Roberts County, Texas
Demographics & Population
Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 · 5-Year Estimates
Household Income
Population Profile
Educational Attainment
Employment Overview
- Income gap: Households earn meaningfully less than the national median, which directly affects retail demand, housing absorption, and tax base.
- Below the state median: Median household income runs $10,608 (13.5%) under the Texas median, so statewide income averages overstate local household buying power.
- Talent gap: Bachelor's-or-higher attainment trails the national average by 15.2 pts, relevant for advanced-services attraction strategy.
Economy & Industry
Bureau of Labor Statistics QCEW · Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Largest private-sector industry: Health Care and Social Assistance employs 4 workers (57.1% of tracked sectors), at an average wage of $46,210.
- Economic scale: Regional GDP of $183M (2024).
- Wage stratification: Transportation and Warehousing averages $124,540 while Health Care and Social Assistance averages $46,210, a 2.7x spread in the same local economy, with implications for workforce development and talent strategy.
EP customers get year-over-year deltas, WARN notices, and SEC filings for every sector tracked above, surfaced as proactive alerts, not after-the-fact news.
Housing & Affordability
Census ACS · HUD Fair Market Rents FY2026
Housing Overview
for rent or sale
HUD Fair Market Rents
- Affordable market: Home value to income ratio of 2.4x is well below the ~4.1x national average; supports talent attraction and family settlement narratives.
- High home ownership: 85.1% owner-occupied; rental supply may be tight for incoming workers.
- Elevated vacancy: 17.8% of housing units are vacant, above the Texas rate of 9.4%, and down from 29.3% in 2019.
- Mostly second homes: seasonal, recreational and occasional-use units are 31.4% of vacant units, so the headline rate is not available supply.
- Genuinely available supply: units listed for rent or for sale are 0% of the vacant stock, or 0% of all housing units against the 17.8% headline vacancy rate. Absorbable supply for an incoming employer is thin, and the gap between the two is the redevelopment and conversion opportunity.
- Broadly affordable rents: All 5 HUD Fair Market Rent bedroom sizes shown above sit below what a household on the median renter income of $63,654 can pay without cost burden (~$1,591/mo), and 12.5% of renter households are measured as cost-burdened; a cost-of-living advantage for workforce attraction.
Workforce Pipeline
Labor force readiness, commuting, and workforce composition
Labor Market Overview
Education & Talent Pipeline
Aging Workforce
Workforce by Occupation
- Healthy participation: 63.8% labor force participation reflects a steady, available local workforce.
- Talent pipeline: no college, university, or technical school is located in Roberts County per the IPEDS institutional directory, so any training pipeline serving it runs through institutions outside the county.
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Prospect Match Scores
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Updated from official federal government data.
American Community Survey figures on this page are 2020-2024 five-year averages rather than single-year counts. A five-year estimate pools 60 months of survey responses, so each value describes the period as a whole.
Frequently Asked Questions
Key economic and demographic figures for Roberts County, Texas, from federal data sources.
What is the population of Roberts County, Texas?
832 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates).
What is the median household income in Roberts County, Texas?
$67,868 in nominal dollars (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates). Adjusted for local prices using the BEA all-items regional price parity for Texas (97.1 against a national average of 100), that is $69,895 at national average prices. BEA publishes regional price parity at state level; there is no county-level figure.
What is the unemployment rate in Roberts County, Texas?
4.6% (2025 annual average, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, LAUS).
What is the GDP of Roberts County, Texas?
$183M (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAGDP2).
