BushlandTX
A town of 2,779, settled in 1909. Public schools that outperform most of Texas.
Is Bushland a good place to live?
Bushland's standout: the median household earns $146K. Overall it grades A−, ranked 35th of 640 in Texas. Its schools outperform 88% of the state's. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 78% of U.S. communities, with hail at the top. Bushland’s median household income is $146,000, against $69,000 in Texas’ towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Among 642 Texas towns, just 3 have a higher share of households owning their home than Bushland.
What makes Bushland stand out
Where Bushland beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Bushland for work
Where Bushland’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Bushland grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Bushland is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Bushland: who provides what
Bushland is unincorporated, so Potter County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Bushland.
Bushland has more 90° days than most of the country, though not than most of Texas; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Texas (mostly hail) and has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Texas.
For schools, Bushland earns an A
Its public schools are run by Bushland ISD. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Bushland H S, with 497 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bushland J HLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 350 | A− |
| Bushland H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 497 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
A smaller share of residents live below the poverty line in Bushland than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
Bushland has 198 jobs for its 991 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
1.3% of Bushland residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Bushland grew to 198 in 2023, 140 more than in 2013. 0.9% of Bushland working residents work locally.
| Bushland | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.3% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hail leads a high hazard risk in Bushland
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of Texas towns; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More children than Texas overall
The median household earns $146,071, against $78,476 across Texas, one input to its A+ for jobs and income.
Children under 18 are 38% of residents (25% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (24% statewide). 11% of residents are 65 or older in Bushland. 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| Bushland | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 11% | 14% | 18% |
| Median age | 35 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 138 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.9 points). Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 89% are men (TX 42%).
| Bushland | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 18% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 19.8% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2.9% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.4% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.3% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.4% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.3% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.7% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.3% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.2% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17.5% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 29.2% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.3% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.1% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.7% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,800, single groups can be off by several points
Bushland is healthier than 73% of U.S. towns
Its widest gap with Texas is no health insurance: 9.9% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 19.1% statewide. Against the 3,041 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bushland’s, it is less healthy than 83%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Bushland beats the Texas average on 13 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Bushland | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 30% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Bushland | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.9% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.1% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 7.8% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Bushland, expect four seasons and hot summers
The Canyon weather station, 17 miles away, records that about 84 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 97% of Texas places with climate records. July afternoons average 91.6°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 95% of Texas places with climate records; January nights average 24.2°.
Bushland has chilly winters and warm summers, with very little rain. The July high in Bushland is 92°F. About 8 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Bushland | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 92°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 24°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Bushland sells for about $375K
At 6.1 years of the Amarillo metro’s $70K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 90% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Conserved land covers 0% of Bushland
Just 0 of its 3,813 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Bushland itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bushland Village Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Palo Duro Canyon and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bushland. Close and well known come first.
28 mi Canyon & gorgePalo Duro Canyon
14 mi MuseumAmerican Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
13 mi Theme parkWonderland Park
33 mi National MonumentAlibates Flint Quarries National Monument8K visitors a year
8 mi MuseumDon Harrington Discovery Center
12 mi MuseumAmarillo Museum of ArtPhoto credits
Palo Duro Canyon: Kimberly Vardeman from Lubbock, TX, USA, CC BY 3.0 · American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame: No machine-readable author provided. J. Nguyen~commonswiki assumed (based on cop, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wonderland Park: Slapshot46 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument: NPS Photo, Public domain · Don Harrington Discovery Center: Who What Where Nguyen Why, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Amarillo Museum of Art: Who What Where Nguyen Why a/k/a Anonymous Cow, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Bushland
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Bushland
About 5 of every 100 Bushland residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
Questions about Bushland
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bushland, TX a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Bushland grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #35 of 640 in Texas. It grades B+ for health and A for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Bushland, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $425,000, 43% above the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.