Is Chula Vista a good place to live?
Chula Vista’s weakest subject is health: residents are less healthy than 95% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its overall grade is D, better than 15% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 445th of 640 in Texas. It also trails on walkability (D). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Hazard risk is its strong suit (A+). Cost of living is another plus: a typical home costs about $101K, 2 years of the Eagle Pass metro’s $50K median household income. 35% of residents are under 18 here, where Texas’ towns sit at 26% and U.S. towns at 22%.
Figures: FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES.
How Chula Vista grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Chula Vista is from typical.
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What makes Chula Vista stand out
Where Chula Vista beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Chula Vista has grown 34% from 2010 to 2020
3,818 counted in 2010 and 5,100 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Chula Vista.
Chula Vista carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Texas (mostly inland flooding), trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns.
Chula Vista stands out in Texas and nationally: a larger share of its adults get no exercise outside work
Against the 2,169 U.S. towns with household incomes like Chula Vista’s, it is less healthy than 71%, so its D− isn’t only a matter of income.
The share of adults in Chula Vista who smoke cigarettes: 16%. CDC measures, 31 in all: Chula Vista beats Texas on 1 and trails on 20.
| Chula Vista | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 30% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 20% | 14% |
| What stands out | Chula Vista | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.7% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 43.8% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Chula Vista fall behind 58% of Texas districts
Its one school is below. Eagle Pass ISD runs its public schools. 428 students attend Chula Vista’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Houston ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades 2–6 | Grades 2–6 | 428 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
The FEMA risk score in Chula Vista is lower than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 100% of Texas towns, with expected losses of about $154 per resident a year; that rating is what its A+ for hazard risk is built on.
Paid flood insurance claims in Chula Vista since 2025: one. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 49% come from inland flooding and 21% from heat waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most people working in Chula Vista commute elsewhere
Chula Vista has 44 jobs for its 1,719 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 18.9 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Chula Vista: 24% of residents live below the poverty line. Jobs in the town fell by 25 from 2013 to 2023, to 44. Its typical journey to work is 19 minutes. The top destinations are Eagle Pass (23%), Rosita (12%) and San Antonio (10%).
| Chula Vista | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 24% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Chula Vista
The Eagle Pass 3n weather station, 8 miles away, records that about 151 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. January nights average 40.9°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 98.5°.
Snow is almost unheard of. The peak summer temperature for Chula Vista comes to 99°F.
| Chula Vista | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 99°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 41°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Chula Vista keeps 0.1% of its land conserved
Just 1 of its 2,127 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Chula Vista itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
Walkers can cover 0.5 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Chula Vista’s trail network density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Chula Vista | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. VFW Park | 0.3 mi | 5 |
| 2. Nick Carr Community Park - Pueblo Nuevo | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Chula Vista sell for about $190K
Homes are within reach (B+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 36 miles. At 2 years of the Eagle Pass metro’s $50K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 92% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its B+ for cost of living.
83% of households own their home in Chula Vista.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Chula Vista
Moving to Chula Vista: who provides what
Chula Vista is unincorporated, so Maverick 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
None within 15 miles of Chula Vista; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Chula Vista residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
About Chula Vista
CDP in Texas, United States
Chula Vista, formerly known as Rosita North, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maverick County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,100 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 810 ft
Chula Vista’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Chula Vista.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chula Vista | #445 | D | B+ | — | C+ | D− |
| Eagle Pass | #558 | D | D | C | C+ | C− |
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Questions about Chula Vista
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Chula Vista, TX a good place to live?
Chula Vista grades D overall, better than 15% of U.S. towns and #445 of 640 in Texas. It grades D− for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Chula Vista, TX expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $101,000, 66% below the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
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