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A town of 1,604.
Is Texas a good place to live?
Texas’ best subject grades are a B+ for incomes and cost of living; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Of the 363 Wisconsin towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Texas. Texas’ January low is 5°F, against 11°F in Wisconsin’s towns and 22°F across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Marathon County Forest-Wisconsin River Unit, at 211 acres. Texas has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Texas stand out
Where Texas beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Texas for work
Where Texas’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Texas grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Texas is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Texas: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Texas, 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 Texas.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Texas
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 83% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Texas since 2026.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Texas’ schools rank behind 56% of Wisconsin districts
Its public schools are run by the Wausau School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hewitt-Texas ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 85 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
Texas has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Texas for work: only 0% work in town. Jobs based in Texas grew to 248 in 2023, 59 more than in 2013. 5.3% of Texas workers work from home, where Wisconsin’s towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 11%.
| Texas | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.3% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Wisconsin overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 48% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide). The median age in Texas is 44.3 years. 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across Wisconsin.
| Texas | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44.3 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 32% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
40% women, 60% men
About 152 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±5.7 points). Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women. Among residents 35 to 44, 75% are men (WI 51%).
| Texas | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.9% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.6% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.8% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.7% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 25.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.1% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.2% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.2% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.8% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.4% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.2% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.5% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.3% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.9% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.6% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Texas has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Texas has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Texas’ July high is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Texas is healthier than 52% of U.S. towns
Texas tracks Wisconsin closely on all 32 CDC measures. 31% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Texas.
| Texas | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 16% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Texas has set aside 1.2% of its land for conservation
0.0 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Marathon County Forest-Wisconsin River Unit | — | 211 |
| 2. Trappe River Dells County Park | — | 82 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Granite Peak Ski Area and 2 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Texas. Close and well known come first.
8 mi MuseumLeigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
9 mi TheatreGrand TheaterPhoto credits
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum: User:Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Grand Theater: Billertl, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Texas
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Texas
About 3 of every 100 Texas residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
About Texas
Town in Wisconsin, United States
The Town of Texas is located in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,611 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Granite Heights is located in the town.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 45 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,306 ft
Texas’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Texas.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Maine | #112 | A− | B− | — | C+ | A− |
| Pine River | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C |
| Wausau | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | B− |
| Hewitt | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wausau | #274 | B− | B | C+ | C+ | B− |
Texas, Pine River and Wausau have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Texas, Maine, Pine River and Wausau report no FBI crime data of their own. Hewitt isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Texas with a neighbor →
Questions about Texas
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Texas, WI 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+.