Town of PecosTX
10,386 people live in this town in Texas.
Is Town of Pecos a good place to live?
Town of Pecos’ best subject grades are a B+ for walkability and a B for cost of living; its weakest is a C− for schools. 29% of working residents work locally in Town of Pecos, above both Texas’ towns (8%) and U.S. towns (7.9%). Town of Pecos's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 89% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Veteran's Memorial Park, at 48 acres. Town of Pecos has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and health, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
How Town of Pecos grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Town of Pecos is from typical.
Town of Pecos has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and health, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health).
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Moving to Town of Pecos: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Town of Pecos, 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 Town of Pecos.
Town of Pecos’ public schools trail 81% of Texas districts
The largest public high school is Pecos H S, with 854 students. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zavala ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades 2–5 | Grades 2–5 | 861 | B− |
| Pecos H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 854 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
In Town of Pecos, a typical July afternoon runs hotter than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
Winters in Town of Pecos are mild and summers hot, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 99° and January nights drop to 31°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of Town of Pecos’ workers commute out: the town has 0.8 jobs for each of them
In Town of Pecos, the average commute is 18 minutes. Jobs based in Town of Pecos grew to 4,023 in 2024, 1,601 more than in 2014. The share of residents in Town of Pecos who live below the poverty line is 17%. Half of commuters travel less than 73 miles.
| Town of Pecos | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Moderate risk in Town of Pecos, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 62% of Town of Pecos’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 18% to strong winds.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Town of Pecos, 0.7% of the land is conserved
Trails run 19 miles in 3 parks and preserves. Town of Pecos’ trail network density is put at 0.6 miles per square mile. Parkland in Town of Pecos adds up to 50 acres.
| Town of Pecos | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Veteran's Memorial Park | — | 48 |
| 2. Pecos Rocket Park | — | 1 |
| 3. Saragoza Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Town of Pecos
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Town of Pecos; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Town of Pecos residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
Town of Pecos’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Town of Pecos.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Pecos | — | — | B | — | C− | — |
| Lindsay | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Town of Pecos reports no FBI crime data of its own. Town of Pecos and Lindsay aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Town of Pecos with a neighbor →
Questions about Town of Pecos
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Town of Pecos, TX a good place to live?
Town of Pecos has no overall grade: it has no figures for safety and health, and an overall grade needs at least three of the four big subjects (cost of living, safety, schools and health). 10,386 people live in this town in Texas.
Is Town of Pecos, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $117,000. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.