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Kingsville earns a D−, ranked 605th of 640 in Texas, mostly because of schools and incomes. Its public schools trail 92% of Texas towns on state tests and graduation. The median household income is $58K, and 31% of residents live below the poverty line. What it does well: it is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. 31% of residents live below the poverty line in Kingsville, above both Texas’ towns (12%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 23 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score lower on hazard risk. Kingsville is home to Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
Where Kingsville beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| College | Students |
|---|---|
| Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 5,782 |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Harvey El | PK–5 | 486 |
| Santa Gertrudis School | PK–8 | 433 |
| Perez El | PK–5 | 364 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Kingsville is from typical.
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Census counts: 4,770 in 1920, 25,402 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1853 and 2 maps from 1954 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Kingsville, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Kingsville.
Kingsville has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Texas (mostly cold waves).
Its public schools are run by Kingsville ISD. Three of its 9 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 486 | C− |
| H M King H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 918 | D |
| Santa Gertrudis SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 433 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
At 2.3 years of the Kingsville area’s $61K median household income, the typical home (about $142K) costs less against local pay than in 87% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,967, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Kingsville home is worth about $142,000, down 1.9% in a year, 52% below the Texas typical home. 44% of households own their home in Kingsville.
| Kingsville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 44% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,037 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 98% of Texas towns, with expected losses of about $1,064 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on. 209 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 15 properties have flooded more than once.
Kingsville’s FEMA risk score is 85 of 100. Since 1980, 209 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Kingsville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 8,386 U.S. towns with household incomes like Kingsville’s, it is less healthy than 63%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
Kingsville beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 29% of Kingsville adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Kingsville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 20% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Kingsville | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.7% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 28.5% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Reported crimes fell from 621 to 355 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The Kingsville weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 329 days, longer than in 96% of U.S. towns. The Kingsville weather station records that about 145 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns.
Kingsville has warm winters and hot summers. The July high in Kingsville is 95°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 9,782 working residents takes 18.7 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
About one in 3 of Kingsville’s working residents works in town. Since 2013, Kingsville has lost 821 jobs, to 7,764 in 2023. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (15%), Alice (4%) and Houston (3%).
| Kingsville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 6% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
1.1 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Kleberg Park, at 197 acres.
| Kingsville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.8% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kleberg Park | 0.3 mi | 197 |
| 2. Flato Park | — | 3 |
| 3. Flores Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Kingsville
College town 18 of every 100 Kingsville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
4 places in Kingsville on the National Register of Historic Places.
26 notable people were born in Kingsville.
City in Texas, United States
Kingsville is a city in the southern region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Kleberg County. Located on the U.S. Route 77 corridor between Corpus Christi and Harlingen, Kingsville is the principal city of the Kingsville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Corpus Christi-Kingsville Combined Statistical Area. The population was 25,402 at the 2020 census, and in 2022 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population at 24,833. Named in honor of Richard King, the city was founded to provide infrastructure for the adjacent King Ranch, as well as serve as the headquarters of the newly founded St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway. In 1904, the first track…
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Kingsville grades D− overall, better than 3% of U.S. towns and #605 of 640 in Texas. It grades C− for health, C for safety and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 2.3 years of the area's median household income ($61,292 across the Kingsville, TX area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
26 notable people were born here, including Steve Denton and Javier Peña.
