text: which texas town is this? if everything is bigger in texas, this is the one exception.  in 2000 this town fell just short of being able to field a baseball team. impact, texas, in taylor county, is 3 miles n of abilene, texas and 142 miles w of fort worth, texas. the town is considered part of the abilene metropolitan area. impact has a population of 39.   impact, texas population details: category/count/percent   total population 39/100%  male 22/56.4%  female 17/43.6%  under 18/14 35.9%  18+ 25/64.1%  65+ 7/17.9%  median age 24.8    average family size 3.3    white 23/59%  african-american 3/7.7%  asian 0/0%  american indian & alaskan 0/0%  other 12/30.8%  mixed race 1/2.6%  hispanic (included in categories above) 25/64.1%