BeckvilleTX
A town of 745, settled in 1857.
Is Beckville a good place to live?
4.8% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Beckville, below both the Texas town median (23%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Beckville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
745 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Beckville: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Beckville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Beckville.
Beckville’s typical home value is about $150K
60% of Beckville households are owner-occupiers, against 69% in Texas’ towns and 73% across U.S. towns. Typical home values rose 10% in the year to September 2026. Its midpoint rent stands at $926 a month.
| Beckville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $926 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The schools Beckville’s kids attend
Its two schools are below. Public schools: Beckville ISD. The largest public high school is Beckville Jr.-Sr. High School, with 347 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckville Sunset ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 337 | A− |
| Beckville Jr.-Sr. High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 347 | A |
NCES · EDFacts
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: low risk in Beckville, mostly inland flooding
Beckville’s FEMA hazard score comes in at 33 of 100. Expected losses in Beckville break down as 30% from inland flooding and 23% from tornadoes. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Beckville after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Beckville’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.8 jobs for each of them
3.8% of working residents work locally in Beckville. Employers in Beckville shed 120 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 223. The top destinations are Carthage (18%), Longview (9%) and Houston (5%). The median commute is under 24 miles.
| Beckville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 9.4% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Beckville is
The share of adults in Beckville who had a checkup this year: 76%. This Texas town beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 7. Two figures for adults locally: 19% report frequent mental distress, 39% have obesity.
| Beckville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Beckville | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 13.6% | 19.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.3% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Beckville
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Beckville
About 0 of every 100 Beckville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Beckville
City in Texas, United States
Beckville is a city in Panola County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 722 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 341 ft
- ZIP code
- 75631
- Area code
- 903
Questions about Beckville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Beckville, TX a good place to live?
Beckville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.