County · Texas

Knox County, Texas

Knox County, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 40 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,877 of 3,143 US counties. Within Texas it ranks #82 of 254 counties. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), rent as share of income (low) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on mammography screening (low), flu vaccinations (low) and hot days (high).

40Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,877 of 3,143 counties
Texas: #82 of 254 in TX
Population: 3,192 (2025)
Land area: 851 mi²
Density: 3.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 48275

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety38#1,915/3,096
Economy29#2,246/3,143
Housing95#146/3,140
Health38#1,951/3,144
Healthcare6#2,943/3,143
Environment31#2,137/3,108
Education30#2,213/3,144
Infrastructure35#2,033/3,144
Community74#817/3,144
Leisure & amenities67#1,031/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.4×
99/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent as share of income · low19.1%
99/100Texas 30.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Students per teacher · low8.4×
98/100Texas 15.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Grocery stores · high6.3 /10k
96/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high12.5 /10k
95/100Texas 3.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Severe housing problems · low6.4%
95/100Texas 17.5%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Mammography screening · low21.0%
1/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Flu vaccinations · low15.0%
2/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Hot days · high120 days
2/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Dentists · low0 /100k
3/100Texas 63 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high21.1%
3/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Traffic deaths · high60.6 /100k
4/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data

Trends

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

Traffic deathsWorsening
16.2 /100k (2015-2019) → 60.6 /100k (2020-2024)
+274%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Drought exposureWorsening
37% (2021) → 85% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+47 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
39.1% (2010 & 2021) → 77.3% (2022 & 2024)
+38 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Voter turnoutWorsening
89.4% (2020) → 58.9% (2024)
−30 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
47.7% (2015-2019) → 18.7% (2020-2024)
−29 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New business applicationsImproving
6.0 /1k (2020) → 12.5 /1k (2025)
+110%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k

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, Knox County, Texas improved on 9 of 27 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 14 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 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Rent burden−29 points47.7% → 18.7%
New businesses+110%6.0 /1k → 12.5 /1k
Uninsured−3.9 points25.0% → 21.1%
Students / teacher−1.4×9.9× → 8.5×
Broadband+12 points75.2% → 87.2%

Declined3

Traffic deaths+274%16.2 /100k → 60.6 /100k
Bachelor's+−6.6 points20.1% → 13.5%
Price / income+0.4×0.9× → 1.4×

All 27 measures

Change of every measure of Knox County, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	14.9 /10k2020	12.5 /10k2025	−16%	Within the margin of error	16%
Average commute time	18.3 min2015-2019	16.6 min2020-2024	−1.7 min	Within the margin of error	87%
Average weekly wage	$8792020	$9832025	+12%	Improved	3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%2015-2019	13.5%2020-2024	−6.6 points	Declined	0%
Broadband subscriptions	75.2%2015-2019	87.2%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	65%
Child poverty rate	30.8%2019	28.1%2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Distance to an airport	123 mi2020	123 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Effective property tax rate	1.76%2015-2019	1.54%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Grocery stores	6.0 /10k2020	6.3 /10k2025	+4.8%	Within the margin of error	71%
Gyms and fitness centers	3.0 /10k2020	0.0 /10k2025	−100%	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	81.9%2015-2019	85.4%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Home price to income ratio	0.9×2015-2019	1.4×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	44%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,1052019	$59,2622024	+23%	Improved	8%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4292015-2019	0.4042020-2024	−0.025	Within the margin of error	85%
Median household income	$40,8082019	$52,1132024	+28%	Improved	64%
New business applications	6.0 /1k2020	12.5 /1k2025	+110%	Improved	94%
Poverty rate	19.1%2019	19.0%2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Public libraries	2.7 /10k2019	3.1 /10k2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	92%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Rent as share of income	28.5%2015-2019	19.1%2020-2024	−9.4 points	Within the margin of error	98%
Rent-burdened households	47.7%2015-2019	18.7%2020-2024	−29 points	Improved	100%
Restaurants and bars	9.0 /10k2020	6.3 /10k2025	−30%	Within the margin of error	8%
Students per teacher	9.9×2019	8.5×2024	−1.4×	Improved	76%
Suicide rate	21.3 /100k2020	20.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.8%	Within the margin of error	63%
Traffic deaths	16.2 /100k2015-2019	60.6 /100k2020-2024	+274%	Declined	1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%2020	3.5%2025	−1.7 points	Improved	28%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	25.0%2019	21.1%2024	−3.9 points	Improved	90%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3114 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; 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 Knox County, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Knox 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, Knox County, Texas itself moved −1.6 points in standing on average over the same 29 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

