Alto Bonito HeightsTX
A town of 1,121 in Texas.
Is Alto Bonito Heights a good place to live?
Alto Bonito Heights’ best subject grade is an A− for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for walkability. 81% of residents live below the poverty line in Alto Bonito Heights, above both the Texas town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 9 of Texas’ 999 towns score lower on walkability. The median household income is $36K, and 81% of residents live below the poverty line. Only 35 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score lower on the outdoors. Alto Bonito Heights has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Alto Bonito Heights grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Alto Bonito Heights is from typical.
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The data
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Alto Bonito Heights is less healthy than nine in ten U.S. towns
43% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Alto Bonito Heights. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Alto Bonito Heights is ahead of Texas on 1 and behind on 17. Among adults here, 21% have diabetes and 19% report frequent physical distress.
| Alto Bonito Heights | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Alto Bonito Heights | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 33.4% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Alto Bonito Heights has 0.0 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Half of commuters travel less than 32 miles. The top destinations are McAllen (11%), Rio Grande City (9%) and Harlingen (5%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
A typical July afternoon in Alto Bonito Heights is hotter than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
Expect warm winters and hot summers in Alto Bonito Heights, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 99°, January nights drop to 49° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Alto Bonito Heights, mostly cold waves
The natural-hazard score from FEMA in Alto Bonito Heights is 57 of 100. FEMA puts 61% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to cold waves, and 24% to inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Alto Bonito Heights
Moving to Alto Bonito Heights: who provides what
Alto Bonito Heights is unincorporated, so Starr County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
100% of working residents leave Alto Bonito Heights for work
Where Alto Bonito Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Alto Bonito Heights; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Alto Bonito Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
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