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A town of 679. A typical home worth about $121K.

Photo: Lothar1976 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Population
679
−8.1% since 2010
Typical home
$121K
+19.6% in a year
Household income
$60K
median
Median age
36.9
years
Jobs based here
125
A commuter town

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679 people, and everyone knows the way

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Housing

A typical Roby home is worth about $121K

The typical Roby home is worth about $121,000, up 19.6% in a year, 59% below the Texas typical home.

$121KZillow home value

Typical home value

Roby$121K
Texas$299K
+19.6%
value change, 1 year
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Schools

Roby’s public schools outperform 22% of Texas districts

The public schools Roby’s kids attend trail 78% of Texas’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C−School Grade
SchoolGradesStudentsGrade
Roby CisdPK–12297C+
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state testsAll 1 schools →
Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Roby

Most working residents leave Roby for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Sweetwater (18%), Abilene (10%) and Rotan (4%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

7%work in town

Where working residents work

In Roby7%
Sweetwater18%
Abilene10%
Rotan4%
Snyder4%
37 mi
median commute distance
125
jobs based in Roby
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Climate

Mild winters, hot summers

Roby has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 96°, a January night drops to 32°, and about 4 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

4″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter33–59°
Spring51–78°
Summer70–95°
Fall52–77°
Nov 15
typical first frost
Mar 17
typical last frost
+1.3°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Natural hazards

High risk, with drought at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities.

61risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
61High riskLowerHigher
DroughtInland floodingHail
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Health

How healthy Roby is

Roby beats the Texas average on 6 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2.

26 measures vs. Texas
6 better18 too close to call2 worse
What stands outRobyTX
Fewer uninsured adults15.2%19.1%
Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth11%12.5%
More adults who have had cancer7.9%6.1%
Fisher County Hospital District
7.4 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Outdoors

0% of Roby is conserved land

0.0 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

0%conserved
0%
conserved · 0 of 458 acres
0.0 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. L.K. Jerry Baseball Park—6
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
A commuter town

93% of working residents leave Roby for work

Where Roby’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

18% → Sweetwater Sweetwater 18% 10% → Abilene Abilene 10% 4% → Rotan Rotan 4% 4% → Snyder Snyder 4% 4% → Fort Worth Fort Worth 4% 3% → Weatherford Weatherford 3% Roby · 7% stay
125jobs based in Roby
7%of working residents work in town
37 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Roby

City in Texas, United States

Roby is a city in and the county seat of Fisher County, Texas, United States. The population was 591 at the 2020 census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Population
591
Area
0.7 sq mi
Elevation
1,962 ft
ZIP code
79543
Area code
325

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