Donley County, Texas

County Distress Index: Elevated · 62.1 | 3,214 people · 96th most distressed in Texas

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Donley County, TX registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 62.1 — 683rd nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within Texas, it ranks 96th of 254 counties. Among its 7 neighboring counties, 6 show less distress.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Donley County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 81.2 — worse than roughly 81% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 81.2
Poverty Rate 72
Income vs. State Median 90
Child Poverty Rate 81
Employment & Wages 72.4
Unemployment Rate 45
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 79
Business Formation Rate 93
Debt & Delinquency 66.6
Debt in Collections 85
Medical Debt 83
Student Loan Delinquency 80
Auto Loan Delinquency 74
Credit Card Delinquency 73
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 5
Housing Cost Burden 45.1
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 11
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 42
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 55
Homeownership Rate 45
Rent-to-Income Ratio 73
Community Vulnerability 45.0
Uninsured Rate 82
Disability Rate 8

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Donley County compares to its 7 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Donley County
Donley County, TX 62.1 Elevated
Hall County, TX 65.8 Serious +3.7
Briscoe County, TX 60.6 Elevated -1.5
Gray County, TX 59.6 Elevated -2.5
Collingsworth County, TX 58.9 Elevated -3.2
Wheeler County, TX 57.9 Elevated -4.2
Carson County, TX 35.7 Normal -26.3
Armstrong County, TX 30.2 Healthy -31.9

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Donley County
Menifee County, KY 62.0 Elevated -0.1
Mitchell County, TX 62.0 Elevated -0.1
Buffalo County, SD 61.9 Elevated -0.1
Echols County, GA 62.3 Elevated +0.2
Nowata County, OK 61.9 Elevated -0.2

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