Monte AltoTX
Home to 2,350 people, this town lies in Texas.
Is Monte Alto a good place to live?
Monte Alto’s weakest subject grade is a D for health. 67% of residents live below the poverty line in Monte Alto, where Texas’ towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Only 87 of Texas’ 998 towns score lower on health. The median household income is $30K, and 67% of residents live below the poverty line. Monte Alto has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
97% of working residents leave Monte Alto for work
Where Monte Alto’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Monte Alto grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Monte Alto is from typical.
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Moving to Monte Alto: who provides what
Monte Alto 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 Monte Alto.
Health in Monte Alto trails 94% of U.S. towns
Monte Alto: just over a fifth of adults have been diagnosed with depression. In Monte Alto, a fifth of adults have diabetes, and 43% get no exercise outside work.
| Monte Alto | 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) | 35% | 20% | 14% |
| What stands out | Monte Alto | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.2% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 42.8% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Monte Alto’s public schools trail 74% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Monte Alto ISD. Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Garate ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 386 | C |
| Monte Alto H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 255 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Monte Alto has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Half of commuters travel less than 18 miles. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Monte Alto dropped by 115, to 284. Just 3% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Its average commute comes in at 22 minutes.
| Monte Alto | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Monte Alto is cold waves, at a high overall level
FEMA puts 56% of Monte Alto’s expected hazard losses down to cold waves, and 20% to hurricanes. On expected storm and flood damage, Monte Alto sits above 71% of U.S. communities. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 8 declared disasters, most recently in 2025.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Monte Alto, expect mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 97°, January nights drop to 50° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in Monte Alto sell for about $149K
The rent at the middle of the market for Monte Alto comes to $927 a month. Among households in the town, 79% live in a home they own.
| Monte Alto | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 79% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $927 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Monte Alto. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Stadium & arenaBert Ogden Arena
24 mi Stadium & arenaPayne Arena
38 mi National Historical ParkPalo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park169K visitors a year13 mi MuseumMuseum of South Texas History
20 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 Monte Alto
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Monte Alto
About 1 of every 100 Monte Alto residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Monte Alto
Census-designated place in Texas
Monte Alto is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,930 at the 2020 census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 52 ft
- Area code
- 956
Questions about Monte Alto
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Monte Alto, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $89,000, 70% 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 B−.