3,307 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

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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,307 residents

Knox County, Texas
Texas share

White57%1,885
Black3.8%124
Hispanic or Latino34%1,109

Education

2,273 residents (±56)

Knox County, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma15%331
High school or GED38%871
Some college26%580

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

1,246 households (±80)

Knox County, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k21%264
$25k–50k17%217
$50k–75k24%305
$75k–100k14%†176
$100k–150k17%207
$150k–200k4.1%†51
$200k or more2.1%†26

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−9.6 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 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

1,246 households (±80)

Knox County, Texas
Texas share

Own77%964
Rent23%282

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−5.5 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

184 households (±42)

Knox County, Texas
Texas share

Under $75084%†154
$750–1,0008.2%†15
$1,000–1,5006.5%†12

Home values

964 homes (±71)

Knox County, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k80%774
$150k–250k12%119
$250k–400k6.1%†59

Age of homes

1,804 homes (±20)

Knox County, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later2.9%†53
2000–20092.8%†51
1980–199920%363

Size of homes

1,804 homes (±20)

Knox County, Texas
Texas share

Studio1.3%†24
1 bedroom1.9%†35
2 bedrooms27%496

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

1,457 workers (±79)

Knox County, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone78%1,135
Carpool11%†157
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.3%†33
Bike1.3%†19
Work from home4.4%†64
Other3.4%†49

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other (+3.2 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

1,393 workers (±86)

Knox County, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min63%879
15–29 min23%327
30–44 min3.4%†47

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.

Knox County has 79 employer establishments, 238 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248; 1.09× Texas's), with 621 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,890. The Census Bureau also counts 263 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 79; 263 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 238; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 621
Average annual pay: $47,890; US $68,342

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

Truck transportation	7	21.1	4.17×Too few to compare	27	$99,148	21
Religious organizations	6	18.1	3.26×Too few to compare	16	$10,188	—
Gasoline stations	4	12.1	3.72×Too few to compare	50	$34,360	—
Restaurants and other eating places	4	12.1	0.66×Too few to compare	32	$12,469	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	3	9	5.18×Too few to compare	21	$40,762	—
Full-service restaurants	3	9	1.18×Too few to compare	17	$12,000	—
General merchandise stores	3	9	5.12×Too few to compare	27	$16,444	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	3	9	2.06×Too few to compare	4	$57,250	7
Specialty trade contractors	3	9	0.58×Too few to compare	29	$47,310	26
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Ambulatory health care services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	17

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 3,318 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 $115.3K on contracts performed in Knox County, Texas: $36.14 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $115.3K; +9.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $36.14; 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

Department of the Army$115.3K100%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

114.7KFY2017
139.5KFY2018
151KFY2019
25.2KFY2020
23.5KFY2021
45.2KFY2022
36.5KFY2023
155.2K

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$115.3K100%

Largest awards

MOWING SERVICES, TRUSCOTT BRINE LAKE, TX.$201.2K
RED CANYON SERVICES, LLC· Knox County, TX· Facilities & utilities· May 6, 2022 – Feb 26, 2026· W912BV22P0085
NEW CONTRACT AWARD FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES AT TRUSCOTT LAKE, TX. BASE PLUS FOUR (4) OPTIONS.$196.4K
RED CANYON SERVICES, LLC· Knox County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Apr 19, 2024 – Apr 9, 2026· W912BV24P0056
TRUSCCOTT LAKE HERBICIDE APPLICATION - BASE YEAR AWARD.$5,005
LMI INC· Knox County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Apr 22, 2024 – Mar 19, 2026· W912BV24P0057
CHLORIDE CONTROL PROJECT, TRUSCOTT LAKE, TEXAS HERBICIDE APPLICATION SERVICES

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 $23.3M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Knox County, Texas: $7,304 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $23.3M; −23% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,304; US $12,955
Loan face value: $250.1K; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 7.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$13.7M59%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$1.9M8.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$1.7M7.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$1.5M6.4%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$1.2M5.4%
10.912 · Environmental Quality Incentives Program$1M4.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$783.1K3.4%
14.872 · Public Housing Capital Fund$438.2K1.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

MUNDAY HOUSING AUTHORITY$527.5K2.3%
MUNDAY, TX
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$280.5K1.2%
AUSTIN, TX
K R COMPANY$190.9K0.8%
SEYMOUR, TX
KNOX CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY$169.8K0.7%
KNOX CITY, TX
COWEN CATTLE COMPANY LLC$163.6K

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$18M77%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$1.6M6.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$1.5M6.6%
Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service$1M4.4%
Department of Agriculture
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

20MFY2021
43.2MFY2022
35.3MFY2023
21.2MFY2024
30.2MFY2025
23.3MFY2026

County aggregates

84%

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 Knox 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.

