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A town of 1,372, settled in 1911.
Wallis’ best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D for health. On the outdoors, just 57 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Church of the Guardian Angel is on the National Register of Historic Places. Wallis has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Wallis beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Wallis | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 5.7% |
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Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Wallis is from typical.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2013.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wallis, 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 Wallis.
In Wallis, 74% of adults had a checkup this year, where Texas’ towns sit at 74% and U.S. towns at 79%. For adults here, the share who report frequent physical distress is 18%. Two figures for adults locally: 17% have diabetes, 36% get no exercise outside work.
| Wallis | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Wallis | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.7% | 5.7% |
| More smokers | 19.1% | 12.5% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.1% | 5.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Since 2013, Wallis has added 120 jobs, to 287 in 2023. Only 6% of working residents stay in Wallis for work; the rest commute out. In Wallis, 26% of residents live below the poverty line, above both Texas’ towns (12%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Also worth knowing: the average trip to work for Wallis comes to 32 minutes.
| Wallis | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 26% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $43,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In the year to September 2026, typical home values slipped 2.8%. The rent at the middle of the market in Wallis is $744 a month.
| Wallis | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $744 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 70% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
July afternoons reach 95°, January nights drop to 43° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For Wallis, the property crime rate is 5.8 per 1,000 residents. Wallis’ rate of reported violence is 2.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Wallis | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.9 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.8 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Compared with 58% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Wallis is lower. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 9 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. 42% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by drought at 28%. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1993: 13.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
None within 15 miles of Wallis; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Wallis residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
Where Wallis’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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.