City safety & data profile
Big SpringTX
Big Spring, TX is a 29K-resident city in Howard County with a median household income of $67,581.
Howard County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Big Spring, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Big Spring has a population larger than 62% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $140,200, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-04
- 29K
- Population (place)
- Top 38%
- By size
- $67,581
- Median income (place)
- $140,200
- Median home (place)
- 17.1%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Big Spring
Big Spring posts a median household income higher than 33% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Big Spring area.
- Bottom 34%
- by median income, US cities
- 2
- hospitals in & near Big Spring
Where Big Spring income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$67,581 Bottom 33% higher than 33% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in TX
Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Houston
Houston, TX
2,314,157 residents
- San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
1,526,656 residents
- Dallas
Dallas, TX
1,326,087 residents
- Fort Worth
Fort Worth, TX
1,008,106 residents
- Austin
Austin, TX
974,447 residents
- El Paso 678,815
El Paso, TX
678,815 residents
- Arlington 388,125
Arlington, TX
388,125 residents
- Corpus Christi 316,239
Corpus Christi, TX
316,239 residents
- Plano 283,558
Plano, TX
283,558 residents
- Laredo 256,153
Laredo, TX
256,153 residents
What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.
Highest median incomes in TX
Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Southlake
Southlake, TX
$250,001 median
- University P…
University Park, TX
$250,001 median
- West Univers…
West University Place, TX
$250,001 median
- Bellaire
Bellaire, TX
$244,015 median
- Colleyville
Colleyville, TX
$218,328 median
- Trophy Club
Trophy Club, TX
$201,054 median
- Prosper
Prosper, TX
$195,281 median
- Lakeway
Lakeway, TX
$190,060 median
- Murphy
Murphy, TX
$175,699 median
- Keller
Keller, TX
$174,950 median
What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Big Spring, TX beyond the headline numbers
Big Spring sits inside Howard County, Texas, at roughly 32.25°N, -101.48°W. Population 28,862, $67,581 median household income. Median home value $140,200, median rent $1,050. Poverty rate 17.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
2 hospitals in/around Big Spring, 0 with an ER.
17.1% of Big Spring, TX residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Big Spring runs about 2.1 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Only 3.1% of Big Spring workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 28.9% in Big Spring, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Public transit carries 0% of Big Spring workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Big Spring from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Howard County): Big Spring's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 17.1% +38% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 6.6% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 12.8% |
| Work From Home | 3.1% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
What alerts and safety updates affect Big Spring?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Big Spring right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet TX-BIG-SPRING · Big Spring
Big Spring: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Big Spring; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Big Spring, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (17.1% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($67,581 here).
Compare Big Spring with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Big Spring's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Big Spring area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Big Spring against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Howard County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.