Fayette County, Texas is in Texas, is in the Southern states, is rural high-performing, is better than the nationwide crime averages in each of homicides, property crime, and violent crime, is worse than the nationwide employment averages in each of labor-force participation, job proximity, and new-business growth rate, is better than the nationwide household averages in each of household income, homeownership, overcrowding, internet access, housing costs, and home heating, is worse than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of traffic fatalities, drinking water, and flood hazard, is better than the nationwide public-safety averages in each of airborne cancer risk, air quality, and toxic-chemical exposure, is better than the nationwide adult-disease averages in each of obesity, diabetes, and cancer, and is worse than the nationwide black/hispanic disparity averages in each of college education, income, poverty, and premature death.

• median household income ($47,808)
• public-school spending per student ($12,245)
• average weekly wage ($718.00)
• per-capita spending on police and fire protection ($166.82)
• households with internet access (88.25%)
• homeownership rate (77.8%)
• households with utility gas or electric for home heating (72.61%)
• youth who live within 5 miles of a public school (70.94%)
• 4th-grade students who are proficient in English Language Arts (66.42%)
• labor-force participation (58.67%)
• racial integration (46.00%)
• population living close to emergency facilities (39.77%)
• pre-school enrollment (37.25%)
• heart disease among older adults (30.41%)
• land area covered by tree canopy, weighted by population (28.87%)
• adult obesity (26.70%)
• unsafe drinking water exposure (26.06%)
• population without nearby access to a large grocery store (23.62%)
• adults who did NOT take part in leisure-time physical activity or exercise in the past month (22.40%)
• population age 25+ with an Associate Degree or higher (22.38%)
• households where housing costs (mortgage or rent and utilities) exceed 30% of household income (21.84%)
• population without health insurance (15.85%)
• adults who self-report fair or poor general health within the last 30 days (15.57%)
• adults of age 18+ who smoke tobacco (14.05%)
• teenage birth rate (12.97%)
• older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression (12.69%)
• poverty rate (12.38%)
• adult diabetes (8.6%)
• workers who commute 60 minutes or more (8.60%)
• new-business growth rate (7.06%)
• households in a FEMA-designated flood hazard area (6.98%)
• cancer among older adults (6.88%)
• newborns with low birth weight (5.76%)
• change in median household value (+5.42%)
• households with no vehicle (4.30%)
• civilian labor-force unemployment (3.7%)
• vacant houses (2.86%)
• tax returns that claim adult education tax credits (1.71%)
• overcrowded households (1.21%)
• households that receive public-assistance income (0.76%)
• relative disparity in unemployment rates among the disabled, compared to the total population (0.65%)
• youth of ages 16-19 who are neither working nor enrolled in school (0.42%)
• affordable housing relative to low-income population (-61.14)
• food environment index (6.8)
• jobs within a 45-minute commute by car (2,611)
• local food outlets per 100,000 in population (4.1)
• natural amenities index (1.04)
• nonprofits per 100,000 population (68.0)
• variety of industries among available jobs (0.71)
• walkability index (6.36)
• airborne cancer risk per million in population (34.05)
• car crash fatalities per 100,000 population (25.64)
• chronic health risk from exposure to toxic chemicals (1,676)
• days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (3.35)
• deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population (22.73)
• homicides per 100,000 population (4.210)
• preventable hospital admissions per 100,000 population (3,126)
• property crimes per 100,000 population (1,382)
• relative disparity in Bachelor's degree among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.25)
• relative disparity in income among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.50)
• relative disparity in pollution exposure among blacks, hispanics, and other, compared to whites (0.46)
• relative disparity in poverty rates among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.17)
• relative disparity in premature death among blacks and hispanics, compared to whites (0.08)
• risk of developing serious respiratory complications per 10,000 in population (1.18)
• very-hot days per year (9)
• violent crimes per 100,000 population (129.81)
• CMS-certified beds within active hospitals per 1,000 population (2.65)
• first responders per 1,000 population (0.670)
• population (25,272)
• primary-care doctors per 100,000 population (52.35)

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