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Gaines County, Texas

Gaines County, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 31 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,170 of 3,143 US counties. Within Texas it ranks #122 of 254 counties. It ranks best on comfortable days (high), property crime rate (low) and average weekly wage (high). It ranks worst on some college (low), high school diploma or higher (low) and uninsured residents (under 65) (high).

31Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,170 of 3,143 counties
Texas: #122 of 254 in TX
Population: 23,956 (2025)
Land area: 1,502 mi²
Density: 15.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 48165

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety72#878/3,096
Economy68#1,016/3,143
Housing33#2,092/3,140
Health43#1,808/3,144
Healthcare1#3,100/3,143
Environment69#968/3,108
Education14#2,716/3,144
Infrastructure12#2,755/3,144
Community38#1,965/3,144
Leisure & amenities24#2,386/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Comfortable days · high32.1%
92/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Property crime rate · low272 /100k
91/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure
Average weekly wage · high$1,265
86/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Job growth · high2.3%
84/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
New business applications · high15.8 /1k
83/100Texas 17.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Violent crime rate · low93 /100k
82/100Texas 345 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figure

Weaknesses

Some college · low25.3%
0/100Texas 64.8%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
High school diploma or higher · low57.5%
0/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high38.5%
0/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Mammography screening · low22.0%
1/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Primary care physicians · low5 /100k
3/100Texas 61 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Bachelor's degree or higher · low11.7%
3/100Texas 33.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Trends

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

PopulationRising
21,699 (2020) → 23,956 (2025)
+10%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
New homes permittedImproving
0.1 /1k (2021) → 0.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+570%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Mental health providersImproving
9 /100k (2021) → 22 /100k (2025)
+140%4 yearsUS 282 /100k → 348 /100k
High ozone daysImproving
1 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Arts, entertainment and recreationImproving
0.9 /10k (2020) → 1.7 /10k (2025)
+81%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.5 /10k (2020) → 0.8 /10k (2025)
+81%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k

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, Gaines County, Texas improved on 7 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 20 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

Property crime−70%913 /100k → 272 /100k
Violent crime−42%160 /100k → 93 /100k
Unemployment−2.9 points6.1% → 3.2%
New businesses+40%11.2 /1k → 15.8 /1k
Broadband+7.1 points76.9% → 84.0%

Declined1

Commute+5.1 min21.1 min → 26.2 min

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Gaines County, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	0.9 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+81%	Within the margin of error	95%
Average commute time	21.1 min2015-2019	26.2 min2020-2024	+5.1 min	Declined	4%
Average weekly wage	$1,0612020	$1,2652025	+19%	Improved	19%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%2015-2019	11.7%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Broadband subscriptions	76.9%2015-2019	84.0%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Improved	24%
Child poverty rate	19.5%2019	19.8%2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Distance to an airport	61 mi2020	61 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	12.2 /100k2020	12.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−0.8%	Within the margin of error	26%
Effective property tax rate	1.42%2015-2019	1.50%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Firearm deaths	18.1 /100k2020	15.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−14%	Within the margin of error	71%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+21%	Within the margin of error	86%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	+81%	Within the margin of error	91%
High school diploma or higher	61.8%2015-2019	57.5%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	59%
Income adjusted for local prices	$50,2712019	$60,8242024	+21%	Improved	4%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4632015-2019	0.4282020-2024	−0.035	Within the margin of error	91%
Median household income	$67,1712019	$71,0082024	+5.7%	Within the margin of error	1%
New business applications	11.2 /1k2020	15.8 /1k2025	+40%	Improved	45%
Pharmacies	0.9 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−9.4%	Within the margin of error	41%
Poverty rate	13.2%2019	12.2%2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Property crime rate	913 /100k2020	272 /100k2025	−70%	Improved	95%
Public libraries	0.9 /10k2019	0.9 /10k2024	−7.4%	Within the margin of error	16%
Rent as share of income	22.8%2015-2019	25.6%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Rent-burdened households	30.7%2015-2019	30.9%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Restaurants and bars	6.0 /10k2020	5.0 /10k2025	−16%	Within the margin of error	17%
Students per teacher	13.0×2019	12.5×2024	−0.5×	Little change	42%
Traffic deaths	29.9 /100k2015-2019	43.0 /100k2020-2024	+44%	Within the margin of error	16%
Unemployment rate	6.1%2020	3.2%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	58%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	35.8%2019	38.5%2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Violent crime rate	160 /100k2020	93 /100k2025	−42%	Improved	81%

“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 Gaines County, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Gaines 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, Gaines County, Texas itself moved −2.1 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

22,232 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: 60–69 men (+1.6 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

22,232 residents

Gaines County, Texas
Texas share

White56%12,535
Black2.1%†460
Hispanic or Latino40%8,954
Asian0.6%†124
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races0.7%†159

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Hispanic or Latino (−1.2 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

11,793 residents (±184)

