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Tool, Texas.

A city in Henderson County. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Henderson County’s.

Living in Tool, Henderson County, Texas

Tool is a city of 2,175 people in Henderson County. Half its households earn more than $71,333 a year and half less, against $65,179 across Henderson County; 17% of its people live below the poverty line. 81% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Henderson County was 4.9% in August 2026, and the county had 2.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then construction.

People 2,175 in the 2020 census
Household income $71,333 the median, give or take $17,212 · Henderson County: $65,179
Unemployment 4.9% Henderson County, August 2026; 4.9% a year before
Homes 81% lived in by their owners; 19% rented
  • 1,070households
  • 27%of adults have a degree
  • 17%below the poverty line
  • 47 mintypical commute
  • 11%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Building trades17%
  • Banks, insurance and property13%
  • Manufacturing11%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Shops (retail)8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Henderson County had 20,065 jobs in 2025, 2.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 56° and 33°; warmest in August, 95° and 72° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 56° 33° F M A M J J A 95° 72° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 56° and 33°; warmest in August, 95° and 72° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 56° 33° F M A M J J A 95° 72° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 56° and lows near 33°; warmest in August, with highs near 95° and lows near 72°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Kaufman Southeast weather station, 20 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Henderson County

  1. Argon Medical DevicesHypodermic needles and syringes manufacturing552
  2. Trinity Valley Community CollegeUniversity or college537
  3. Athens ISDSchool district437FTE
  4. UT Heath AthensGeneral hospital411FTE
  5. Brownsboro ISDSchool district402FTE
  6. BiomericsCatheters manufacturing347
  7. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters345
  8. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters339

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 37 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,132 people in all across the county; Tool has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Cold wavesVery high
  2. TornadoesRelatively high
  3. Strong windrelatively high in parts of ToolRelatively moderate
  4. HailRelatively moderate
  5. LightningRelatively moderate
  6. Ice stormsRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Tool’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Henderson County.