Everyone hates the lazy person in the office. The guy or gal who manages to offload all of their work to you, but somehow still takes the credit for it.
And if you live in one of these Texas towns, you might look in the mirror and see that lazy person staring right back at you.
We’re not trying to be mean; it’s just that the lazy ethos can penetrate from the location into the workplace and no one wants to work with lazy people.
So we got to work late on a Friday night to figure out the places around Texas that spend the day on Reddit and get by with the bare minimum. Using data from the latest American Community Survey, we identified criteria associated with laziness for each city.
After crunching all the numbers, here are the ten “Laziest Places in Texas” based on data:
Raymondville Jasper La Feria Elsa Lamesa San Benito Crockett Port Arthur Groves Paris
Read on to see where the couch potatoes call home or skip to the end to find where your town ranked.
Oh, and by the way, Highland Village is the hardest-working place in TX.
How We Determined The Laziest Places In The Lone Star State
Like all problems here at Zippia , we start with the data to answer the hard questions. Some might even consider us the hardest working data-crunchers this side of the Mississippi .
In this particular case, we went to the latest version of the American Community Survey looking for answers. As luck would have it, the Census Bureau just released the 2010-2014 5-Yr Estimate which would make this analysis the first of it’s kind with the new data.
After scrolling through what seemed like hundreds of criteria, we settled on this set for the laziest places in Texas:
Lowest average hours worked
Shortest commute time
Fewest workers per household (Labor force divided by the number households)
Highest unemployment rate
Fewest adults with a college degree
Our thinking went something along the lines of if you can’t bother to go college, don’t spend any time at work, and have only one person per household bringing home the bacon, your town is probably pretty lazy.
After we got the data for the 340 places in Texas over 5,000 people, we ranked each place from 1 to 340 for each of the criteria with 1 being the “laziest”.
Next, we averaged the rankings for each to create a lazy index.
Finally, we crowned the place with the lowest lazy index the “Laziest Place In Texas”. And, at the end of the day, Raymondville slacked off its way to the top.
Read the detailed chart below to learn a bit more about why each place ranked where it did.
1. Raymondville
Population: 11,226College Educated: 6.8%Unemployment Rate: 12.3%
2. Jasper
Population: 7,688College Educated: 8.2%Unemployment Rate: 18.2%
3. La Feria
Population: 7,301College Educated: 8.8%Unemployment Rate: 17.7%
4. Elsa
Population: 6,232College Educated: 3.0%Unemployment Rate: 24.2%
5. Lamesa
Population: 9,365College Educated: 11.0%Unemployment Rate: 10.1%
6. San Benito
Population: 24,447College Educated: 8.7%Unemployment Rate: 12.3%
7. Crockett
Population: 6,702College Educated: 14.7%Unemployment Rate: 14.0%
8. Port Arthur
Population: 54,685College Educated: 10.4%Unemployment Rate: 12.5%
9. Groves
Population: 15,911College Educated: 12.4%Unemployment Rate: 12.3%
10. Paris
Population: 25,023College Educated: 14.9%Unemployment Rate: 10.5%
Slacking Your Way Off To The Bottom
Like we said earlier, trying to determine the laziest places in Texas is usually a subjective matter. But if you’re analyzing cities where people don’t work, where a good education is rare, and no one’s willing to put in the long hours, then this is an accurate list of laziness.
