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A town of 7,850, settled in 1919.
Perryton gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $129K for a typical one, or 1.8 years of the county’s $70K median household income. It grades B overall, ranked 109th of 640 in Texas. The low prices come with trade-offs. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 82% of the country. On the plus side, its schools outperform 77% of the state's. 38% of working residents work locally in Perryton, above both Texas’ towns (8.3%) and U.S. towns (8%). Among 642 Texas towns, just 1 have a lower January low than Perryton. Plainview Hardware Company Building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Perryton beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| James L Wright El | 1–3 | 385 |
| Edwin F Williams Int | 4–5 | 293 |
| Perryton Kinder | PK–K | 167 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Perryton is from typical.
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Census counts: 2,824 in 1930, 8,492 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1921 and 2 maps from 1973 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Perryton, 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 Perryton.
Perryton pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, carries less natural-hazard risk than most of Texas (mostly tornadoes) and fares better on crime within Texas than nationally.
5.2 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. Perryton’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Perryton | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Murphy Park | 0.5 mi | 12 |
| 2. Leatherman Park | — | 14 |
| 3. Whigham Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A− for schools comes with an A− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $129K.
Its public schools are run by Perryton ISD. Three of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Perryton H S, with 549 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perryton J HLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 395 | A− |
| Perryton H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 549 | A |
| Edwin F Williams IntTop results in townGrades 4–5 | Grades 4–5 | 293 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
At 1.8 years of the county’s $70K median household income, the typical home (about $129K) costs less against local pay than in 95% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living. Values rose 13.7% in the past year while the Texas typical home fell 1.5%.
Typical home values rose 14% in the year to September 2026. The median rent in Perryton is $1,005 a month.
| Perryton | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,005 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
27% of Perryton adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Perryton beats the Texas average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 20. 72% of Perryton adults had a checkup this year.
| Perryton | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 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 | Perryton | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 26.6% | 19.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 24.4% | 19.3% |
| More adults in fair or poor health | 27.2% | 21.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 90% of Texas towns, with expected losses of about $227 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here fell from 4,347 in 2013 to 2,456. The average commute for its 3,545 working residents takes 20.3 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
About one in 3 of Perryton’s working residents works in town. Jobs based in Perryton fell to 2,456 in 2023, 1,891 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Shamrock (9%), Amarillo (5%) and Booker (4%).
| Perryton | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 12% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Perryton weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 197 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 96% of Texas places with climate records. The Perryton weather station records that about 74 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 96% of Texas places with climate records.
Perryton has chilly winters and hot summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 94°, January nights drop to 22° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 14.6 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 74% of Texas’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 79 to 32 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Among 488 Texas towns, just 6 have a lower property crime rate than Perryton. Perryton reports less crime per resident than 60% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
| Perryton | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.3 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.6 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
None within 15 miles of Perryton; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Perryton residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
9 notable people were born in Perryton.
City in Texas, United States
Perryton is a city in and the county seat of Ochiltree County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 8,492. It is located a few miles south of the Texas / Oklahoma state line.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Perryton grades B overall, better than 63% of U.S. towns and #109 of 640 in Texas. It grades C− for health, B for safety and A− 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−.
9 notable people were born here, including Mike Hargrove and Lou Richards.
