Health & wellness
BY HALEY MCLEOD & CLAIRE SHOOP
Health & Wellness Guide
2025
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County health data Travis County and Hays County performed similarly in overall rankings for both health outcomes and health factors. Both counties were above the state and national averages in most health rankings. However, each county di ered on some of the individual metrics that went into the scores such as access to healthy food and exercise opportunities.
Snapshot
Health indicators
The data for all counties statewide is updated annually, but includes information from previous years.
These are some of the statistics that in uence the overall health and wellness of the county.
Health factor
Health outcome
Travis
Travis County
Hays County 79.8 years
Texas
Least healthy in U.S. Most healthy in U.S.
Hays
Life expectancy Food insecurity
80.6 years
77.2 years
12% 5% 11% 23% 92% 15%
12%
14% 8% 13% 18% 82% 20%
Limited access to healthy foods
2%
Health outcomes
Adult smoking
14% 21% 81% 16%
Travis County
Excessive drinking
Hays County
Access to exercise opportunities
Uninsured (under age 65)
State average National average
Ratio of population to primary care physicians Ratio of population to mental health providers Sleep fewer than 7 hours on average Commute alone for longer than 30 minutes Spend 50% or more of income on housing
1,190:1
2,260:1
1,660:1
Health factors
270:1 30% 37% 16%
810:1 30% 50% 17%
640:1
Travis County
33% 39% 14%
Hays County
National average
State average
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN POPULATION HEALTH INSTITUTE 2024 COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS COMMUNITY IMPACT
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