Mila DoceTX
7,731 people live in this town in Texas.
Is Mila Doce a good place to live?
Several subjects drag its grade down. Its weakest is health: on CDC estimates, its residents' health ranks in the bottom 2% nationally. Overall, Mila Doce earns a D, which places it 452nd of 640 in Texas. Nationally, it does better than 14% of U.S. towns. Cost of living is its strong suit: a typical home costs about $68K, 1.2 years of the McAllen metro’s $54K median household income. It also trails on incomes: the median household income is $51K, and 32% of residents live below the poverty line. Walkability is weaker too. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES.
99% of working residents leave Mila Doce for work
Where Mila Doce’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Mila Doce grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Mila Doce is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for cost of living (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D− for health (better than 1%), so the D overall blends very different results.
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Moving to Mila Doce: who provides what
Mila Doce 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 Mila Doce.
Mila Doce has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it has poverty well above the Texas rate.
Mila Doce stands out in Texas and nationally: a larger share of its adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance
50% of adults have obesity in Mila Doce, where Texas’ towns sit at 37% and U.S. towns at 35%. The share of adults in Mila Doce who had a checkup this year: 70%. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Mila Doce is ahead of Texas on 1 and behind on 24. Also worth knowing: only 5 of the 641 Texas towns we compare have a higher share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Mila Doce.
| Mila Doce | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 24% | 19% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 50% | 37% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mila Doce | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.5% | 6.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 50.6% | 19.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mila Doce sends most of its workers out of town
Mila Doce has 315 jobs for its 1,872 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Only 1% of working residents stay in Mila Doce for work; the rest commute out. 32% of residents live below the poverty line locally, against 12% in Texas’ towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. The town’s average commute comes in at 23 minutes. The top destinations are Weslaco (19%), McAllen (11%) and Edinburg (7%).
| Mila Doce | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 32% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $51,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: high risk in Mila Doce, mostly cold waves
16 flood insurance claims have been paid in Mila Doce since 2018. On expected storm and flood damage, Mila Doce sits above 72% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 35% come from cold waves and 32% from hurricanes. One declared disaster, in 2018, has brought federal aid to Mila Doce households.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Mila Doce
The Santa Rosa 3 Wnw weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 166 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. January nights average 50.3°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 96.7°.
Snow is a rarity. The January low for Mila Doce comes to 50°F.
| Mila Doce | 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
The median rent in Mila Doce is lower than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
At 1.2 years of the McAllen metro’s $54K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in any other Texas town; that ratio is one input to its A+ for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,049, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
81% of households live in a home they own in Mila Doce.
| Mila Doce | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $640 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 81% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mila Doce. Close and well known come first.
13 mi Stadium & arenaBert Ogden Arena
37 mi LandmarkFort Brown
36 mi Zoo & aquariumGladys Porter Zoo
19 mi Stadium & arenaPayne Arena
32 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 Mila Doce
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mila Doce
About 3 of every 100 Mila Doce residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Mila Doce
Census-designated place in Texas
Mila Doce ("Mile Twelve" in Spanish, from the name of the road it adjoins) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,162 at the 2020 United States Census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 3.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 59 ft
Mila Doce’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Mila Doce.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mila Doce | #452 | D | A+ | — | C+ | D− |
| Olivarez | #536 | D | B+ | — | C+ | D− |
| Weslaco | #608 | D− | C | D | C+ | C− |
Mila Doce and Olivarez report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mila Doce with a neighbor →
Questions about Mila Doce
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mila Doce, TX a good place to live?
Mila Doce grades D overall, better than 14% of U.S. towns and #452 of 640 in Texas. It grades D− for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Mila Doce, TX expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $68,000, 77% below the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.