Arroyo GardensTX
335 people live in this town in Texas.
Is Arroyo Gardens a good place to live?
Arroyo Gardens’ January low is 51°F, against 37°F in Texas’ towns and 22°F across U.S. towns. Arroyo Gardens has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
335 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Arroyo Gardens: who provides what
Arroyo Gardens is unincorporated, so Cameron 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Arroyo Gardens.
The schools Arroyo Gardens’s kids attend
Its one school is below. Los Fresnos CISD runs its public schools. Enrollment at Arroyo Gardens’s public school: 354 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Yescas ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 354 | C |
NCES · EDFacts
Most of Arroyo Gardens’ workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them
Half the trips to work are shorter than 17 miles. In Arroyo Gardens, 19% of workers work remotely from home. The top destinations are Harlingen (24%), Brownsville (15%) and Rio Hondo (8%).
| Arroyo Gardens | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 19% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: high risk in Arroyo Gardens, mostly hurricanes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Arroyo Gardens
July afternoons reach 94°, January nights drop to 51° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Arroyo Gardens stands out in Texas and nationally: a smaller share of its adults have been diagnosed with depression
For adults in Arroyo Gardens, the share who say their health is fair or poor is 32%. This Texas town does better than the Texas average on 3 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 16.
| Arroyo Gardens | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 12% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 20% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Arroyo Gardens | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 14.5% | 17% |
| Fewer adults with depression | 18.1% | 21.2% |
| More uninsured adults | 33.9% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Arroyo Gardens
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Arroyo Gardens; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Arroyo Gardens residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
100% of working residents leave Arroyo Gardens for work
Where Arroyo Gardens’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Arroyo Gardens
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Arroyo Gardens is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cameron County, in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, Arroyo Gardens had a population of 420. Prior to the 2010 census, the community was part of the Arroyo Gardens-La Tina Ranch CDP. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 4.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 19 ft
Questions about Arroyo Gardens
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Is Arroyo Gardens, TX a good place to live?
Arroyo Gardens has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real. 335 people live in this town in Texas.