Palm ValleyTX
A town of 1,340.
Is Palm Valley a good place to live?
The best of Palm Valley’s subject grades is an A− for incomes; the weakest is a D for cost of living. Palm Valley’s January low is 51°F, where Texas’ towns sit at 37°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. Only 6 of the 489 Texas towns we compare have a lower violent crime rate than Palm Valley. Palm Valley's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 100% of U.S. towns. Palm Valley has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,340 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Palm Valley grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Palm Valley is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Palm Valley: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Palm Valley, 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 Palm Valley.
A larger share of adults have diabetes in Palm Valley than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
21% of Palm Valley adults have diabetes, above both the Texas town median (13%) and the median of U.S. towns (12%). 46% of adults have high blood pressure in Palm Valley. Palm Valley beats the Texas average on 6 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 11.
| Palm Valley | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 35% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 16% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Palm Valley | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.1% | 17% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 13.9% | 16.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 11.8% | 5.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About two in five of Palm Valley’s working residents commute to Harlingen
Most working residents leave Palm Valley for work: only 2% work in town. 2.6% of Palm Valley residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Palm Valley grew to 351 in 2023, 89 more than in 2013.
| Palm Valley | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.6% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Palm Valley faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 72% of U.S. communities. Since 1991, 224 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Palm Valley.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Older than Texas overall
People 65 and older are 23% of residents (13% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (24% statewide). Palm Valley has lost 4.8% of its people since 2020, down to 1,340 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 42% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| Palm Valley | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 23% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 14% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 26% | 26% | 22% |
| Median age | 39.5 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.4 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women. Among residents 45 to 54, 65% are men (TX 50%).
| Palm Valley | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.7% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.5% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.9% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.5% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.6% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.2% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.8% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.9% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.9% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.3% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.8% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.6% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.3% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,300, single groups can be off by several points
In Palm Valley, expect mild winters and hot summers
Palm Valley has warm winters and hot summers. The July high in Palm Valley is 96°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical home in Palm Valley is valued at about $246K
The typical Palm Valley home is worth about $246,000, down 2.2% in a year, 17% below the Texas typical home.
| Palm Valley | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 81% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,340 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Crime reported in Palm Valley
Palm Valley's reported crime rate is well below Texas's. Palm Valley’s property crime rate is 4.5 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Everything we know about Palm Valley
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Palm Valley; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Palm Valley residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
98% of working residents leave Palm Valley for work
Where Palm Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Palm Valley
City in Texas, United States
Palm Valley is a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,413 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 43 ft
- Area code
- 956
Questions about Palm Valley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Palm Valley, TX expensive?
Yes. That is 4.7 years of the area's median household income ($52,601 across the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.