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County / FIPS 48399

Runnels County

Texas

Runnels County runs 13 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS.

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At a glance

Public schools

13schools

Hospitals

2facilities

With a star rating

0facilities

Land area

1,051sq mi

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Runnels County in numbers

American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.

Population

9,874people

2490th of 3,222

Median household income

$62,632

1837th of 3,222

Poverty rate

11.0%

± 2.8% — wide margin, not ranked

Unemployment rate

Not published

Sample too small here — the margin exceeds the figure by too much to report.

Median home value

$109,300

2861st of 3,222

Median gross rent

$847

± $146 — wide margin, not ranked

Bachelor's degree or higher

19.1%

± 3.4% — wide margin, not ranked

One figure is withheld above. The Census Bureau publishes them, but with a margin of error wider than 30% of the value — which for a place this size means the survey sampled too few households to say. They are left out rather than shown with a caveat nobody reads.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates. Margins of error are the Bureau’s own, at 90% confidence; margins for rates are derived using the Bureau’s published formulas.

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Federal money

Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Runnels County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.

Obligations, FY2025

$86.2M

2482nd of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$8,7032020 population

Change since FY2021

+10%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Runnels County, FY2021–FY2025
$60M$70M$80M$90M
$86M
202120232025
View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$78M
2022$90M
2023$67M
2024$66M
2025$86M

Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Runnels County ranks 2482nd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Hospitals in Runnels County

Hospitals in Runnels County
HospitalCityCMS rating
North Runnels HospitalWintersNot rated
Ballinger Memorial HospitalBallingerNot rated
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Public schools in Runnels County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Runnels County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
Ballinger ElBallinger ISDBallinger368
Ballinger H SBallinger ISDBallinger266
Ballinger J HBallinger ISDBallinger179
Miles ElMiles ISDMiles279
Miles H SMiles ISDMiles231
Olfen SchoolOlfen ISDRowena126
Winters ElWinters ISDWinters339
Winters H SWinters ISDWinters148
Winters J HWinters ISDWinters72
Fairview AcceleratedMiles ISDMiles1
Fairview Special ProgramsOlfen ISDRowena1
Wall Special ProgramsOlfen ISDRowena5
Veribest Special ProgramsOlfen ISDRowena
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