PowderlyTX
A town of 1,140, settled in 1888.
Is Powderly a good place to live?
Powderly’s best subject grades are a B+ for incomes and cost of living; its weakest is a C for walkability. 14% of residents are under 18 in Powderly, below both Texas’ towns (26%) and U.S. towns (22%). Only 80 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score lower on the outdoors. Powderly has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Powderly stand out
Where Powderly beats most towns.
1,140 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Powderly grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Powderly is from typical.
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Moving to Powderly: who provides what
Powderly is unincorporated, so Lamar County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Powderly.
Public schools in Powderly beat 58% of Texas districts
North Lamar ISD runs its public schools. Its one school is below. 246 students attend Powderly’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Parker ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 246 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Fewer of Powderly’s residents live below the poverty line than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
The typical journey to work for Powderly comes to 16 minutes. In Powderly, the middle household income is $107,000, against $69,000 in Texas’ towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Employers in Powderly added 195 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 225. For most workers, Powderly is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town.
| Powderly | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 1.5% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $107,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Health in Powderly trails 72% of U.S. towns
Powderly: just over two in five adults have high blood pressure. 16% of adults in Powderly report frequent physical distress; 25% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Powderly | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 35% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Powderly | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.6% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.9% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and hot summers in Powderly
In Powderly, the typical July afternoon high is 93°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Powderly, with tornadoes at the top
Powderly’s risk rating from FEMA comes in at 36 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 32% come from tornadoes and 23% from inland flooding. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical home in Powderly is valued at about $278K
For households in Powderly, the share who live in a home they own is 83%. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 2.5%.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Powderly
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Powderly
About 3 of every 100 Powderly residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
97% of working residents leave Powderly for work
Where Powderly’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Powderly
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Powderly, 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 B+.