2015-2019	37.6%2020-2024	−5.8 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Restaurants and bars	18.8 /10k2020	21.1 /10k2025	+12%	Within the margin of error	76%
Students per teacher	11.1×2019	10.4×2024	−0.7×	Improved	50%
Suicide rate	21.6 /100k2020	21.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−1.4%	Within the margin of error	60%
Traffic deaths	6.5 /100k2015-2019	31.6 /100k2020-2024	+385%	Declined	0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%2020	3.0%2025	−2.7 points	Improved	54%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.2%2019	18.5%2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Violent crime rate	96 /100k2020	88 /100k2025	−7.9%	Within the margin of error	41%

“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 Brewster County, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Brewster 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, Brewster County, Texas itself moved +0.5 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

9,503 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

4,951 households (±177)

Brewster County, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k19%933
$25k–50k26%1,281
$50k–75k15%†759

Homes

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

Owners and renters

4,951 households (±177)

Brewster County, Texas
Texas share

Own62%3,094
Rent38%1,857

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

4,653 workers (±296)

Brewster County, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone66%3,052
Carpool17%†778
Public transit0.0%0

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.

Brewster County has 285 employer establishments, 298 for every 10,000 residents (1.20× the US rate of 248; 1.37× Texas's), with 2,234 paid employees at an average annual pay of $35,547. The Census Bureau also counts 1,131 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 285; 1,131 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 298; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 2,234
Average annual pay: $35,547; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	33	34.6	1.88×More than typical	382	$19,762	12
Traveler accommodation	23	24.1	13.3×More than typical	265	$33,008	29
Full-service restaurants	17	17.8	2.32×More than typical	180	$23,644	6
Specialty trade contractors	16	16.8	1.08×About typical	40	$34,875	105
Lessors of real estate	14	14.7	1.19×About typical	55	$26,491	101
Ambulatory health care services	11	11.5	0.55×Fewer than typical	74	$47,432	29
Limited-service restaurants	11	11.5	1.44×More than typical	186	$16,731	—
Building equipment contractors	10	10.5	1.74×More than typical	31	$36,226	18
Religious organizations	9	9.4	1.70×Too few to compare	21	$22,762	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	8	8.4	1.66×Too few to compare	21	$30,571	21
Grocery and convenience stores	7	7.3	2.47×Too few to compare	257	$19,961	—
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	7	7.3	2.22×Too few to compare	26	$35,962	6

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,550 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 $6.5B on contracts performed in Brewster County, Texas: $689,069 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $6.5B; +84,068% vs FY2025
Per resident: $689,069; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.1%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Customs and Border Protection$6.5B100%
Federal Acquisition Service$5.1M0.1%
Federal Highway Administration$767.7K0.0%
U.S. Geological Survey$49.6K0.0%
Drug Enforcement Administration$5,3520.0%

Top recipients

FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO$3.8B59%
SOUTHWEST VALLEY CONSTRUCTORS CO$1.7B26%
BARNARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED$960.4M15%
VERNADERO GROUP INC$11.5M0.2%
ECO & ASSOCIATES, INC.$11M0.2%

Spending by fiscal year

3.3MFY2017
5.2MFY2018
1.1MFY2019
14.9MFY2020
4.7MFY2021
15.8MFY2022
23.4MFY2023
2MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$6.5B99.7%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$22.4M0.3%
Automotive equipment rental and leasing · 5321$5.1M0.1%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$598.1K0.0%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$560.8K0.0%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381

Largest awards

BORDER BARRIER DESIGN BUILD FOR BBT-5$2.6B
FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO· Brewster County, TX· Construction & real property· Jun 2, 2026 – Jun 2, 2026· 70B01C26F00000405
AWARD OF CONSTRUCTION TASK ORDER FOR BORDER WALL IN BIG BEND TEXAS, SEGMENT IDENTIFIED AS BBT-4.$1.7B
SOUTHWEST VALLEY CONSTRUCTORS CO· Brewster County, TX· Construction & real property· May 11, 2026 – May 11, 2026· 70B01C26F00000345
BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION - VERTICAL BARRIER, BIG BEND TEXAS SECTOR (BBT-2)$1.2B
FISHER SAND & GRAVEL CO· Brewster County, TX· Construction & real property· Mar 5, 2026 – Mar 5, 2026· 70B01C26F00000169
BBT-3 BORDER BARRIER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

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 $68.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Brewster County, Texas: $7,200 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $68.1M; −9.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,200; US $12,955
Loan face value: $4.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$40.6M60%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$6.7M9.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$5.5M8.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$2.8M4.1%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$2.3M3.4%
93.224 · Health Center Program$2.3M3.4%
84.334 · Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs$1.1M1.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$901.7K1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY$7.7M11%
ALPINE, TX
PREVENTATIVE CARE HEALTH SERVICES INC$2.3M3.4%
ALPINE, TX
ALPINE HOUSING AUTHORITY$586K0.9%
ALPINE, TX
ALPINE MOUNTAINVIEW LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$582.8K0.9%
LUBBOCK, TX
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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$46.7M69%
Department of Education$7.4M11%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$7.4M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Resources and Services Administration$2.3M3.4%
Department of Health and Human Services
Railroad Retirement Board$891K

Assistance by fiscal year

74.9MFY2021
101MFY2022
98.3MFY2023
75.2MFY2024
75.3MFY2025
68.1MFY2026

County aggregates

81%

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 Brewster 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.

