FannettTX
Today 1,654 people live in this town, first settled in 1903.
Is Fannett a good place to live?
Fannett’s best subject grade is a B for incomes; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 18 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 80% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 70 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Fannett has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Fannett for work
Where Fannett’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Fannett grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Fannett is from typical.
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Spindletop and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fannett. Close and well known come first.
12 mi LandmarkSpindletop
16 mi National PreserveBig Thicket National Preserve228K visitors a year12 mi MuseumSpindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum
14 mi MuseumArt Museum of Southeast Texas
14 mi MuseumEdison Museum
14 mi MuseumBabe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor CenterPhoto credits
Spindletop: i_am_jim, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Big Thicket National Preserve: NPS, Public domain · Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum: i_am_jim, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Art Museum of Southeast Texas: R. Rothenberger, CC BY 3.0 · Edison Museum: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0
Moving to Fannett: who provides what
Fannett is unincorporated, so Jefferson 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 Fannett.
The FEMA risk score in Fannett is higher than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
36% of Fannett’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 31%. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 86% of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, Fannett’s schools beat 57% of Texas districts
One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Public schools: Hamshire-Fannett ISD. 3 public schools serve Fannett, with 1,372 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamshire-Fannett ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 628 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
With only 0.7 jobs per working resident, most people in Fannett work out of town
Since 2013, Fannett has lost 353 jobs, to 742 in 2023. Commuting out is the norm here: 2% of working residents work locally. The top destinations are Beaumont (27%), Port Arthur (9%) and Houston (7%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 15 miles.
| Fannett | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.7% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health in Fannett trails 57% of U.S. towns
Fannett: 15% of adults worry about having enough food. 12% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in the town, below Texas’ towns (18%) but above U.S. towns (8.1%). Among adults locally, 35% sleep under 7 hours and 37% have high blood pressure.
| Fannett | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 74% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 39% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Fannett | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 12.3% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 12.3% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.4% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Fannett sells for about $358K
89% of households live in a home they own in Fannett, against 69% in Texas’ towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Fannett
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Fannett
About 5 of every 100 Fannett residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
About Fannett
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Fannett is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,363 at the 2020 census. It is about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Beaumont and is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area.
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Questions about Fannett
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fannett, TX expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $231,000, 22% below 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−.