City safety & data profile

PampaTX

Pampa, TX is a 18K-resident city in Gray County with a median household income of $56,626.

Gray County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Pampa, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Pampa has a population larger than 38% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $100,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

18K
Population (place)
Bottom 39%
By size
$56,626
Median income (place)
$100,700
Median home (place)
17.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Pampa

Pampa posts a median household income higher than 17% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Pampa area.

Bottom 18%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Pampa

Where Pampa income ranks nationally

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

$56,626 Bottom 17% higher than 17% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Pampa $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 Pampa, TX beyond the headline numbers

Pampa sits inside Gray County, Texas, at roughly 35.54°N, -100.96°W. Population 18,177, $56,626 median household income. Median home value $100,700, median rent $934. Poverty rate 17.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

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

17.2% of Pampa, 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 Pampa runs about 1.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 4.6% of Pampa 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: 20.3% in Pampa, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Pampa workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Pampa's median age is 35.3 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Pampa 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)
18,177
Pampa · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$56,626
-37% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$100,700
-76% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Gray County): Pampa'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
21K-8%
Median Income
$59,614+37%
Median Home Value
$102,900+51%
Poverty Rate
15.7%+8%
Unemployment
5.6%-30%

Economics

Economics indicators for Pampa, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$934/mo
Poverty Rate
17.2% +39% vs avg
Unemployment 6.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 17%
Work From Home 4.6%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 77.6%
African American 2.3%
Asian 1.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
38.3%
Obesity
38.2%
Short Sleep Duration
38%
Physical Inactivity
32.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
20.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.6%
Binge Drinking
16.7%
Current Smoking
16.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.1%
Diabetes
14.3%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 49.2%
Annual Checkup 74.5%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.7%
Stroke
4.1%

What alerts and safety updates affect Pampa?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-PAMPA · Pampa

Pampa: 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 Pampa; 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 Pampa, TX?
Pampa, TX has a population of 18,177 people, located in Gray County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Pampa?
The median household income in Pampa, TX is $56,626 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 17.2%.
What is the median home value in Pampa?
The median home value in Pampa, TX is $100,700. Median rent is $934/month.
What are the top health concerns in Pampa?
The top health indicators in Pampa include High Blood Pressure (38.3%), Obesity (38.2%), Short Sleep Duration (38%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Pampa?
Pampa has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Pampa?
The median age in Pampa, TX is 35.3 years. 17% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (17.2% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($56,626 here).

Compare Pampa 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 Pampa'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 Pampa 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 Pampa 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 (Gray 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.