Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,677, settled in 1899.
The best of Bovina’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D for incomes. Only 45 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score higher on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. On incomes, just 94 of Texas’ 990 towns do worse. Bovina's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 83% of U.S. towns. Bovina has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Bovina beats most towns.
Where Bovina’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Bovina is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 612 in 1950, 1,699 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1933 and 2 maps from 1965 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bovina, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Bovina.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by Bovina ISD. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bovina ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 198 | B− |
| Bovina H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 128 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Bovina beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 34% of Bovina adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance, above both Texas’ towns (18%) and U.S. towns (8.1%). 38% of Bovina adults get no exercise outside work.
| Bovina | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Bovina | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 33.7% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 4.2 per 1,000 residents, Bovina’s violent crime rate is against 1.9 in Texas’ towns and 1.6 across U.S. towns. Bovina’s property crime rate is 2.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Bovina | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.2 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.4 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Bovina for work: only 4% work in town. The median household income in Bovina is $49,000. Since 2013, Bovina has lost 74 jobs, to 140 in 2023.
| Bovina | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $49,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bovina has chilly winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 92°, January nights drop to 23° and about 13 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
None within 15 miles of Bovina; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Bovina residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
City in Texas, United States
Bovina is a city in Parmer County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bovina had a population of 1,699.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.