PottsboroTX
A town of 2,767, settled in 1879.
Is Pottsboro a good place to live?
Pottsboro earns a D, 455th among Texas's 640 graded towns. In its favor, natural-hazard risk is low. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns.
What makes Pottsboro stand out
Where Pottsboro beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
Pottsboro has grown 28% since 2010
2,160 counted in 2010 and 2,488 in 2020; an estimated 2,767 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 11.4% since 2020, after 15.2% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Pottsboro grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Pottsboro is from typical.
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Moving to Pottsboro: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pottsboro, 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 Pottsboro.
Pottsboro is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has milder winter nights than most of the country, though not than most of Texas; it also has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Pottsboro faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 82% of U.S. communities. Since 2015, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pottsboro.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On state tests, Pottsboro’s schools beat 59% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Pottsboro ISD. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Pottsboro H S, with 460 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pottsboro ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 552 | B+ |
| Pottsboro H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 460 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Most of Pottsboro’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Jobs based here fell from 2,482 in 2013 to 537.
Most working residents leave Pottsboro for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs based in Pottsboro fell to 537 in 2023, 1,945 fewer than in 2013. At 28 minutes, Pottsboro’s average trip to work is above both Texas’ towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes).
| Pottsboro | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 14% | 9.6% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.9% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pottsboro has mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 33.1°: milder than most of the country, but colder than 80% of Texas places with climate records; July afternoons average 93.7°.
Pottsboro has mild winters and hot summers. At 94°F, Pottsboro’s July high is against 95°F in Texas’ towns and 85°F across U.S. towns. The January low in Pottsboro is 33°F.
| Pottsboro | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 94°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 33°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than Texas overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (24% statewide); people 65 and older are 20% of residents (13% statewide). Pottsboro has grown 11% since 2020, to 2,767 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Pottsboro’s median age is 42.5 years.
| Pottsboro | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 42.5 years | 35.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 25% | 26% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.9 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Pottsboro | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.2% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.3% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.9% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.1% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.3% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.7% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.5% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.3% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.8% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.4% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.7% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.5% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15.7% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.1% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.6% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,800, single groups can be off by several points
The typical home in Pottsboro is valued at about $335K
The typical Pottsboro home is worth about $335,000, about the same as a year ago, 13% above the Texas typical home. 80% of Pottsboro households own their home.
| Pottsboro | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,283 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Crime reported in Pottsboro
Pottsboro's reported crime rate is well below Texas's. 6 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
| Pottsboro | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.2 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.1 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
On CDC estimates, Pottsboro is healthier than 52% of U.S. towns
Against the 10,468 U.S. towns with household incomes like Pottsboro’s, it is healthier than 67%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income. Its widest gap with Texas is food insecurity: 10.7% of its 1,839 adults worry about having enough food, against 19.3% statewide.
Pottsboro beats the Texas average on 6 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 26% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Pottsboro.
| Pottsboro | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 20% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 36% |
| What stands out | Pottsboro | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.7% | 19.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 10.9% | 19.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.7% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pottsboro has set aside 2% of its land for conservation
0.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Friendship Park | — | 12 |
| 2. Pottsboro Baseball Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Pottsboro
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Pottsboro
About 4 of every 100 Pottsboro residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
95% of working residents leave Pottsboro for work
Where Pottsboro’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Pottsboro
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pottsboro, TX a good place to live?
Pottsboro grades D overall, better than 14% of U.S. towns and #455 of 640 in Texas. It grades B− for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Pottsboro, TX expensive?
Yes. That is 4.6 years of the area's median household income ($72,182 across the Sherman-Denison, TX 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 D.