Seth WardTX
A town of 2,205 in Texas.
Is Seth Ward a good place to live?
Seth Ward’s best subject grade is an A+ for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for health. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Seth Ward, above both the Texas town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). On hazard risk, just 34 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. Seth Ward has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Seth Ward has shrunk 21% from 2010 to 2020
2,025 counted in 2010 and 1,603 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Seth Ward grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Seth Ward is from typical.
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Moving to Seth Ward: who provides what
Seth Ward is unincorporated, so Hale 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 Seth Ward.
Seth Ward is less healthy than 96% of U.S. towns
38% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Seth Ward. CDC measures, 31 in all: Seth Ward beats Texas on 1 and trails on 21. Two figures for adults locally: 20% have diabetes, 20% report frequent physical distress.
| Seth Ward | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Seth Ward | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.3% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 38.3% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Seth Ward faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by hail
52% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hail, followed by inland flooding at 16%. Seth Ward’s FEMA risk score stands at 83 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Seth Ward has 0.2 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
The middle household income for Seth Ward comes to $54,000. Jobs locally fell by 42 from 2013 to 2023, to 115. The share of working residents in Seth Ward who work locally: 0.5%. The top destinations are Plainview (37%), Lubbock (15%) and Amarillo (9%).
| Seth Ward | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $54,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and hot summers: that is Seth Ward’s year
Expect July afternoons of 92° and January nights of 26°, with about 8 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Seth Ward sells for about $60K at the median
Seth Ward: 62% of households are owner-occupiers. Its typical rent stands at $863 a month.
| Seth Ward | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $863 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 62% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Seth Ward
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Seth Ward
About 4 of every 100 Seth Ward residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
100% of working residents leave Seth Ward for work
Where Seth Ward’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Seth Ward’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Seth Ward.
Seth Ward has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Seth Ward reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Seth Ward with a neighbor →
Questions about Seth Ward
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Seth Ward, TX expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $62,000, 79% below the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.