Chula VistaTX
284 residents make their home in this town in Texas.
Is Chula Vista a good place to live?
87% of residents live below the poverty line in Chula Vista, where Texas’ towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Of the 643 Texas towns we compare, none has a lower typical household income than Chula Vista. Chula Vista has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Chula Vista.
Most of Chula Vista’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.2 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Brownsville (25%), South Padre Island (14%) and Harlingen (10%). Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Chula Vista dropped by 24, to 24. Half the trips to work are shorter than 15 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Chula Vista is hurricanes, at a high overall level
Of the losses FEMA expects in Chula Vista, 57% come from hurricanes and 15% from inland flooding. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in the town than in 73% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers: that is Chula Vista’s year
For Chula Vista, the midsummer high is 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, more of Chula Vista’s adults have diabetes
18% of Chula Vista adults report frequent mental distress. This Texas town does better than the Texas average on 3 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 15.
| Chula Vista | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Chula Vista | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.7% | 6.1% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.9% | 17% |
| More uninsured adults | 40.3% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Chula Vista
Starbase and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Chula Vista. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Park & preserveStarbase
13 mi LandmarkFort Brown
12 mi Zoo & aquariumGladys Porter Zoo
2 mi National Historical ParkPalo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park169K visitors a year
35 mi National SeashorePadre Island National Seashore573K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Starbase: Jared Krahn, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Brown: Pi3.124, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gladys Porter Zoo: Jc161991, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park: Schmorleitz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Padre Island National Seashore: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
Moving to Chula Vista: who provides what
Chula Vista 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.
100% of working residents leave Chula Vista for work
Where Chula Vista’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Chula Vista
About 0 of every 100 Chula Vista residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
Questions about Chula Vista
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Is Chula Vista, TX a good place to live?
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