Texas County Priority Compass
Pick up to 5 validated R-CAM metrics and the compass blends them into a composite Priority Score for every Texas county. Use it to pinpoint where additional clinical, social, or workforce support would have the greatest impact.
Counties scored
254 of 254
Focus area presets
One-click starting points built from validated R-CAM metrics. You can edit any preset after applying it.
Selected metrics (5 / 5)
Drag each metric's weight to emphasize what matters for your decision. The compass auto-flips direction so that higher Priority Scores always mean greater need.
Food Insecurity
Percent of residents experiencing food insecurity.
Severe Housing Cost Burden
Percent of households with severe housing cost burden.
Long Commute (Transportation Barrier)
Percent of workers with long commutes.
No Broadband
Percent of households without broadband access.
Lacking Social & Emotional Support
Percent of residents lacking social and emotional support.
How the score is built: for each selected metric we use the same validated values surfaced in the Map Explorer and Sources catalog, apply a min-max normalization across all Texas counties, auto-invert metrics where lower values reflect greater need (e.g., provider counts, household income), and compute a weighted average rescaled to 0–100. Counties missing every selected value are excluded; no values are imputed or fabricated.
Dimmit County
Composite Priority Score across your selected metrics.
Priority Score
80.4
out of 100
Population
6,653
Metrics w/ data
5/5
Strongest priority signals
- Severe Housing Cost Burden96% priority signalValue: 22%State median: 11%Statewide rank: #2 of 254
- Food Insecurity91% priority signalValue: 37.1%State median: 21.7%Statewide rank: #7 of 253
- Long Commute (Transportation Barrier)85% priority signalValue: 37%State median: 33%Statewide rank: #12 of 254
Suggested support directions
- Social-determinant supports (food, housing, transportation, digital access)
Inferred from the metric categories most strongly driving this county's Priority Score.
Top priority counties
The first 12 are highlighted as the highest composite Priority Scores in Texas. Click any row to drill into county-level context.
Highlighted rows are the top 12 priority counties for this metric blend.
Methodology & data provenance
Every value used here comes from the validated R-CAM dataset — the same metrics powering the Map Explorer and Sources catalog.
1. Inputs. Each metric you select is read directly from the validated R-CAM combined dataset (county-level public health, social-determinant, broadband, workforce, and HRSA Unmet Need values). Nothing is imputed or simulated.
2. Normalization. For every selected metric we compute a county-level min-max normalization across all 254 Texas counties, so each metric contributes on a comparable 0–1 scale regardless of its native units (count, percent, ratio, days, currency).
3. Direction. Metrics flagged in R-CAM as "higher is worse" (e.g., uninsured rate, food insecurity) are used as-is. Metrics where higher values are favorable (e.g., provider counts, median income, FQHC counts) are automatically inverted so that a higher Priority Score always reflects greater need.
4. Weighting. Each metric carries a user-defined weight between 0.5× and 2.0×. The composite is the weighted average of available normalized values (counties missing a metric simply receive zero weight for that metric), rescaled to 0–100.
5. Coverage. A county is scored only if it has a validated value for at least one selected metric. Partial coverage is displayed alongside each county so you can judge confidence.