Detailed List Of The Laziest Places In Texas
City
Rank
Population
College Educated
Unemployment Rate
Raymondville 1
11,226
6.8%
12.3%
Jasper 2
7,688
8.2%
18.2%
La Feria 3
7,301
8.8%
17.7%
Elsa 4
6,232
3.0%
24.2%
Lamesa 5
9,365
11.0%
10.1%
San Benito 6
24,447
8.7%
12.3%
Crockett 7
6,702
14.7%
14.0%
Port Arthur 8
54,685
10.4%
12.5%
Groves 9
15,911
12.4%
12.3%
Paris 10
25,023
14.9%
10.5%
Cameron 11
5,445
12.2%
9.3%
Sweetwater 12
10,809
10.0%
9.3%
Robstown 13
11,599
7.6%
15.5%
Littlefield 14
6,325
12.6%
12.4%
Bellmead 15
10,052
6.1%
10.2%
Mercedes 16
16,271
12.7%
18.3%
Carrizo Springs 17
5,662
11.9%
9.1%
Freeport 18
12,108
8.3%
11.6%
Roma 19
9,938
12.5%
12.0%
Bonham 20
10,059
13.9%
16.8%
Marlin 21
5,867
10.0%
10.5%
Hillsboro 22
8,394
11.4%
9.3%
Mineral Wells 23
16,593
10.0%
9.8%
Sulphur Springs 24
15,673
13.9%
10.1%
Lacy-Lakeview 25
6,569
8.5%
7.0%
Greenville 26
25,892
17.3%
12.3%
Pearsall 27
9,482
7.6%
8.2%
Carthage 28
6,835
12.5%
7.9%
Alamo 29
18,907
11.0%
12.2%
Beeville 30
13,102
12.3%
8.1%
Donna 31
16,169
11.9%
11.6%
Gonzales 32
7,317
12.2%
11.6%
Center 33
5,239
10.0%
4.4%
Graham 34
8,840
17.5%
9.3%
Kerrville 35
22,560
27.2%
8.4%
Texarkana 36
36,999
26.0%
10.3%
Orange 37
18,810
18.5%
9.0%
Hondo 38
8,929
11.9%
10.8%
Diboll 39
5,377
6.5%
10.0%
Breckenridge 40
5,631
14.9%
5.6%
Lufkin 41
35,754
20.0%
9.9%
Denison 42
22,745
17.0%
10.2%
Corsicana 43
23,968
17.4%
12.9%
Livingston 44
5,245
17.0%
7.9%
Texas City 45
45,802
12.5%
12.2%
Harlingen 46
65,677
18.9%
8.9%
Uvalde 47
16,094
15.6%
11.8%
Yoakum 48
5,540
9.4%
5.4%
Rusk 49
5,573
8.8%
6.1%
Vernon 50
11,005
16.1%
7.4%
Aransas Pass 51
8,287
10.4%
7.4%
Weslaco 52
36,752
16.8%
10.9%
Plainview 53
21,952
15.2%
9.0%
Sinton 54
5,678
9.8%
10.5%
Beaumont 55
117,543
22.3%
10.6%
Brownfield 56
9,678
11.4%
7.8%
Hitchcock 57
7,206
9.5%
9.7%
Jacinto City 58
10,717
4.1%
24.9%
Gun Barrel City 59
5,805
13.7%
14.1%
Wharton 60
8,768
11.5%
10.0%
Nacogdoches 61
33,589
28.9%
10.9%
Navasota 62
7,215
12.7%
5.6%
Port Isabel 63
5,033
11.2%
7.1%
Bowie 64
5,195
15.1%
8.6%
Kingsville 65
26,348
25.8%
11.8%
Borger 66
13,121
12.5%
6.1%
Galveston 67
48,513
27.4%
10.7%
La Marque 68
14,981
15.2%
12.8%
Big Spring 69
27,768
13.1%
7.9%
Fredericksburg 70
10,707
34.2%
6.9%
Eagle Pass 71
27,463
17.5%
10.5%
Huntsville 72
39,764
18.6%
7.6%
Progreso 73
5,709
3.0%
10.0%
Brady 74
5,515
12.6%
5.5%
Baytown 75
74,157
13.5%
11.7%
Waco 76
127,796
21.3%
8.5%
Gatesville 77
15,946
7.3%
8.1%
Gilmer 78
5,031
15.7%
9.4%
Sherman 79
39,119
19.1%
11.0%
Marble Falls 80
6,137
21.5%
6.7%
Clute 81
11,277
12.5%
8.6%
Vidor 82
10,844
8.4%
7.8%
Granbury 83
8,496
22.2%
8.2%
Del Rio 84
36,081
16.4%
9.6%
Athens 85
12,782
15.5%
5.7%
Jacksonville 86
14,654