Brewster County, Texas
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Brewster County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Brewster County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$350	$1,436
FY2018	$560	$1,552
FY2019	$117	$1,654
FY2020	$1,556	$1,880
FY2021	$500	$1,810
FY2022	$1,683	$1,917
FY2023	$2,453	$2,079
FY2024	$213	$2,047
FY2025	$819	$2,165
FY2026	$689,069 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Brewster County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Brewster County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$126	$93.28
FY2018	$234	$105
FY2019	$48.81	$128
FY2020	$1,465	$145
FY2021	$404	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Brewster County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Brewster County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$2,414	$5,748
FY2022	$5,936	$5,221
FY2023	$6,657	$5,364
FY2024	$1,445	$5,501
FY2025	$1,895	$5,732
FY2026	$689,598

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Brewster County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Brewster County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$0	$298
FY2022	$186	$357
FY2023	$241	$301
FY2024	-$15.27	$319
FY2025	$0	$360
FY2026	$58.67

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Brewster County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Brewster County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$56.77	$239
FY2022	$105	$185
FY2023	$122	$229
FY2024	$221	$229
FY2025	$77.12	$249
FY2026	$136

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Brewster County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Brewster County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$50.59	$2,304
FY2022	-$44.27	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$245	$2,397
FY2026	$245

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Brewster County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Brewster County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$1,011	$1,186
FY2022	$339	$465
FY2023	$3.06	$76.52
FY2024	$78.46	$120
FY2025	$111	$148
FY2026	$287

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.

Brewster County, Texas
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Brewster County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Brewster County, Texas	United States
2014	0.1%	2.0%
2015

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.

Counties under 10,000 residents are not assessed: their money per resident swings too much from year to year.

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/48043

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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.

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

Senate

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Cities and towns in Brewster County

Places whose residents live mostly in Brewster 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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
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

JSON · /api/v1/places/48043

Calendar years	Brewster County, Texas	United States
2014	+2.7%	−4.2%
2015	+0.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.6%	+3.3%
2018	+7.5%	+6.8%
2019	+7.3%	+10.5%
2020	+15.9%	+19.4%
2021	+21.7%	+26.1%
2022	+25.4%	+30.6%
2023	+28.0%	+35.0%
2024	+35.3%	+41.0%
2025	+46.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Brewster County, Texas	United States
2014	−2.5%	−5.5%
2015	−2.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	0.0%	+4.1%
2018	+8.4%	+8.9%
2019	+7.7%	+13.5%
2020	+17.2%	+20.8%
2021	+32.0%	+32.1%
2022	+30.4%	+35.4%
2023	+40.4%	+42.9%
2024	+52.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Brewster County, Texas	United States
2014	1.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.2/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.4/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.7/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.4/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Brewster County, Texas	United States
2014	−6.7%	−6.9%
2015	−2.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.6%	+4.7%
2018	+6.1%	+7.5%
2019	+12.8%	+14.0%
2020	+12.7%	+16.9%
2021	+18.9%	+21.0%
2022	+21.7%	+29.7%
2023	+34.4%	+34.9%
2024	+48.6%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Brewster County, Texas	United States
2014	13.8%	15.5%
2015	14.8%	14.7%
2016	14.9%	14.0%
2017	14.0%	13.4%
2018	16.0%	13.1%
2019	13.1%	12.3%
2020	14.0%	11.9%
2021	13.3%	12.8%
2022	14.0%	12.6%
2023	13.7%	12.5%
2024	15.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Brewster County, Texas	United States
2014	4.7%	6.2%
2015	4.0%	5.3%
2016	3.3%	4.9%
2017	3.1%	4.4%
2018	3.0%	3.9%
2019	2.6%	3.7%
2020	5.7%	8.1%
2021	4.0%	5.4%
2022	3.0%	3.7%
2023	2.9%	3.6%
2024	2.9%	4.0%
2025	3.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Brewster County, Texas	United States
2014	−7.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−0.4% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+0.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+5.3% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+9.5% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+20.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+38.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+47.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+35.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+35.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+36.2% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Brewster County, Texas	United States
2014	21.5%	13.5%
2015	19.0%	10.9%
2016	17.7%	10.0%
2017	19.8%	10.2%
2018	19.7%	10.4%
2019	21.2%	10.8%
2020	23.6%	10.4%
2021	25.0%	10.2%
2022	22.7%	9.5%
2023	19.7%	9.5%
2024	18.5%	9.8%

Calendar years	Brewster County, Texas	United States
2014	9.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	11.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	9.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	10.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	10.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	13.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	11.6/1k	13.1/1k
2021	11.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	12.0/1k	15.1/1k
2023	17.9/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.8/1k	16.6/1k

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Improved8

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Improved8

Declined1

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