HooksTX
A town of 2,490, settled in 1884. Public schools that outperform most of Texas.
Is Hooks a good place to live?
Hooks’ best subject grade is an A− for schools; its weakest is a D for incomes. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Hooks, where Texas’ towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Residents are less healthy than 85% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Hooks has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Hooks stand out
Where Hooks beats most towns.
91% of working residents leave Hooks for work
Where Hooks’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Hooks grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Hooks is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Hooks: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hooks, 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 Hooks.
Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, more of Hooks’ adults have been diagnosed with depression
The share of adults 18 to 64 in Hooks who have no health insurance is 16%, below Texas’ towns (18%) but above U.S. towns (8.1%). Among adults in the town, 38% have high blood pressure. The town does better than the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 14. Two figures for adults locally: 19% smoke cigarettes, 42% sleep under 7 hours.
| Hooks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Hooks | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 15.6% | 19.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.4% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hooks’ public schools outperform 76% of Texas districts
The largest public high school is Hooks H S, with 334 students. Public schools: Hooks ISD. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hooks ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 323 | A− |
| Hooks H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 334 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Zillow puts the typical Hooks home at about $166K
58% of households own their home in Hooks. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 4.7%. For Hooks, the median rent is $1,011 a month.
| Hooks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,011 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Hooks has 0.4 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
The median commute is under 13 miles. For Hooks, the typical journey to work is 19 minutes. Since 2013, Hooks has added 21 jobs, to 395 in 2023. The top destinations are Texarkana (33%), Texarkana (6%) and New Boston (4%).
| Hooks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $44,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Hooks brings mild winters and hot summers
The typical July afternoon high in Hooks is 93°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More crime per resident in Hooks than in 64% of U.S. towns
Hooks’ rate of thefts and burglaries is 6.1 per 1,000 residents. The level of violent crime for Hooks comes to 2.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Hooks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.1 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.4 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
High risk in Hooks, with inland flooding at the top
Expected losses in Hooks break down as 44% from inland flooding and 20% from tornadoes. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in the town than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1990, Hooks has seen 9 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hooks City Park | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Ace of Clubs House and 2 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hooks. Close and well known come first.
14 mi MuseumAce of Clubs House
14 mi MuseumMuseum of Regional History
15 mi MuseumFour States Auto MuseumPhoto credits
Ace of Clubs House: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Museum of Regional History: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Four States Auto Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Hooks
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Hooks
About 5 of every 100 Hooks residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
About Hooks
City in Texas, United States
Hooks is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Texarkana metropolitan area and had a population of 2,518 at the 2020 U.S. census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 2.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 374 ft
- ZIP code
- 75561
- Area code
- 903
Questions about Hooks
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hooks, TX a good place to live?
Public schools that outperform most of Texas.
Is Hooks, TX expensive?
That is 3 years of the area's median household income ($55,646 across the Texarkana, TX-AR metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
What is Hooks, TX known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Jeremiah Trotter and Gary Wright.