El CastilloTX
Some 566 people live in this town, in Texas.
Is El Castillo a good place to live?
62% of residents live below the poverty line in El Castillo, above both Texas’ towns (12%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). No town among the 643 in Texas we compare has a lower median age than El Castillo. El Castillo 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 El Castillo.
El Castillo sends most of its workers out of town
The top destinations are Rio Grande City (21%), Mission (8%) and La Joya (5%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, a typical July afternoon in El Castillo is hotter
The seasons in El Castillo: warm winters, hot summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 99°, January nights drop to 49° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More of El Castillo’s adults get no exercise outside work than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
21% of adults have diabetes in El Castillo. This Texas town beats the Texas average on 2 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 16. Among 642 Texas towns, just 10 have a higher share of adults who worry about having enough food than El Castillo.
| El Castillo | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | El Castillo | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.3% | 6.1% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.5% | 17% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 46.7% | 19.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in El Castillo: cold waves
FEMA puts just over three fifths of El Castillo’s expected hazard losses down to cold waves, and 24% to inland flooding. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about El Castillo
Moving to El Castillo: who provides what
El Castillo is unincorporated, so Starr 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 El Castillo for work
Where El Castillo’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of El Castillo; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 El Castillo residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About El Castillo
Place in Texas, United States
El Castillo (in Spanish: Castle) is a census-designated place located in Starr County, Texas, United States. It is a new CDP, formed from part of the old La Victoria CDP for the 2010 census. As of the 2020 census, El Castillo had a population of 219.
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