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Population (year 2000): 1,378. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,273 (-7.6% change)
Males: 652 (47.3%), Females: 726 (52.7%)
Nolan County
Zip code:
79545
Median resident age: 38.3 years
Median household income: $23,816 (year 2000)
Median house value: $31,900 (year 2000)
Races in Roscoe:
- White Non-Hispanic (60.9%)
- Hispanic (36.9%)
- Other race (20.2%)
- Two or more races (3.0%)
- Black (1.1%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Irish (12.3%), United States (8.4%),
English (7.5%), German (5.3%), Scotch-Irish (3.4%), French
(2.1%).
Elevation: 2386 feet
Land area: 1.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Roscoe
- High school or higher: 64.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.3%
- Unemployed: 7.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Roscoe city
- Never married: 18.8%
- Now married: 62.0%
- Separated: 2.6%
- Widowed: 8.1%
- Divorced: 8.5%
8.6% Foreign born (8.3% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -53 (-3.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Roscoe:
- ROLLING PLAINS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles;
SWEETWATER, TX)
- MITCHELL COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 28 miles; COLORADO
CITY, TX)
- FISHER COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (about 30 miles;
ROTAN, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Roscoe:
- DYESS AFB (about 48 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID: DYS)
- ABILENE REGIONAL (about 61 miles; ABILENE, TX; ID:
ABI)
- SAN ANGELO REGIONAL/MATHIS FIELD (about 76 miles;
SAN ANGELO, TX; ID: SJT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Roscoe:
- AVENGER FIELD (about 7 miles; SWEETWATER, TX; ID:
SWW)
- COLORADO CITY (about 27 miles; COLORADO CITY, TX;
ID: T88)
- FISHER COUNTY (about 28 miles; ROTAN/ROBY, TX; ID:
56F)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Roscoe:
- HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY (about 56 miles; Abilene,
TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,026)
- ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles;
ABILENE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,380)
- ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 73 miles; SAN ANGELO,
TX; FT enrollment: 5,477)
- MIDLAND COLLEGE (about 111 miles; MIDLAND, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,800)
- TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY (about 120 miles; LUBBOCK, TX;
FT enrollment: 22,439)
- ODESSA COLLEGE (about 139 miles; ODESSA, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,555)
- WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 146 miles;
PLAINVIEW, TX; FT enrollment: 2,578)
Public high schools in Roscoe:
- ROSCOE H S (Students: 180; Location: 1101 W
7TH ST; Grades: 07 - 12)
- HOBBS ALTER ED CO-OP (Students: 5; Location:
1101 W 7TH ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Roscoe:
- HIGHLAND SCHOOL (Students: 211; Location:
6625 F M 608; Grades: PK - 12)
- ROSCOE EL (Students: 178; Location: 1101 W
7TH ST; Grades: PK - 06)
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