Scores by category

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

Safety14#2,658/3,096
Economy99#22/3,143
Housing—
Health96#120/3,144
Healthcare35#2,047/3,143
Environment37#1,958/3,108
Education67#1,041/3,144
Infrastructure68#1,019/3,144
Community0#3,139/3,144
Leisure & amenities0#3,130/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Strengths

Unemployment rate · low0.7%
100/100Texas 4.2%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
New business applications · high173.1 /1k
100/100Texas 17.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Income adjusted for local prices · high$251,181
100/100Texas $71,940United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low3.8%
100/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Average weekly wage · high$2,028
99/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Median household income · high$128,055
98/100Texas $79,723United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-27.1%
0/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Mental health providers · low0 /100k
1/100Texas 181 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public libraries · low0.0 /10k
1/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Hot days · high136 days
1/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Restaurants and bars · low0.0 /10k
1/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Primary care physicians · low0 /100k
1/100Texas 61 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
63 (2020) → 52 (2025)
−17%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Voter turnoutImproving
74.4% (2020) → 356.3% (2024)
+282 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
Job growthWorsening
64.7% (2021) → -27.1% (2026 Q1)
−92 pts5 yearsUS 3.4% → 0.1%
Property crime rateWorsening
10,134 /100k (2020) → 36,364 /100k (2025)
+259%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Traffic deathsWorsening
2,049.8 /100k (2015-2019) → 7,335.9 /100k (2020-2024)
+258%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
40.0% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−40 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Loving County, Texas improved on 5 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 7 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.

Improved5

Real income+100%$125,733 → $251,181
Weekly wage+63%$1,246 → $2,028
Uninsured−7.6 points11.4% → 3.8%
Unemployment−7.1 points7.8% → 0.7%
Household income+45%$88,487 → $128,055

Declined2

Property crime+259%10,134 /100k → 36,364 /100k
Traffic deaths+258%2,049.8 /100k → 7,335.9 /100k

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Loving County, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	158.7 /10k2020	0.0 /10k2025	−100%	Within the margin of error	1%
Average weekly wage	$1,2462020	$2,0282025	+63%	Improved	100%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Broadband subscriptions	73.3%2015-2019	92.6%2020-2024	+19 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Child poverty rate	10.2%2019	6.7%2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Distance to an airport	83 mi2020	83 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Income adjusted for local prices	$125,7332019	$251,1812024	+100%	Improved	100%
Median household income	$88,4872019	$128,0552024	+45%	Improved	98%
Poverty rate	7.1%2019	6.3%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Property crime rate	10,134 /100k2020	36,364 /100k2025	+259%	Declined	0%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Traffic deaths	2,049.8 /100k2015-2019	7,335.9 /100k2020-2024	+258%	Declined	1%
Unemployment rate	7.8%2020	0.7%2025	−7.1 points	Improved	99%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.4%2019	3.8%2024	−7.6 points	Improved	99%
Violent crime rate	1,192 /100k2020	0 /100k2025	−100%	Within the margin of error	100%

“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; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; 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 Loving County, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Loving 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, Loving County, Texas itself moved +12.6 points in standing on average over the same 24 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

33 residents (±30)

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

27 households (±29)

Loving County, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k15%†4
$25k–50k0.0%0
$50k–75k70%†19

Homes

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

Owners and renters

27 households (±29)

Loving County, Texas
Texas share

Own11%†3
Rent89%†24

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−52.2 points).

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

26 workers (±28)

Loving County, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone96%†25
Carpool0.0%0
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.

Loving County has 17 employer establishments, 3,696 for every 10,000 residents (14.9× the US rate of 248; 16.9× Texas's), with 663 paid employees at an average annual pay of $91,475. The Census Bureau also counts 16 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 17; 16 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 3,696; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 663
Average annual pay: $91,475; US $68,342

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

Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0.00×Too few to compare	—	—
Advertising, public relations and related services	0.00×Too few to compare	—	—
Ambulatory health care services	0.00×Too few to compare	—	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0.00×Too few to compare	—	—
Architectural, engineering and related services	0.00×Too few to compare	—	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	0.00×Too few to compare	—	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	0.00×Too few to compare	—	—
Banks and credit unions	0.00×Too few to compare	—	—
Barber shops	0.00×Too few to compare	—	—
Beauty salons	0.00×Too few to compare	—	—
Beer, wine and liquor stores	0.00×Too few to compare	—	—
Building equipment contractors	0.00×Too few to compare	—	—

