GruverTX
A town of 1,064, settled in 1927. Public schools that outperform most of Texas.
Is Gruver a good place to live?
Gruver’s best subject grades are an A+ for schools and an A for cost of living; its weakest is a C− for incomes. On cost of living, just 77 of Texas’ 998 towns do better. Gruver has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Gruver stand out
Where Gruver beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Gruver El | PK–4 | 153 |
| Gruver J H | 5–8 | 115 |
| Gruver H S | 9–12 | 141 |
Typical home value
1,064 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Gruver grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Gruver is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Gruver: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Gruver, 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 Gruver.
Gruver’s public schools rank among the best in Texas
Its public schools are run by Gruver ISD. Its three schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gruver ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 153 | A |
| Gruver H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 141 | A+ |
| Gruver J HTop results in townGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 115 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Gruver’s typical home value is about $180K
The typical Gruver home is worth about $180,000, up 11% in a year, 39% below the Texas typical home. Gruver’s median rent is $918 a month, below both the Texas town median ($1,208 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). 80% of households own their home in Gruver.
| Gruver | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $918 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Residents of Gruver are less healthy than 72% of U.S. towns
Gruver beats the Texas average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 23% of Gruver adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance, against 18% in Texas’ towns and 8.1% across U.S. towns. 26% of Gruver adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Gruver | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 20% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Gruver | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.6% | 12.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.7% | 5.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.4% | 5.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Gruver has four seasons and hot summers
Gruver has chilly winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Gruver’s July high is 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in five working residents works right in Gruver
About one in 5 of Gruver’s working residents works in town. The average trip to work in Gruver is 20 minutes. Jobs based in Gruver fell to 339 in 2023, 39 fewer than in 2013.
| Gruver | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 21% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
An age mix much like Texas’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Texas average. Gruver has lost 6.5% of its people since 2020, down to 1,064 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 36% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| Gruver | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 33.8 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 23% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 26% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 14% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±10 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Gruver | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.1% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.1% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 4.5% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.4% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.5% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 27% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17.7% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.3% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 3.5% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.1% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.5% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,100, single groups can be off by several points
Drought leads a moderate hazard risk in Gruver
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 0% of Gruver
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gruver City Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Gruver
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Gruver; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Gruver residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
About Gruver
City in Texas, United States
Gruver is a city in Hansford County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,130 at the 2020 census. Farwell, in the center of Hansford County, approximately three miles east of what became Gruver, was established in 1880 by the Canott family of Illinois, and was the first town in the county. Gruver was established shortly after, and Farwell rapidly fell into oblivion after 1889, when it lost a county seat election to Hansford.
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- Area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3,176 ft
- ZIP code
- 79040
- Area code
- 806
Questions about Gruver
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Gruver, TX a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Texas.
Is Gruver, 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.