Fort HancockTX
A town of 1,345, settled in 1886.
Is Fort Hancock a good place to live?
Fort Hancock’s best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 8 of Texas’ 998 towns score higher on cost of living. The median household income is $48K, and 12% of residents live below the poverty line. On walkability, just 69 of Texas’ 999 towns do worse. Fort Hancock’s trail density is 2.0 miles per square mile, where Texas’ towns sit at 0.3 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Fort Hancock has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Fort Hancock has shrunk 40% from 2010 to 2020
1,750 counted in 2010 and 1,052 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Fort Hancock grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Fort Hancock is from typical.
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Moving to Fort Hancock: who provides what
Fort Hancock is unincorporated, so Hudspeth 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 Fort Hancock.
A larger share of adults in Fort Hancock have diabetes than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
24% of adults have diabetes in Fort Hancock, against 13% in Texas’ towns and 12% across U.S. towns. 42% of Fort Hancock adults have high blood pressure. Fort Hancock beats the Texas average on 3 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 20.
| Fort Hancock | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Fort Hancock | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.4% | 17% |
| Fewer adults with depression | 19% | 21.2% |
| More uninsured adults | 40.1% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fort Hancock’s schools rank behind 85% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Ft Hancock ISD. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benito Martinez ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 227 | D |
| Fort Hancock H SLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 163 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Fort Hancock’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Fort Hancock for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Fort Hancock fell to 51 in 2023, 396 fewer than in 2013. Fort Hancock’s average trip to work is 29 minutes.
| Fort Hancock | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $48,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Fort Hancock
Fort Hancock has chilly winters and hot summers, with very little rain. The July high in Fort Hancock is 97°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Fort Hancock, with drought at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lovelady Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Fort Hancock
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Fort Hancock; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Fort Hancock residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
1,345 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Questions about Fort Hancock
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fort Hancock, TX expensive?
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+.