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Country around Fort Davis is a rural area of about 1,779 people in Jeff Davis County, Texas, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 127 miles from Odessa, TX and 337 miles from San Antonio, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 56°F, with about 6 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $241k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,779people
$241kTypical home
$1,241/moRent
86° / 56°Summer / winter
6"Snow
306Sunny days
72Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 1,779 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1 people per sq mi
- 337 mi to San Antonio, TX
- 127 mi to Odessa, TX
- 56 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $241k (≈$1,522/mo)
- Median rent $1,241/mo
- Median household income $65k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 0.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 56°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 306 sunny days a year (176 totally clear)
- 59 cloudy days a year
- 18 of 90 winter days are gray
- 72 days a year with rain or snow
- 6" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 1 night a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (54 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (161 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 56
- 21% of households have kids
- 32% are 65 or older
- 36% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 0% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 116 mi to CNM airport
- 161 mi to ELP (major hub)
- 29 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1993
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 6,467 ft
- 430 mi to the ocean
- 85 mi to a big lake
- 94 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 171 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 4 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 155 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 19% of Texas districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 39 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 274 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 113 mi to the nearest vet
- 57 mi to the nearest dog park
- 32 congregations per 10k people
- 30 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Jeff Davis County: R+21 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk