El QuioteTX
The town, home to 51 people, lies in Texas.
Is El Quiote a good place to live?
100% of residents live below the poverty line in El Quiote, against 12% in Texas’ towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Among 643 Texas towns, just 4 have a higher owner-occupancy rate than El Quiote. El Quiote has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
51 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in El Quiote.
Most of El Quiote’s workers leave town for work
The top destinations are Rio Grande City (15%), Roma (14%) and Mission (8%). Half of commuters travel less than 40 miles.
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 Quiote is hotter
El Quiote brings warm winters and hot summers, 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
More of El Quiote’s adults have diabetes than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
Two in five adults sleep under 7 hours in El Quiote. The town does better than the Texas average on 2 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 18.
| El Quiote | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | El Quiote | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.2% | 17% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 77.8% | 74.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 39.9% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in El Quiote, with cold waves at the top
Expected losses in El Quiote break down as 71% from cold waves and 19% from inland flooding. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage locally than in nearly three fifths of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about El Quiote
Moving to El Quiote: who provides what
El Quiote 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 Quiote for work
Where El Quiote’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of El Quiote; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 El Quiote residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
Questions about El Quiote
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Is El Quiote, TX a good place to live?
El Quiote has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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