13.9%
7.7%
Cleveland 87
7,684
10.2%
19.5%
Crystal City 88
7,353
9.5%
4.5%
Seguin 89
26,237
15.4%
9.5%
Kaufman 90
6,837
11.8%
10.8%
Atlanta 91
5,638
16.4%
14.6%
Anthony 92
5,218
11.0%
10.7%
Lampasas 93
6,885
20.0%
10.0%
Cuero 94
6,979
15.2%
10.6%
Marshall 95
24,424
20.6%
8.8%
Terrell 96
16,146
14.2%
13.2%
Santa Fe 97
12,572
13.0%
12.2%
Rockport 98
9,776
27.4%
5.8%
Childress 99
6,140
18.0%
5.2%
Port Lavaca 100
12,289
18.3%
11.4%
Commerce 101
8,348
26.2%
16.6%
Brownwood 102
19,107
17.3%
5.2%
Everman 103
6,213
5.9%
10.4%
Windcrest 104
5,562
36.1%
14.1%
Pharr 105
73,143
13.1%
10.6%
Hereford 106
15,330
14.8%
7.0%
Brownsville 107
179,834
17.2%
10.9%
Mount Pleasant 108
16,066
11.8%
7.4%
Forest Hill 109
12,612
9.7%
11.1%
Pecos 110
8,919
12.4%
7.2%
Bridgeport 111
6,099
12.4%
8.2%
Perryton 112
9,330
12.0%
6.5%
Muleshoe 113
5,161
8.6%
7.3%
Bay City 114
17,499
15.6%
7.6%
Pampa 115
18,180
15.4%
5.2%
Mexia 116
7,502
15.4%
9.2%
Alton 117
14,735
6.3%
8.9%
San Juan 118
35,183
10.3%
8.4%
Wake Village 119
5,477
18.8%
5.0%
Nederland 120
17,018
20.0%
7.0%
McGregor 121
5,041
12.7%
9.9%
Gainesville 122
16,040
15.4%
10.2%
Silsbee 123
6,676
17.7%
8.4%
Victoria 124
64,275
17.6%
7.5%
Rio Grande City 125
14,033
14.1%
8.7%
Socorro 126
32,623
6.8%
13.1%
Hempstead 127
6,197
14.0%
18.4%
Levelland 128
13,735
15.5%
7.2%
Burnet 129
6,065
15.3%
5.2%
Alice 130
19,358
12.3%
5.8%
Palestine 131
18,611
16.7%
5.7%
Iowa Park 132
6,375
12.9%
3.2%
Kirby 133
8,221
10.5%
8.5%
River Oaks 134
7,575
10.7%
9.3%
Snyder 135
11,368
15.5%
3.6%
Copperas Cove 136
33,023
20.1%
12.2%
Longview 137
82,030
20.6%
7.2%
Edna 138
5,616
14.3%
5.9%
Wichita Falls 139
104,771
22.2%
7.2%
Abilene 140
120,776
22.6%
6.7%
Monahans 141
7,204
15.8%
5.3%
Liberty 142
8,696
16.6%
9.2%
White Settlement 143
16,571
10.2%
6.9%
San Angelo 144
96,177
21.6%
6.4%
Hutchins 145
5,410
8.4%
11.3%
Ennis 146
18,674
12.6%
8.9%
Temple 147
68,877
26.3%
7.0%
Bryan 148
78,368
25.7%
8.8%
Burkburnett 149
10,915
17.6%
4.7%
Alpine 150
6,026
33.5%
4.6%
Pleasanton 151
9,283
17.9%
9.7%
Bridge City 152
7,898
13.7%
6.4%
Galena Park 153
11,093
5.3%
9.3%
Willis 154
6,052
11.4%
4.9%
Lindale 155
5,169
21.6%
7.5%
Haltom City 156
43,259
12.3%
8.4%
Killeen 157
134,030
17.8%
11.8%
Slaton 158
6,100
15.4%
4.3%
Tyler 159
99,344
29.5%
7.2%
Palmview 160
5,577
13.8%
10.9%
South Houston 161
17,323
6.8%
10.1%
Highland Park 162
8,796
83.3%
7.1%
Cleburne 163
29,765
15.7%
7.3%
Floresville 164
6,813
10.0%
5.5%
Prairie View 165
5,890
37.1%
17.6%
Rockdale 166
5,506
20.7%
7.9%
Dayton 167
7,350
7.9%
7.9%
Henderson 168
13,723
13.9%
3.2%
Pasadena 169
152,171
14.0%
10.7%
Brenham 170
16,029
21.0%
5.1%
Lubbock 171
236,868
29.5%
6.4%
Humble 172
15,402
16.2%
