CombesTX
A town of 3,255, settled in 1911.
Is Combes a good place to live?
Combes is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, ranked 332nd of 640 in Texas, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is safety: crime is low: it reports less per resident than 52% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 66% of the country. A typical home there costs about $184K, 3.5 years of the Brownsville metro’s $53K median household income. 27% of residents live below the poverty line in Combes, above both the Texas town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Combes's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 99% of U.S. towns.
99% of working residents leave Combes for work
Where Combes’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Combes grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Combes is from typical.
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Moving to Combes: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Combes, and how to reach them.
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 Combes.
Combes has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has poverty well above the Texas rate.
Combes’ grade for cost of living is a B−
The median property tax bill is $1,924, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
89% of Combes households own their home. The typical Combes home is worth about $184,000, down 1% in a year, 38% below the Texas typical home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
On state tests, Combes’ schools trail 59% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Harlingen CISD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dishman ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 313 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Combes has set aside 0.7% of its land for conservation
1.2 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Combes | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Combes Community Park | 0.9 mi | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Combes has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs based here fell from 708 in 2013 to 349. The average commute for its 1,078 working residents takes 16.7 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Most working residents leave Combes for work: only 1% work in town. Combes’ average trip to work is 17 minutes. Jobs based in Combes fell to 349 in 2023, 359 fewer than in 2013.
| Combes | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $46,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Combes faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
136 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 33 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 136 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Combes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Combes’ grade for health is a C
Against the 4,188 U.S. towns with household incomes like Combes’s, it is healthier than 79%, so its C isn’t only a matter of income.
32% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Combes. Combes beats the Texas average on 3 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 28% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Combes.
| Combes | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 12% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Combes | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with depression | 18% | 21.2% |
| Fewer adults in frequent mental distress | 15% | 16.9% |
| More uninsured adults | 32.2% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Combes, a typical January night runs milder than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
The Harlingen weather station, 5 miles away, records that about 151 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. January nights average 50.6°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 95.9°.
The January low in Combes is 51°F. Combes has warm winters and hot summers. The July high in Combes is 96°F.
| Combes | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 51°F | 37°F | 22°F |
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Combes’ grade for safety is a B−
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Everything we know about Combes
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Combes; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Combes residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
About Combes
Town in Texas, United States
Combes is a town in northern Cameron County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,999 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas.
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- Area
- 3.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 39 ft
- ZIP code
- 78535
- Area code
- 956
Combes’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Combes.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combes | #332 | C | B− | B− | C+ | C |
| Harlingen | #557 | D | C+ | C− | C+ | C− |
| Primera | #371 | C− | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Lasana | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Primera reports no FBI crime data of its own. Lasana isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Combes with a neighbor →
Questions about Combes
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Combes, TX a good place to live?
Combes grades C overall, better than 26% of U.S. towns and #332 of 640 in Texas. It grades C for health, B− for safety and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Combes, TX expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.