Federal contract spending

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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 $649.8K in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Loving County, Texas: $12,496 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $649.8K; −80% vs FY2025
Per resident: $12,496; US $12,955
Loan face value: $0; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$341.6K53%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$116K18%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$107.3K17%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$51.8K8.0%
64.028 · Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance$17K2.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$14.8K2.3%
10.986 · Emergency Livestock Relief Program 2023 and 2024$1,4400.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$116K18%
AUSTIN, TX

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$408.2K63%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$124.2K19%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$116K18%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$1,4400.2%
Department of Agriculture

By type

Assistance by fiscal year

4.6MFY2021
33.4MFY2022
29MFY2023
205.9KFY2024
3.2MFY2025
649.8KFY2026

County aggregates

82%

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 Loving 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.

Loving County, Texas
United States
partial year

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Loving County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Loving County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$74,775	$5,748
FY2022	$711,948	$5,221
FY2023	$624,371	$5,364
FY2024	-$2,661	$5,501
FY2025	$52,284	$5,732
FY2026	$2,230 (partial year)	$5,446

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Loving County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Loving County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$74,775	$298
FY2022	$711,948	$357
FY2023	$624,371	$301
FY2024	-$2,661	$319
FY2025	$52,284	$360
FY2026	$2,230

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Loving County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Loving County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$0	$1,186
FY2022	$0	$465
FY2023	-$130	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$51,962	$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.

Loving County, Texas
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

Table view

Job growth, Loving County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Loving County, Texas	United States
2014	—	2.0%
2015	4.4%

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/48301

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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.

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

Senate

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Cities and towns in Loving County

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

Mentone10

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
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
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

JSON · /api/v1/places/48301

Calendar years	Loving County, Texas	United States
2014	−2.1%	−4.2%
2015	+8.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+16.9%	+3.3%
2018	+31.3%	+6.8%
2019	+100.4%	+10.5%
2020	+66.1%	+19.4%
2021	+52.7%	+26.1%
2022	+113.2%	+30.6%
2023	+178.1%	+35.0%
2024	+173.9%	+41.0%
2025	+170.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Loving County, Texas	United States
2014	−34.9%	−5.5%
2015	−42.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+23.1%	+4.1%
2018	+22.4%	+8.9%
2019	−0.6%	+13.5%
2020	−13.1%	+20.8%
2021	+15.0%	+32.1%
2022	+44.3%	+35.4%
2023	+85.0%	+42.9%
2024	+94.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Loving County, Texas	United States
2014	−13.0%	−6.9%
2015	−7.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.6%	+4.7%
2018	+22.5%	+7.5%
2019	+37.9%	+14.0%
2020	+51.9%	+16.9%
2021	+57.2%	+21.0%
2022	+47.6%	+29.7%
2023	+35.2%	+34.9%
2024	+99.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Loving County, Texas	United States
2014	9.3%	15.5%
2015	14.3%	14.7%
2016	13.3%	14.0%
2017	9.7%	13.4%
2018	3.3%	13.1%
2019	7.1%	12.3%
2020	3.9%	11.9%
2021	5.3%	12.8%
2022	3.9%	12.6%
2023	4.7%	12.5%
2024	6.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Loving County, Texas	United States
2014	22.5/1k	8.5/1k
2015	33.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	102.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	45.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	0.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	0.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	0.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	52.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	434.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	282.6/1k	16.2/1k
2024	234.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	173.1/1k	16.6/1k

Calendar years	Loving County, Texas	United States
2014	5.1%	6.2%
2015	5.2%	5.3%
2016	14.3%	4.9%
2017	16.7%	4.4%
2018	6.7%	3.9%
2019	3.8%	3.7%
2020	7.8%	8.1%
2021	4.1%	5.4%
2022	2.4%	3.7%
2023	1.3%	3.6%
2024	1.3%	4.0%
2025	0.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Loving County, Texas	United States
2014	16.0%	13.5%
2015	13.2%	10.9%
2016	21.2%	10.0%
2017	21.1%	10.2%
2018	16.2%	10.4%
2019	11.4%	10.8%
2020	18.3%	10.4%
2021	4.9%	10.2%
2022	2.2%	9.5%
2023	6.0%	9.5%
2024	3.8%	9.8%

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved5

Declined2

Counties like Loving County, Texas five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

By type

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Representation in Congress

Senate

Cities and towns in Loving County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved5

Declined2

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

By type

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates