RangerTX
A town of 2,641. A typical home worth about $111K.
What makes Ranger stand out
The 3 things Ranger does most differently from other towns.
16% of Ranger is in college
Ranger’s report card
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Ranger. Another town gets a different order.
A typical Ranger home is worth about $111K
The typical Ranger home is worth about $111,000, down 2.9% in a year, 63% below the Texas typical home.
Typical home value
Ranger’s public schools outperform 8% of Texas districts
The public schools Ranger’s kids attend trail 92% of Texas’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ranger El | PK–5 | 151 | C− |
| Ranger Middle | 6–8 | 65 | C |
| Ranger H S | 9–12 | 72 | D− |
Healthier than 16% of U.S. towns
Ranger beats the Texas average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| What stands out | Ranger | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 22.8% | 12.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.6% | 5.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8% | 5.6% |
Less crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns
Ranger reports less crime per resident than 77% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
About one in eight working residents works right in Ranger
Most working residents leave Ranger for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Eastland (10%), Fort Worth (9%) and Dallas (3%). Half commute less than 63 miles.
Where working residents work
Low risk, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 25% of U.S. communities.
Fewer middle-aged adults than Texas overall, and fewer college graduates
Adults 35 to 64 are 27% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 32% of residents (24% statewide). 15% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
| Ranger | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.5% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 17.9% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.2% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.2% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 5.9% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.1% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.6% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.6% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 16.5% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.4% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 31.2% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 11% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.9% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Mild winters, hot summers
Ranger has mild winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 95°, a January night drops to 33°, and about 2 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Typical low → high °F
0% of Ranger is conserved land
0.0 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park | — | 5 |
88% of working residents leave Ranger for work
Where Ranger’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Ranger
City in Texas, United States
Ranger is a city in Eastland County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,300 at the 2020 census. Ranger College, a community college, is the second-largest employer in the community. During the 1920s, Ranger, like nearby Cisco, Eastland, and Desdemona, was a petroleum boomtown.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Population
- 2,300
- Area
- 7.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,437 ft
- ZIP code
- 76470
- Area code
- 254