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Travis County Healthcare District/Central Texas Comm Health Center

Travis County Healthcare District/Central Texas Comm Health Center is a federally qualified community health center based in Austin, TX, with 31 clinic locations in 6 cities. It served 148,234 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

148,234patients in 2025
55%uninsured patients
77%at or below the poverty line
1,333full-time-equivalent staff

Care offered: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth.

Who Travis County Healthcare District/Central Texas Comm Health Center serves

77% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 98% are at or below twice that level. 55% have no insurance, 27% have Medicaid or CHIP, 4% have Medicare and 11% have private insurance. 5,270 patients were experiencing homelessness. 483 were veterans.

Measure	This center	TX median	U.S. median	vs TX
Patients at or below the poverty line	77%	65%	65%	+12 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	98%	94%	92%	+4 pts

Measure	This center	TX median	U.S. median	vs TX
Uninsured patients	55%	32%	14%	+23 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	27%	23%	42%	+3 pts
Medicare patients	4%	9%	11%	−4 pts
Privately insured patients	11%	30%	24%	−19 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	43,771	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	21,792	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	823	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	31,838	children had checkups
Flu shots	36,641	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	9,784	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	13,766	patients screened
Family planning	9,525	patients served
Diabetes care	16,080	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	23,530	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	5,575	patients with asthma
HIV testing	28,796	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	16,943	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	4,953	children tested

Quality of care

Travis County Healthcare District/Central Texas Comm Health Center is at or above the Texas median on 5 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	TX median	U.S. median	vs TX
Adults with high blood pressure under control	69%	67%	68%	+2 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	59%	48%	54%	+11 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	71%	54%	54%	+18 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	35%	40%	44%	−5 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	77%	80%	77%	−3 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	98%	89%	86%	+9 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	86%	81%	79%	+5 pts

Staffing

1,333 full-time-equivalent staff work at Travis County Healthcare District/Central Texas Comm Health Center, including 140 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives. That is 1,062 patients per clinical provider, against the Texas median of 1,028 and the U.S. median of 930.

Where Travis County Healthcare District/Central Texas Comm Health Center patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
78753	14,569	60%
78741	11,812	59%
78744	11,036	57%
78724	10,038	53%
78758	8,668	61%
78617	8,224	57%
78660	7,908	53%
78653	6,475	48%