11.1%
Fort Stockton 173
8,373
11.1%
4.8%
El Campo 174
11,549
13.1%
6.0%
Corpus Christi 175
312,680
21.2%
7.2%
Richland Hills 176
7,933
16.0%
9.8%
Decatur 177
6,201
23.3%
8.1%
Mission 178
80,538
23.6%
8.5%
El Paso 179
669,771
22.7%
8.6%
Balch Springs 180
24,693
9.2%
8.9%
Georgetown 181
53,007
42.9%
7.6%
Amarillo 182
194,930
22.5%
5.4%
Dalhart 183
8,150
20.4%
5.9%
Sealy 184
6,181
14.7%
9.4%
Kermit 185
5,894
10.9%
2.5%
Kilgore 186
14,178
20.8%
6.0%
Bastrop 187
7,469
19.5%
8.9%
Alamo Heights 188
7,397
71.1%
6.6%
Stephenville 189
18,387
29.4%
6.0%
Taylor 190
16,001
14.6%
10.5%
Port Neches 191
12,877
26.4%
7.2%
San Marcos 192
51,289
32.2%
9.5%
Keene 193
6,089
18.3%
8.1%
Gladewater 194
6,461
12.9%
5.6%
Tomball 195
11,030
25.6%
6.9%
Weatherford 196
26,490
25.8%
7.2%
Angleton 197
19,034
12.7%
5.5%
Seminole 198
6,848
15.5%
3.2%
Lumberton 199
12,153
20.6%
6.0%
Odessa 200
107,325
17.3%
5.0%
San Antonio 201
1,385,438
24.9%
8.4%
College Station 202
98,505
55.1%
7.6%
McAllen 203
135,048
27.7%
7.8%
Harker Heights 204
27,757
29.3%
8.9%
Edinburg 205
79,002
28.1%
9.1%
Waxahachie 206
31,045
23.9%
7.9%
Webster 207
10,898
26.2%
8.6%
Andrews 208
12,160
13.0%
4.2%
Belton 209
19,292
26.6%
6.7%
Laredo 210
245,048
17.6%
6.5%
Dallas 211
1,240,985
29.7%
8.9%
La Porte 212
34,473
14.7%
8.2%
Hidalgo 213
13,063
16.7%
9.1%
Seagoville 214
15,379
10.6%
5.6%
Dumas 215
14,908
13.9%
4.6%
Hurst 216
38,140
25.9%
7.7%
Boerne 217
11,674
35.3%
6.0%
Lancaster 218
37,731
18.4%
10.3%
Farmers Branch 219
30,261
33.3%
7.7%
Euless 220
52,649
31.9%
8.0%
Rosenberg 221
32,789
12.7%
4.9%
Benbrook 222
21,898
32.8%
5.0%
Fort Worth 223
778,573
26.7%
8.6%
Deer Park 224
32,965
19.6%
7.1%
Fairview 225
7,882
61.5%
7.1%
Ingleside 226
9,468
15.2%
6.3%
Alvin 227
24,938
16.6%
7.4%
Houston 228
2,167,988
29.8%
8.9%
Lake Jackson 229
27,224
29.6%
5.3%
Richmond 230
11,769
14.5%
6.3%
Bedford 231
48,104
35.3%
6.1%
Lockhart 232
12,966
13.7%
6.4%
Denton 233
122,742
38.3%
9.5%
Los Fresnos 234
6,164
16.2%
5.6%
Addison 235
14,594
55.1%
3.7%
University Park 236
23,761
83.3%
5.8%
DeSoto 237
50,837
28.6%
10.1%
Arlington 238
375,305
28.9%
8.8%
Irving 239
224,859
33.8%
7.5%
Live Oak 240
14,213
30.4%
6.6%
Joshua 241
5,935
16.2%
4.2%
New Braunfels 242
61,712
28.1%
6.1%
Garland 243
232,305
21.6%
9.8%
Elgin 244
8,224
16.4%
7.1%
Portland 245
15,420
25.6%
3.2%
White Oak 246
6,431
21.2%
4.9%
Midland 247
119,409
25.5%
4.3%
Universal City 248
19,164
27.3%
4.9%
Lake Dallas 249
7,306
28.6%
8.0%
Robinson 250
11,051
24.2%
4.2%
Duncanville 251
39,315
26.0%
7.4%
Sanger 252
7,237
16.5%
5.7%
Grand Prairie 253
181,135
23.0%
8.7%
Leon Valley 254
10,658
33.1%
4.7%
Richardson 255
103,752
51.2%
7.5%
Whitehouse 256
7,882
23.7%
