MunizTX
A town of 1,601.
Is Muniz a good place to live?
Muniz’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for health. Muniz’s January low is 50°F, where Texas’ towns sit at 37°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. On health, just 1 of Texas’ 998 towns do worse. Muniz's schools rank behind 80% of the state's. On the outdoors, just 25 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Muniz has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Muniz has grown 16% from 2010 to 2020
1,370 counted in 2010 and 1,593 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Muniz grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Muniz is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Muniz: who provides what
Muniz 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 Muniz.
A larger share of adults in Muniz have obesity than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
In Muniz, 51% of adults worry about having enough food, above both the Texas town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (14%). For adults locally, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 24%. Of the 642 Texas towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Muniz. This Texas town beats the Texas average on 2 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 24.
| Muniz | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 24% | 19% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 52% | 37% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Muniz | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 2.7% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 18.8% | 21.6% |
| More uninsured adults | 51.2% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Muniz has 0.0 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
The share of residents in Muniz who live below the poverty line: 21%. The top destinations are McAllen (19%), Edinburg (15%) and Pharr (6%). For half of commuters, work is under 10 miles away.
| Muniz | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Muniz faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by cold waves
For Muniz, the FEMA risk score is 65 of 100. FEMA puts 38% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to cold waves, and 35% to hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Muniz. Close and well known come first.
5 mi Stadium & arenaBert Ogden Arena
13 mi Stadium & arenaPayne Arena5 mi MuseumMuseum of South Texas History
10 mi GardenMcAllen Botanical Gardens
15 mi TheatreBorder TheaterPhoto credits
Bert Ogden Arena: Wikidude10000, CC0 · Payne Arena: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · McAllen Botanical Gardens: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, United States, CC BY 3.0 us · Border Theater: Andres Gonzalez, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Muniz
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Muniz
About 1 of every 100 Muniz residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
100% of working residents leave Muniz for work
Where Muniz’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Muniz
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Muniz, 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.