Gaines County, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma42%5,011
High school or GED28%3,265
Some college14%1,596
Associate degree4.6%†539
Bachelor's degree9.6%1,136
Graduate degree2.1%†246

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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

6,929 households (±234)

Gaines County, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k13%927
$25k–50k19%1,333
$50k–75k18%1,250
$75k–100k14%†937
$100k–150k15%1,057
$150k–200k11%†773
$200k or more9.4%†652

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+5.1 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 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

6,929 households (±234)

Gaines County, Texas
Texas share

Own75%5,171
Rent25%1,758

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

1,346 households (±312)

Gaines County, Texas
Texas share

Under $75045%†611
$750–1,00036%†490
$1,000–1,50010%†140

Home values

5,171 homes (±329)

Gaines County, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k36%1,879
$150k–250k29%1,485
$250k–400k27%1,385

Age of homes

7,719 homes (±18)

Gaines County, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later18%1,421
2000–20099.5%736
1980–199936%2,772

Size of homes

7,719 homes (±18)

Gaines County, Texas
Texas share

Studio1.1%†85
1 bedroom8.3%†638
2 bedrooms24%1,886

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

8,864 workers (±474)

Gaines County, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone73%6,489
Carpool20%1,799
Public transit0.0%†1
Walk1.2%†102
Bike0.1%†12
Work from home3.0%†266
Other2.2%†195

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Walk (−3.4 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

8,598 workers (±450)

Gaines County, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min51%4,397
15–29 min18%1,523
30–44 min6.5%†556

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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.

Gaines County has 532 employer establishments, 236 for every 10,000 residents (0.95× the US rate of 248; 1.08× Texas's), with 5,154 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,813. The Census Bureau also counts 3,150 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 532; 3,150 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 236; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 5,154
Average annual pay: $58,813; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	52	23.1	1.49×More than typical	335	$68,710	488
Restaurants and other eating places	34	15.1	0.82×About typical	385	$21,535	17
Construction of buildings	33	14.6	1.94×More than typical	89	$52,449	490
Automotive repair and maintenance	31	13.7	2.73×More than typical	108	$52,981	73
Truck transportation	27	12	2.37×More than typical	153	$79,261	267
Religious organizations	23	10.2	1.84×More than typical	199	$18,347	—
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	19	8.4	2.67×More than typical	174	$65,477	96
Building equipment contractors	17	7.5	1.25×More than typical	75	$95,560	59
Ambulatory health care services	15	6.7	0.32×Fewer than typical	92	$60,120	41
Full-service restaurants	14	6.2	0.81×About typical	147	$23,129	11
Limited-service restaurants	14	6.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	202	$22,292	—
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	13	5.8	2.33×More than typical	52	$109,288	34

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 22,552 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 $32.1K on contracts performed in Gaines County, Texas: $1.34 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $32.1K; −88% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1.34; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

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

Top buying agencies

Federal Aviation Administration$32.1K100%

Top recipients

REAGENT WORLD, INC.$27.1K84%
CHICKASAW STRATEGIC POINTE, LLC$4,97916%

Spending by fiscal year

6.3KFY2017
10KFY2018
14.7KFY2020
880.4KFY2024
262.9KFY2025
32.1KFY2026

What was bought

Equipment maintenance$32.1K100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Building equipment contractors · 2382$32.1K100%

Largest awards

BIL FUNDS. FST(DIESEL) INSTALLATION , INDOOR EG (DIESEL) REPLACEMENT AND ERMS FOR ANDREWS, TX (QXS) ARSR JCN: 19003446$702.1K
CHICKASAW STRATEGIC POINTE, LLC· Gaines County, TX· Equipment maintenance· May 2, 2024 – Apr 29, 2026· 6973GH24F00771
QXS HVAC REPLACEMENT$473.4K
REAGENT WORLD, INC.· Gaines County, TX· Equipment maintenance· Sep 24, 2024 – Jul 9, 2026· 697DCK24C00386

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 $110M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Gaines County, Texas: $4,590 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $110M; −24% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,590; US $12,955
Loan face value: $5.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 50%; counted, never named

Top programs

10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$37.1M34%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$33.3M30%

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 Gaines 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.

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

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gaines County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gaines County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$0.31	$1,436
FY2018	$0.48	$1,552
FY2019	$0	$1,654
FY2020	$0.68	$1,880
FY2021	$0	$1,810
FY2022	$0	$1,917
FY2023	$0	$2,079
FY2024	$37.83	$2,047
FY2025	$10.98	$2,165
FY2026	$1.34 (partial year)	$1,911

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gaines County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gaines County, Texas	United States
FY2021	-$103	$5,748
FY2022	$458	$5,221
FY2023	$255	$5,364
FY2024	$45.49	$5,501
FY2025	$180	$5,732
FY2026	$151

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gaines County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gaines County, Texas	United States
FY2021	-$104	$298
FY2022	$457	$357
FY2023	$236	$301
FY2024	$0	$319
FY2025	$154	$360
FY2026	$136

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gaines County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gaines County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$15.81	$239
FY2022	$1.95	$185
FY2023	$28.92	$229
FY2024	$30.64	$229
FY2025	$14.81	$249
FY2026	$28.73

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Gaines County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Gaines County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$2,005	$1,186
FY2022	$1,561	$465
FY2023	-$5.56	$76.52
FY2024	$103	$120
FY2025	$183	$148
FY2026	$17.57

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.