5.3%
Canyon 257
13,882
40.8%
3.2%
Austin 258
864,218
46.0%
6.8%
Conroe 259
61,268
20.0%
5.2%
Mesquite 260
142,552
18.1%
7.6%
Watauga 261
23,999
17.8%
7.7%
Lago Vista 262
6,349
38.4%
9.6%
Princeton 263
7,520
22.0%
5.6%
Horizon City 264
18,477
20.2%
8.6%
Manor 265
5,936
23.8%
13.0%
West University Place 266
15,223
88.0%
3.1%
Schertz 267
35,093
31.4%
7.0%
Woodway 268
8,614
49.7%
2.9%
Azle 269
10,744
19.8%
4.4%
Glenn Heights 270
11,671
21.4%
8.1%
Saginaw 271
20,840
20.2%
7.8%
Heath 272
7,620
60.3%
10.8%
Luling 273
5,569
18.3%
1.7%
Hewitt 274
13,905
33.8%
3.5%
Dickinson 275
19,135
23.1%
7.5%
North Richland Hills 276
65,835
30.5%
6.2%
Forney 277
16,017
27.8%
11.2%
Converse 278
19,738
24.7%
5.8%
Lakeway 279
12,709
63.9%
7.1%
Burleson 280
39,335
24.1%
6.5%
Stafford 281
17,990
33.7%
5.3%
Round Rock 282
106,972
37.3%
7.1%
Jersey Village 283
7,795
36.8%
4.5%
Lewisville 284
99,039
30.8%
5.9%
Lucas 285
5,928
50.3%
9.6%
Royse City 286
9,755
23.9%
7.6%
Roanoke 287
6,488
34.0%
1.9%
Cedar Hill 288
46,414
30.1%
7.7%
Crowley 289
13,762
24.0%
6.4%
Terrell Hills 290
5,037
72.2%
0.8%
Bellaire 291
17,533
77.5%
3.6%
Corinth 292
20,432
39.8%
8.3%
Hutto 293
18,839
19.6%
6.8%
Grapevine 294
48,671
45.6%
4.3%
Cedar Park 295
58,088
44.1%
6.6%
Plano 296
271,166
54.6%
5.9%
Carrollton 297
124,501
36.5%
5.6%
Leander 298
30,040
30.1%
8.0%
Red Oak 299
11,149
22.3%
4.2%
Midlothian 300
19,590
28.1%
6.9%
Fair Oaks Ranch 301
6,534
61.7%
4.1%
The Colony 302
38,690
33.4%
7.7%
Katy 303
15,071
29.6%
4.5%
Seabrook 304
12,437
46.3%
5.2%
Pflugerville 305
52,138
36.2%
5.3%
Rowlett 306
57,532
31.3%
7.7%
Missouri City 307
69,152
43.0%
7.8%
Friendswood 308
37,001
48.3%
5.7%
Selma 309
7,046
33.4%
4.6%
Rockwall 310
39,948
38.2%
5.6%
Kennedale 311
7,093
24.0%
2.9%
Southlake 312
27,755
68.5%
4.8%
Anna 313
9,108
25.8%
6.1%
Buda 314
9,443
37.1%
5.0%
Sunnyvale 315
5,480
49.9%
5.7%
Coppell 316
40,021
63.2%
4.1%
Colleyville 317
23,928
64.8%
4.8%
Little Elm 318
30,213
30.5%
6.9%
Sachse 319
21,790
32.4%
5.7%
Mansfield 320
59,757
41.1%
5.3%
Allen 321
89,845
52.6%
5.2%
Sugar Land 322
82,420
54.2%
5.3%
Cibolo 323
22,744
40.6%
4.8%
Keller 324
41,913
56.8%
4.9%
Wylie 325
43,531
34.7%
6.4%
League City 326
88,979
41.2%
4.5%
Manvel 327
6,159
21.8%
3.2%
McKinney 328
144,066
45.1%
4.0%
Fate 329
7,643
41.2%
6.5%
Helotes 330
7,880
45.8%
3.2%
Frisco 331
130,499
58.4%
4.9%
Prosper 332
12,503
44.7%
3.8%
Pearland 333
97,427
45.7%
4.9%
Trophy Club 334
9,451
63.8%
2.6%
Kyle 335
30,664
28.5%
4.4%
Flower Mound 336
67,630
57.6%
4.3%
Murphy 337
19,154
54.0%
5.1%
Celina 338
6,558
36.6%
2.8%
Melissa 339
5,675
36.5%
2.5%
Highland Village 340
15,589
55.9%
3.7%
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