Kimble County, Texas

County Distress Index: Elevated · 55.2 | 4,442 people · 159th most distressed in Texas

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Kimble County, TX registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 55.2 — 1195th 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 159th of 254 counties. Among its 7 neighboring counties, 5 show less distress.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Kimble County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 81.0 — worse than roughly 81% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 81.0
Poverty Rate 75
Income vs. State Median 73
Child Poverty Rate 95
Community Vulnerability 76.0
Uninsured Rate 87
Disability Rate 65
Debt & Delinquency 51.5
Debt in Collections 55
Medical Debt 84
Student Loan Delinquency 80
Auto Loan Delinquency 74
Credit Card Delinquency 11
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 5
Housing Cost Burden 35.5
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 21
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 12
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 66
Homeownership Rate 26
Rent-to-Income Ratio 53
Employment & Wages 31.7
Unemployment Rate 23
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 54
Business Formation Rate 19

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

Neighbors and Peers

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

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Kimble County
Kimble County, TX 55.2 Elevated
Menard County, TX 69.6 Serious +14.5
Edwards County, TX 60.8 Elevated +5.6
Kerr County, TX 50.6 Elevated -4.5
Schleicher County, TX 50.2 Elevated -4.9
Mason County, TX 50.0 Elevated -5.1
Sutton County, TX 47.8 Normal -7.4
Gillespie County, TX 42.7 Normal -12.5

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Kimble County
Bennett County, SD 55.1 Elevated -0.0
Terrell County, TX 55.1 Elevated -0.0
Blaine County, OK 55.2 Elevated +0.1
Mills County, TX 55.3 Elevated +0.1
Huerfano County, CO 55.0 Elevated -0.2

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