PalmhurstTX
A town of 2,562, incorporated in 1966.
Is Palmhurst a good place to live?
Palmhurst grades D overall, 489th of 640 graded towns in Texas, mostly because of safety. Its crime rate is higher than 98% of U.S. towns, with 4 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. What it does well: the median household earns $98K. Palmhurst’s property crime rate is 61.9 per 1,000 residents, above both the Texas town median (10.7) and the median of U.S. towns (9.9). Palmhurst's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 100% of U.S. towns. On history, just 70 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse.
Every workday, about 1,478 people come to Palmhurst for work
Where Palmhurst’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Palmhurst grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Palmhurst is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Palmhurst: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Palmhurst, 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 Palmhurst.
Palmhurst draws workers from McAllen and beyond and has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, but it reports property crime at 3 times the Texas rate.
Palmhurst earns a D− for safety
Property crime runs at 61.9 per 1,000 residents, 3 times the Texas rate, most of it theft. Reported crimes fell from 228 to 165 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Palmhurst reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 98% report less.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Public schools in Palmhurst beat 53% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Mission CISD. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurla M Midkiff ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 657 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Palmhurst
1,496 jobs are based in Palmhurst, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 18.1 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Most working residents leave Palmhurst for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Palmhurst is 18 minutes. Since 2013, Palmhurst has added 854 jobs, to 1,496 in 2023.
| Palmhurst | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.3% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Palmhurst is less healthy than 74% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,849 U.S. towns with household incomes like Palmhurst’s, it is less healthy than 93%, so it trails even them.
Palmhurst beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 28% of Palmhurst adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Palmhurst | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 24% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 20% | 14% |
| What stands out | Palmhurst | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 78.2% | 74.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 28.2% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Palmhurst faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 68% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Palmhurst has mild winters and hot summers
The Mcallen weather station, 5 miles away, records that about 170 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. January nights average 49.6°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 97.7°.
Palmhurst has warm winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Palmhurst’s January low is 50°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Palmhurst | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 50°F | 37°F | 22°F |
| July high | 98°F | 95°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More children than Texas overall
Children under 18 are 31% of residents (25% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (24% statewide). 39% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Palmhurst.
| Palmhurst | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 23% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 14% | 18% |
| Median age | 35.2 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Palmhurst | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.1% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 17.4% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.6% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.5% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.6% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.7% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.3% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.7% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 15.9% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 15.1% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.1% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.6% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.6% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.6% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
The typical home in Palmhurst is valued at about $282K
Home values rose 26% in five years, to about $282K, against 10% across Texas.
The typical Palmhurst home is worth about $282,000, up 0.5% in a year, close to the Texas typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Bert Ogden Arena and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Palmhurst. Close and well known come first.
8 mi Stadium & arenaBert Ogden Arena10 mi Stadium & arenaRobert and Janet Vackar Stadium
10 mi Stadium & arenaPayne Arena9 mi MuseumMuseum of South Texas History
4 mi TheatreBorder Theater
5 mi GardenMcAllen Botanical GardensPhoto credits
Bert Ogden Arena: Wikidude10000, CC0 · Payne Arena: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Border Theater: Andres Gonzalez, CC BY-SA 4.0 · McAllen Botanical Gardens: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, United States, CC BY 3.0 us
Everything we know about Palmhurst
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Palmhurst
About 8 of every 100 Palmhurst residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Palmhurst
City in Texas
Palmhurst is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Palmhurst had a population of 2,601. 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
- 4.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 161 ft
- Area code
- 956
Palmhurst’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Palmhurst.
Questions about Palmhurst
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Palmhurst, TX a good place to live?
Palmhurst grades D overall, better than 10% of U.S. towns and #489 of 640 in Texas. It grades C for health, D− for safety and B− for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Palmhurst, TX expensive?
Yes. That is 5.2 years of the area's median household income ($54,338 across the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, 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 C−.