La PryorTX
The town, settled in 1910, counts 1,236 residents.
Is La Pryor a good place to live?
La Pryor’s weakest subject grade is a D− for incomes. La Pryor’s typical journey to work is 43 minutes, above both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On incomes, just 13 of Texas’ 990 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. La Pryor has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes La Pryor stand out
Where La Pryor beats most towns.
La Pryor has shrunk 21% from 2010 to 2020
1,643 counted in 2010 and 1,294 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How La Pryor grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far La Pryor is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to La Pryor: who provides what
La Pryor is unincorporated, so Zavala 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 Pryor.
Zillow puts the typical La Pryor home at about $105K
Values rose 8.4% in the 12 months to September 2026. The share of households in La Pryor who own their home: 74%.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
La Pryor’s schools rank behind 81% of Texas districts
La Pryor ISD runs its public schools. Its two schools are below. 2 public schools serve La Pryor, with 439 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Pryor ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 195 | C− |
| La Pryor SecondaryLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 244 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Health in La Pryor trails 87% of U.S. towns
Just over a fifth of adults in La Pryor have diabetes; 42% get no exercise outside work. CDC measures, 31 in all: La Pryor beats Texas on 3 and trails on 19. La Pryor: 35% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| La Pryor | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 30% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 20% | 14% |
| What stands out | La Pryor | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 14% | 17% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.5% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 34.6% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a very low hazard risk in La Pryor: drought
38% of La Pryor’s expected losses from natural hazards come from drought, followed by inland flooding at 20%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2007.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of La Pryor’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.6 jobs for each of them
For working residents in La Pryor, the share who work locally is 12%. This Texas town had 212 jobs in 2023, up 198 from 2013. Half commute less than 81 miles. The top destinations are San Antonio (19%), Uvalde (9%) and Crystal City (4%).
| La Pryor | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 24% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in La Pryor
July afternoons reach 98°, January nights drop to 41° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0% of La Pryor is conserved land
1.2 miles of trail. For La Pryor, the concentration of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about La Pryor
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of La Pryor; the nearest are
College town 15 of every 100 La Pryor residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
1,236 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Questions about La Pryor
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is La Pryor, TX expensive?
That is 2.8 years of the area's median household income ($36,749 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.