City safety & data profile

BorgerTX

Borger, TX is a 13K-resident city in Hutchinson County with a median household income of $61,583.

Hutchinson County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Borger, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Borger has a population larger than 17% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $103,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

13K
Population (place)
Bottom 18%
By size
$61,583
Median income (place)
$103,400
Median home (place)
14.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Borger

Borger posts a median household income higher than 25% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Borger area.

Bottom 26%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Borger

Where Borger income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$61,583 Bottom 25% higher than 25% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Borger $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Borger, TX beyond the headline numbers

Borger sits inside Hutchinson County, Texas, at roughly 35.67°N, -101.40°W. Population 12,964, $61,583 median household income. Median home value $103,400, median rent $910. Poverty rate 14.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Borger, 0 with an ER.

Poverty in Borger, TX stands at 14.9%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Borger runs about 1.7 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 6.1% of Borger 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: 18.8% in Borger, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Borger 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.

Population (place)
12,964
Borger · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,583
-31% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$103,400
-75% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Hutchinson County): Borger'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.

20132024
Population
20K-8%
Median Income
$67,228+50%
Median Home Value
$119,100+88%
Poverty Rate
13.3%-16%
Unemployment
3.6%-54%

Economics

Economics indicators for Borger, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$910/mo
Poverty Rate
14.9% +20% vs avg
Unemployment 3.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 17.3%
Work From Home 6.1%
Public Transit 1%

Population

White 62.4%
African American 3.5%
Asian 1%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
37.5%
Obesity
35.6%
High Blood Pressure
35%
Physical Inactivity
29.5%
Lack of Health Insurance
18.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.5%
Binge Drinking
17.4%
Current Smoking
15.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
15%
Diabetes
13%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.3%
Annual Checkup 73.7%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.7%
Stroke
3.7%

What alerts and safety updates affect Borger?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Borger right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-BORGER · Borger

Borger: 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 Borger; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Borger, TX?
Borger, TX has a population of 12,964 people, located in Hutchinson County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Borger?
The median household income in Borger, TX is $61,583 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.9%.
What is the median home value in Borger?
The median home value in Borger, TX is $103,400. Median rent is $910/month.
What are the top health concerns in Borger?
The top health indicators in Borger include Short Sleep Duration (37.5%), Obesity (35.6%), High Blood Pressure (35%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Borger?
Borger has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Borger?
The median age in Borger, TX is 38.6 years. 17.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Borger, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (14.9% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($61,583 here).

Compare Borger 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.

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Borger'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 Borger 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 Borger 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 (Hutchinson 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.