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A town of 6,019, settled in 1910.
Kermit gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $143K for a typical one, or 1.6 years of the county’s $87K median household income. It grades B overall, 104th of 640 graded towns in Texas. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 76% of the country. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Kermit’s July high is 98°F, against 95°F in Texas’ towns and 85°F across U.S. towns. On history, just 61 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Kermit's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 89% of U.S. towns.
Where Kermit beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Kermit is from typical.
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Census counts: 2,584 in 1940, a peak of 10,465 in 1960, 6,267 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1913 and 2 maps from 1970 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kermit, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Kermit.
Kermit carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Texas (mostly inland flooding), trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and fares better on crime within Texas than nationally.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 98% of Texas towns, with expected losses of about $116 per resident a year; that rating is what its A+ for hazard risk is built on.
31% of Kermit’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by strong winds at 14%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Kermit ISD runs its public schools. The largest public high school is Kermit H S, with 395 students. Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kermit ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 631 | C+ |
| Kermit H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 395 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Homes are within reach (about $143K for the typical one, A+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 41 miles. At 1.6 years of the county’s $87K median household income, the typical home (about $143K) costs less against local pay than in 96% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
Values rose 14% in the 12 months to September 2026. Kermit: 85% of households live in a home they own. Its going rate for rent is $1,071 a month.
| Kermit | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,071 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
There are 1.0 miles of trail across 8 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Winkler County Park, at 23 acres. Kermit’s trail density is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Kermit | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3.2% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Winkler County Park | — | 23 |
| 2. Vest Park | — | 9 |
| 3. Walton Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The share of adults 18 to 64 in Kermit who have no health insurance: 29%. Among adults here, 34% get no exercise outside work and 27% say their health is fair or poor.
| Kermit | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 74% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Kermit | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 28.8% | 19.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 24.4% | 19.3% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15.8% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jobs in Kermit fell by 150 from 2013 to 2023, to 1,475. In Kermit, about one in four working residents works in town. For Kermit, the average trip to work is 31 minutes. The top destinations are Midland (8%), Odessa (7%) and Monahans (3%).
| Kermit | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 23% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $81,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 10.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 86% of Texas’s graded towns.
For Kermit, the property offense rate is 5 per 1,000 residents. The level of violent crime here is 1.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Kermit | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.5 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The Jal weather station, 19 miles away, records that about 125 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 97.6°, hotter than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 29.8°.
The January low for Kermit comes to 30°F. About 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
None within 15 miles of Kermit; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Kermit residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
6 notable people were born in Kermit.
City in Texas, United States
Kermit is a city in and the county seat of Winkler County, Texas, United States. Its population was 6,267 at the 2020 census. The city was named after Kermit Roosevelt.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Kermit grades B overall, better than 64% of U.S. towns and #104 of 640 in Texas. It grades C− for health, B+ for safety and C for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
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+.
6 notable people were born here, including Jay Thomas and William Frankfather.