El ChaparralTX
The town has 282 residents and lies in Texas.
Is El Chaparral a good place to live?
El Chaparral’s average trip to work is 42 minutes, where Texas’ towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Among 643 Texas towns, just 3 have a higher share of residents below the poverty line than El Chaparral. El Chaparral has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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El Chaparral has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in El Chaparral dropped by 36, to 15. The top destinations are Rio Grande City (23%), McAllen (12%) and Harlingen (6%). The median commute is under 35 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical July afternoon in El Chaparral is hotter than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
Winters in El Chaparral are warm and summers hot, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 99°, January nights drop to 48° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy El Chaparral is
The share of adults in El Chaparral who have high blood pressure is 38%. Across all 31 CDC measures, El Chaparral beats Texas on 2 and trails on 17. In El Chaparral, just over a fifth of adults have diabetes, and 20% report frequent physical distress.
| El Chaparral | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | El Chaparral | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.3% | 6.1% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 14% | 17% |
| More uninsured adults | 40.5% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
El Chaparral faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by cold waves
In El Chaparral, the FEMA risk score is 57 of 100. Nearly two thirds of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from cold waves, followed by inland flooding at 26%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about El Chaparral
Moving to El Chaparral: who provides what
El Chaparral 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 Chaparral for work
Where El Chaparral’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of El Chaparral; the nearest are
College town 16 of every 100 El Chaparral residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
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Is El Chaparral, TX a good place to live?
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