Somervell County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 7,450 76.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,759 18.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 126 1.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 291 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 17 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 48 0.5%

• Under 18 2,082 21.5%
• 18–24 684 7.1%
• 25–44 2,241 23.1%
• 45–64 2,738 28.3%
• 65 and over 1,946 20.1%

Median household income

$82,779

90% interval $73,113–$92,445

+$3,056 vs TX · 41st of 254

Below poverty line

9.7%

90% interval 7.8%–11.6%

−3.7 pp vs TX · 225th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.16 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.7B

0.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$78,431

Establishments

270

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,000 26.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 722 18.9%
• Education & health services 440 11.5%
• Construction 278 7.3%
• Other services 171 4.5%
• Natural resources & mining 130 3.4%
• Professional & business services 93 2.4%
• Manufacturing 78 2.0%
• Public administration 26 0.7%

The sectors listed cover 76.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.0%

+17.4 pp vs TX · 49th of 254

Median gross rent

$773

−$630 vs TX · 207th of 254

Owner-occupied

2,972

Renter-occupied

741

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Trade, transportation & utilities, $156,019/yr) pays 6.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,969/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 4,493 85.0%
• Democratic 751 14.2%
• Other / third-party 41 0.8%

• Spanish 1,318 14.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 71 0.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 39 0.4%

Households

3,713

Family households

2,742

73.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

917

33.4% of families

Single-mother families

131

4.8% of families

Veterans

647

8.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,731 40.5%
• Catholic 765 8.3%
• Mainline Protestant 702 7.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

87.6%

±3.8 pp

Uninsured

12.4%

±3.8 pp

219th of 254

With a disability

12.5%

±2.4 pp

202nd of 254

Bachelor's or higher

29.3%

±4.5 pp

−4.5 pp vs TX · 39th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.2%

90% interval 14.6%–17.8% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

18th District Court

Judges

1 (Total District Court judges with venue over this county; vintage 2026 txcourts.gov directory + Tex. Gov't Code § 24. Texas's court structure is unusual: each urban county has dozens of numbered District Courts (Harris ~60, Dallas ~45, Travis ~25, Bexar ~25, Tarrant ~20) with trial assignments random across the full bench. Rural counties typically have 1-2 District Court judges sitting on a multi-county district. County Court at Law judges (limited jurisdiction) and Constitutional County Court judges (presided over by the elected County Judge) are separately allocated and not counted here. TX has ~474 District Court judges statewide.)

Court seats

Cleburne, Glen Rose

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

105.14 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6