Knox County, Texas
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$31.27	$1,436
FY2018	$38.21	$1,552
FY2019	$41.23	$1,654
FY2020	$7.53	$1,880
FY2021	$7.09	$1,810
FY2022	$13.77	$1,917
FY2023	$11.00	$2,079
FY2024	$47.72	$2,047
FY2025	$33.13	$2,165
FY2026	$36.14 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$4.32	$93.28
FY2018	$29.10	$105
FY2019	$29.49	$128
FY2020	$0	$145
FY2021	$0	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$105	$5,748
FY2022	$326	$5,221
FY2023	$3,481	$5,364
FY2024	$131	$5,501
FY2025	$51.74	$5,732
FY2026	$352

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Texas	United States
FY2021	-$95.33	$298
FY2022	$107	$357
FY2023	$3,297	$301
FY2024	-$156	$319
FY2025	-$242	$360
FY2026	$87.88

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$160	$239
FY2022	$200	$185
FY2023	$211	$229
FY2024	$213	$229
FY2025	$227	$249
FY2026	$244

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$29.85	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	-$29.85	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Knox County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Knox County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$2,907	$1,186
FY2022	$272	$465
FY2023	-$12.51	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$0	$148
FY2026	$0

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.

Knox County, Texas
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Knox County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Knox County, Texas	United States
2014	−1.4%	2.0%
2015	2.2%

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/48275

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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.

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

House

Ronny JacksonR-TX-13 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.7%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Knox County

Places whose residents live mostly in Knox 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
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Calendar years	Knox County, Texas	United States
2014	+16.9%	−4.2%
2015	+0.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−3.2%	+3.3%
2018	+0.3%	+6.8%
2019	+8.2%	+10.5%
2020	+12.3%	+19.4%
2021	+9.2%	+26.1%
2022	+10.1%	+30.6%
2023	+13.2%	+35.0%
2024	+27.2%	+41.0%
2025	+25.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Knox County, Texas	United States
2014	+16.0%	−5.5%
2015	+5.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+9.0%	+4.1%
2018	+16.2%	+8.9%
2019	+19.3%	+13.5%
2020	+32.0%	+20.8%
2021	+43.0%	+32.1%
2022	+51.9%	+35.4%
2023	+45.4%	+42.9%
2024	+43.7%	+49.5%

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

Calendar years	Knox County, Texas	United States
2014	−1.7%	−6.9%
2015	+15.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.4%	+4.7%
2018	+5.7%	+7.5%
2019	+8.6%	+14.0%
2020	+22.5%	+16.9%
2021	+21.2%	+21.0%
2022	+25.6%	+29.7%
2023	+47.4%	+34.9%
2024	+38.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Knox County, Texas	United States
2014	21.3%	15.5%
2015	19.2%	14.7%
2016	21.1%	14.0%
2017	20.6%	13.4%
2018	20.4%	13.1%
2019	19.1%	12.3%
2020	16.3%	11.9%
2021	17.1%	12.8%
2022	19.3%	12.6%
2023	20.5%	12.5%
2024	19.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Knox County, Texas	United States
2014	4.3%	6.2%
2015	3.8%	5.3%
2016	3.9%	4.9%
2017	3.6%	4.4%
2018	3.3%	3.9%
2019	2.9%	3.7%
2020	5.2%	8.1%
2021	4.2%	5.4%
2022	3.5%	3.7%
2023	3.1%	3.6%
2024	3.5%	4.0%
2025	3.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Knox County, Texas	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Knox County, Texas	United States
2014	28.0%	13.5%
2015	23.3%	10.9%
2016	22.5%	10.0%
2017	25.0%	10.2%
2018	25.5%	10.4%
2019	25.0%	10.8%
2020	24.3%	10.4%
2021	25.7%	10.2%
2022	20.9%	9.5%
2023	24.0%	9.5%
2024	21.1%	9.8%

Calendar years	Knox County, Texas	United States
2014	4.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.3/1k	8.7/1k
2016	9.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	8.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	13.9/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	11.8/1k	16.2/1k
2024	4.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	12.5/1k	16.6/1k

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Declined3

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Improved9

Declined3

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