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Eidson RoadTX

A town of 9,684.

Is Eidson Road a good place to live?

Eidson Road grades D overall, 501st among Texas's 640 graded towns, mostly because of health and incomes. Residents are less healthy than 97% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household income is $34K, and 25% of residents live below the poverty line. One bright spot: natural-hazard risk is low. 36% of residents are under 18 in Eidson Road, above both Texas’ towns (26%) and U.S. towns (22%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Bowles Ranch, 94 acres with 2.4 miles of trail.

What makes Eidson Road stand out

Where Eidson Road beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.

A commuter town

93% of working residents leave Eidson Road for work

Where Eidson Road’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

30% → Eagle Pass Eagle Pass 30% 10% → San Antonio San Antonio 10% 7% → Rosita Rosita 7% 4% → Del Rio Del Rio 4% 4% → Laredo Laredo 4% 2% → Austin Austin 2% Eidson Road · 7% stay
2,117jobs based in Eidson Road
7%of working residents work in town
36 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How Eidson Road grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Eidson Road is from typical.

How grading works

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to Eidson Road: who provides what

Eidson Road is unincorporated, so Maverick County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerRio Grande Electric Coop18.3¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterCity of Eagle Pass water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet4 providers99% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesMaverick CountyMaverick County provides services here
SchoolsEagle Pass Independent School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteIn personTexas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereMaverick County Early Voting ClerkMaverick County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2023
ZIP code7885278852 100%Census 2020

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 Eidson Road.

Eidson Road 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.

OutdoorsB−

0.4% of Eidson Road is conserved land

5.1 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The trail density in Eidson Road is 1.1 miles per square mile.

#61for trails in TX
Eidson RoadTexas townsU.S. towns
Miles of trail per square mile1.1 miles per square mile0.30.4
Conserved land0.4%1.9%4.3%
0.4%
conserved · 13 of 2,982 acres
5.1 mi
of trails · 1.1 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Bowles Ranch2.4 mi94
2. Nick Carr Sports Complex—7
3. Balcones Heights Park0.2 mi2

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

SchoolsC+

On state tests, Eidson Road’s schools trail 58% of Texas districts

Its public schools are run by Eagle Pass ISD. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.

42%of TX districts it outscoresC+School Grade
SchoolLevelStudentsLetter
Henry B Gonzalez ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades 1–6Grades 1–6401D−

NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation

HealthD−

A larger share of adults say their health is fair or poor in Eidson Road than in most of Texas or the rest of the country

Against the 1,067 U.S. towns with household incomes like Eidson Road’s, it is less healthy than 71%, so its D− isn’t only a matter of income.

44% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Eidson Road. Eidson Road beats the Texas average on 2 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 21. 19% of adults report frequent mental distress in Eidson Road.

3%healthier than U.S. townsD−Health Grade
Eidson RoadTexas townsU.S. towns
Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES)44%24%19%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)23%13%12%
Get no exercise (CDC PLACES)50%30%25%
Food insecurity (CDC PLACES)44%20%14%
31 measures vs. Texas
2 better8 too close to call21 worse
What stands outEidson RoadTX
Fewer adults who have had cancer4.4%6.1%
Fewer binge drinkers13.5%17%
More uninsured adults45.6%19.1%
Fort Duncan Medical Center
3.3 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
4th
percentile among TX towns

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade A+

The FEMA risk score in Eidson Road is lower than in the typical Texas or U.S. town

FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 99% of Texas towns, with expected losses of about $50 per resident a year; that rating is what its A+ for hazard risk is built on.

Eidson Road’s FEMA risk score is 4 of 100.

4risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
4Very low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingHeat wavesTornadoes

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Work & commuteJobs & income grade D−

About one in three of Eidson Road’s working residents commute to Eagle Pass

Jobs based here fell from 4,007 in 2013 to 2,117.

Most working residents leave Eidson Road for work: only 7% work in town. Jobs based in Eidson Road fell to 2,117 in 2023, 1,890 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Eagle Pass (30%), San Antonio (10%) and Rosita (7%).

7%work in town
Eidson RoadTexas townsU.S. towns
Median household income$34,000$69,000$80,000
Average trip to work22 minutes25 minutes25 minutes

Where working residents work

In Eidson Road7%
Eagle Pass30%
San Antonio10%
Rosita7%
Del Rio4%
36 mi
median commute distance
2,117
jobs based in Eidson Road
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
C−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Mild winters and hot summers in Eidson Road

The Eagle Pass 3n weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 151 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. January nights average 41.1°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 98.4°.

Eidson Road has warm winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Snow is almost unheard of.

99°summer high
Eidson RoadTexas townsU.S. towns
July high98°F95°F85°F
January low41°F37°F22°F

Typical low → high °F

Winter43–68°
Spring60–85°
Summer75–98°
Fall60–84°
Dec 1
typical first frost
Feb 19
typical last frost
+1.0°
vs. the 20th-century average
99°
typical summer high

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

HousingCost of living grade B

A home in Eidson Road sells for about $185K at the median

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.

85% of Eidson Road households own their home.

$185Kmedian sale price
Eidson RoadTexas townsU.S. towns
Households that own their home85%69%73%
Median rent$819 a month$1,208 a month$1,185 a month
1
homes sold in May

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Eidson Road

15pages on Eidson Road
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Eidson Road; the nearest are

About Eidson Road

CDP in Texas, United States

Eidson Road is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maverick County, Texas, United States. The population was 9,461 at the 2020 census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
7.3 sq mi
Elevation
751 ft

Eidson Road’s neighbors

2 towns share a border with Eidson Road.

Explore the map →
How the neighbors grade
TownTX rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Eidson Road#501DB—C+D−
Eagle Pass#558DDCC+C−
Rosita#377C−A—C+D

Eidson Road and Rosita report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Eidson Road with a neighbor →

Questions about Eidson Road

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Eidson Road, TX a good place to live?

Eidson Road grades D overall, better than 9% of U.S. towns and #501 of 640 in Texas. It grades D− for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.

Is Eidson Road, TX expensive?

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.