La BlancaTX
A town of 2,998, settled in 1927.
Is La Blanca a good place to live?
La Blanca gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $141K for a typical one, or 2.6 years of the McAllen metro’s $54K median household income. It grades C− overall, 400th of 640 graded towns in Texas. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 95% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 66% of U.S. communities, with cold waves at the top. La Blanca’s January low is 50°F, above both Texas’ towns (37°F) and U.S. towns (22°F). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 92% of U.S. towns. On history, just 43 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse.
What makes La Blanca stand out
Where La Blanca beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
La Blanca has shrunk 17% from 2010 to 2020
2,488 counted in 2010 and 2,078 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How La Blanca grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far La Blanca is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to La Blanca: who provides what
La Blanca is unincorporated, so Hidalgo 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in La Blanca.
La Blanca has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, has homes that are cheap against local pay and sends most of its workers to Edinburg and beyond.
More of La Blanca’s adults worry about having enough food than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
46% of La Blanca adults worry about having enough food. La Blanca beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 21. 39% of La Blanca adults say their health is fair or poor.
| La Blanca | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 30% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 20% | 14% |
| What stands out | La Blanca | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 45.5% | 19.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
La Blanca earns an A− for cost of living
At 2.6 years of the McAllen metro’s $54K median household income, the typical home (about $141K) costs less against local pay than in 81% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living. Values rose 6.1% in the past year while the Texas typical home fell 1.5%.
Typical home values rose 6.1% in the year to September 2026. La Blanca’s median rent is $923 a month.
| La Blanca | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $923 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 69% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
La Blanca stands out in Texas and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
La Blanca has 71 jobs for its 621 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.3% of working residents work locally in La Blanca. Jobs based in La Blanca grew to 71 in 2023, 68 more than in 2013. 19% of residents live below the poverty line in La Blanca.
| La Blanca | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $56,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in La Blanca
The Santa Rosa 3 Wnw weather station, 10 miles away, records that about 166 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. January nights average 50°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 96.9°.
La Blanca has warm winters and hot summers. The July high in La Blanca is 97°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Cold waves leads a high hazard risk in La Blanca
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around La Blanca. Close and well known come first.
9 mi Stadium & arenaBert Ogden Arena
18 mi Stadium & arenaPayne Arena
39 mi National Historical ParkPalo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park169K visitors a year8 mi MuseumMuseum of South Texas History
14 mi GardenMcAllen Botanical GardensPhoto credits
Bert Ogden Arena: Wikidude10000, CC0 · Payne Arena: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park: Schmorleitz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · McAllen Botanical Gardens: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, United States, CC BY 3.0 us
Everything we know about La Blanca
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of La Blanca
About 5 of every 100 La Blanca residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
100% of working residents leave La Blanca for work
Where La Blanca’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About La Blanca
Census-designated place in Texas
La Blanca is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,078 at the 2020 United States Census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 4.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 69 ft
- ZIP code
- 78558
- Area code
- 956
Questions about La Blanca
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is La Blanca, TX a good place to live?
La Blanca grades C− overall, better than 18% of U.S. towns and #400 of 640 in Texas. It grades D for health and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is La Blanca, TX expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.