Rancho AlegreTX
A town of 1,337.
Is Rancho Alegre a good place to live?
The best of Rancho Alegre’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for health. 24% of residents live below the poverty line in Rancho Alegre, above both Texas’ towns (12%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 27 of Texas’ 998 towns score higher on cost of living. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. Rancho Alegre has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Rancho Alegre has shrunk 17% from 2010 to 2020
1,704 counted in 2010 and 1,415 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Rancho Alegre grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Rancho Alegre is from typical.
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Moving to Rancho Alegre: who provides what
Rancho Alegre is unincorporated, so Jim Wells 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 Rancho Alegre.
A larger share of adults say their health is fair or poor in Rancho Alegre than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
44% of Rancho Alegre adults say their health is fair or poor, above both the Texas town median (24%) and the median of U.S. towns (19%). 22% of Rancho Alegre adults report frequent physical distress. Rancho Alegre beats the Texas average on 3 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 21.
| Rancho Alegre | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 24% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 52% | 30% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 20% | 14% |
| What stands out | Rancho Alegre | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.7% | 17% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.2% | 6.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 36.5% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Rancho Alegre’s workers commute out
Rancho Alegre’s average trip to work is 17 minutes. The top destinations are Alice (33%), Corpus Christi (14%) and Houston (5%). Rancho Alegre’s median household income is $49,000.
| Rancho Alegre | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 17 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $49,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Rancho Alegre has mild winters and hot summers
Rancho Alegre has warm winters and hot summers. The July high in Rancho Alegre is 97°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Rancho Alegre, with cold waves at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 25 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Rancho Alegre.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Rancho Alegre
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Rancho Alegre; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Rancho Alegre residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
1,337 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Questions about Rancho Alegre
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rancho Alegre, TX expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $51,000. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.