La VillaTX
A town of 3,257, settled in 1928.
Is La Villa a good place to live?
La Villa earns a D, 576th among Texas's 640 graded towns, mostly because of health and schools. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 96% of the country. Its public schools trail 94% of Texas towns on state tests and graduation. What it does well: a typical home costs about $116K, 2.1 years of the McAllen metro’s $54K median household income. 26% of residents live below the poverty line in La Villa, where Texas’ towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 99% of U.S. towns. On history, just 69 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse.
What makes La Villa stand out
Where La Villa beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
La Villa has grown 67% since 2010
1,957 counted in 2010 and 2,804 in 2020; an estimated 3,257 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 16.2% since 2020, after 43.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How La Villa grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far La Villa is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to La Villa: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in La Villa, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in La Villa.
La Villa has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
Fewer of La Villa’s adults had a checkup this year than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
Against the 714 U.S. towns with household incomes like La Villa’s, it is less healthy than 52%, so its D− isn’t only a matter of income.
66% of La Villa adults had a checkup this year. La Villa beats the Texas average on 2 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 20. 38% of La Villa adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| La Villa | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 24% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 20% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 66% | 74% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 18% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | La Villa | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.3% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 17.3% | 21.6% |
| More uninsured adults | 37.9% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
La Villa’s grade for schools is a D
Its public schools are run by La Villa ISD. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Bernabe Munoz ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 227 | D |
| La Villa Early College H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 179 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
La Villa’s grade for cost of living is an A−
At 2.1 years of the McAllen metro’s $54K median household income, the typical home (about $116K) costs less against local pay than in 91% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its A− for cost of living. Values rose 2.8% in the past year while the Texas typical home fell 1.5%.
84% of households own their home in La Villa. The typical La Villa home is worth about $116,000, 61% below the Texas typical home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Cold waves leads a high hazard risk in La Villa
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 71% of U.S. communities. Since 2008, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in La Villa.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
La Villa has mild winters and hot summers
The Santa Rosa 3 Wnw weather station 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 96.5°.
La Villa has warm winters and hot summers. La Villa’s January low is 50°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| La Villa | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 50°F | 37°F | 22°F |
| July high | 97°F | 95°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of La Villa
The average commute for its 728 working residents takes 19.6 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Most working residents leave La Villa for work: only 5% work in town. The average trip to work in La Villa is 20 minutes. Jobs based in La Villa grew to 698 in 2023, 669 more than in 2013.
| La Villa | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More crime per resident in La Villa than in 55% of U.S. towns
Reported crimes fell from 74 to 7 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Only 8 of the 488 Texas towns we compare have a lower property crime rate than La Villa.
| La Villa | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.5 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.6 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
| La Villa | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. La Villa Municipal Park | 0.1 mi | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around La Villa. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Stadium & arenaBert Ogden Arena
39 mi LandmarkFort Brown
38 mi Zoo & aquariumGladys Porter Zoo
23 mi Stadium & arenaPayne Arena
33 mi National Historical ParkPalo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park169K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Bert Ogden Arena: Wikidude10000, CC0 · Fort Brown: Pi3.124, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gladys Porter Zoo: Jc161991, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Payne Arena: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park: Schmorleitz, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about La Villa
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of La Villa; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 La Villa residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
About La Villa
City in Texas
La Villa is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,804 at the 2020 United States census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 52 ft
- ZIP code
- 78562
- Area code
- 956
Questions about La Villa
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is La Villa, TX a good place to live?
La Villa grades D overall, better than 5% of U.S. towns and #576 of 640 in Texas. It grades D− for health, B− for safety and D for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is La Villa, 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−.