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

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Gaines County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Gaines County, Texas	United States
2014	6.3%	2.0%

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.

Transportation grants · FY2022

$457 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of -$104 (— that).

Compared with 8 similar counties

Gaines County, Texas
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Job growth: change since 2021

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/48165

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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.

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

House

Jodey C. ArringtonR-TX-19 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.3%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Gaines County

Places whose residents live mostly in Gaines 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	Gaines County, Texas	United States
2014	+1.0%	−4.2%
2015	+1.5%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.9%	+3.3%
2018	+11.1%	+6.8%
2019	+16.7%	+10.5%
2020	+16.6%	+19.4%
2021	+16.5%	+26.1%
2022	+25.4%	+30.6%
2023	+31.1%	+35.0%
2024	+30.1%	+41.0%
2025	+39.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Gaines County, Texas	United States
2014	+9.7%	−5.5%
2015	+3.9%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.3%	+4.1%
2018	+11.8%	+8.9%
2019	+24.6%	+13.5%
2020	+29.1%	+20.8%
2021	+34.4%	+32.1%
2022	+49.1%	+35.4%
2023	+56.5%	+42.9%
2024	+47.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Gaines County, Texas	United States
2014	0.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.8/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Gaines County, Texas	United States
2014	−2.3%	−6.9%
2015	+2.7%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.4%	+4.7%
2018	+8.5%	+7.5%
2019	+29.4%	+14.0%
2020	+22.4%	+16.9%
2021	+13.1%	+21.0%
2022	+20.3%	+29.7%
2023	+27.2%	+34.9%
2024	+36.8%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Gaines County, Texas	United States
2014	14.0%	15.5%
2015	13.3%	14.7%
2016	14.6%	14.0%
2017	15.0%	13.4%
2018	15.4%	13.1%
2019	13.2%	12.3%
2020	11.1%	11.9%
2021	13.8%	12.8%
2022	14.7%	12.6%
2023	13.4%	12.5%
2024	12.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Gaines County, Texas	United States
2014	3.3%	6.2%
2015	3.3%	5.3%
2016	4.0%	4.9%
2017	3.3%	4.4%
2018	2.8%	3.9%
2019	2.6%	3.7%
2020	6.1%	8.1%
2021	5.0%	5.4%
2022	3.3%	3.7%
2023	3.2%	3.6%
2024	3.2%	4.0%
2025	3.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Gaines County, Texas	United States
2014	−4.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.6% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+0.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+7.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+13.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+22.2% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+24.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+21.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+30.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+30.1% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Gaines County, Texas	United States
2014	31.3%	13.5%
2015	33.0%	10.9%
2016	30.9%	10.0%
2017	33.7%	10.2%
2018	32.2%	10.4%
2019	35.8%	10.8%
2020	33.1%	10.4%
2021	32.5%	10.2%
2022	32.0%	9.5%
2023	33.5%	9.5%
2024	38.5%	9.8%

Calendar years	Gaines County, Texas	United States
2014	8.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	10.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	10.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	9.4/1k	10.6/1k
2020	11.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	14.9/1k	16.2/1k
2022	13.1/1k	15.1/1k
2023	15.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	15.3/1k	15.4/1k
2025	15.8/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Gaines County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+5.0 points	+3.0 points	+2.0 points to +3.6 points
Year −2	−5.1 points	−3.7 points	−5.3 points to −2.2 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+5.5 points	+1.3 points	−0.3 points to +2.7 points
Year +1	+2.3 points	+4.3 points	+1.0 points to +8.3 points
Year +2	−0.4 points	−2.2 points	−12.9 points to +2.4 points

Year	Gaines County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−0.04 per 1,000 people	−0.06 per 1,000 people	−0.55 per 1,000 people to +0.37 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−0.04 per 1,000 people	+0.23 per 1,000 people	+0.00 per 1,000 people to +0.49 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people to 0.00 per 1,000 people
Year 0	+0.36 per 1,000 people	−0.14 per 1,000 people	−0.99 per 1,000 people to +0.31 per 1,000 people
Year +1	+0.71 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people	−0.29 per 1,000 people to +0.37 per 1,000 people
Year +2	+0.34 per 1,000 people	+0.56 per 1,000 people	−0.43 per 1,000 people to +2.10 per 1,000 people

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What changed in five years

Improved7

Declined1

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Improved7

Declined1

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

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How people get to work

Time to get to work

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Money per resident

How outcomes moved

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Compared with 8 similar counties

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