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Rancho BanqueteTX

Some 131 people live in this town, in Texas.

Is Rancho Banquete a good place to live?

Rancho Banquete’s January low is 47°F, where Texas’ towns sit at 37°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. Rancho Banquete has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

Small town

131 people, and everyone knows the way

In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.

Nearby towns
Getting set up

Moving to Rancho Banquete: who provides what

Rancho Banquete is unincorporated, so Nueces County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerNueces Electric Cooperative11.3¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterNueces WSCNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & county servicesNueces CountyNueces County provides services here
SchoolsBanquete Independent School DistrictAgua Dulce Independent School District2 districts serve Rancho Banquete; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteIn personTexas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereNueces County Early Voting ClerkNueces County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2025
ZIP code7838078380 100%Census 2020

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 Banquete.

Work & commute

Rancho Banquete has 0.0 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work

Half the trips to work are shorter than 27 miles. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (41%), Alice (6%) and Robstown (5%).

0%work in town

Where working residents work

In Rancho Banquete0%
Corpus Christi41%
Alice6%
Robstown5%
Kingsville4%
27 mi
median commute distance
4
jobs based in Rancho Banquete
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Natural hazards

Rancho Banquete has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from hurricanes

FEMA puts just over a third of the town’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 24% to inland flooding. Rancho Banquete’s natural-hazard score from FEMA works out to 78 of 100.

78risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
78High riskLowerHigher
HurricanesInland floodingDrought

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Climate

Rancho Banquete has mild winters and hot summers

July afternoons reach 96°, January nights drop to 47° and snow is almost unheard of.

97°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter49–70°
Spring63–84°
Summer75–96°
Fall63–85°
+1.6°
vs. the 20th-century average
97°
typical summer high

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

A smaller share of adults in Rancho Banquete have been diagnosed with depression than in the typical Texas or U.S. town

Rancho Banquete does better than the Texas average on 6 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 2. 30% of Rancho Banquete adults have high blood pressure.

Rancho BanqueteTypical Texas townTypical U.S. town
No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES)27%18%8.1%
Binge drink (CDC PLACES)20%17%16%
Depression (CDC PLACES)18%22%23%
Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES)72%74%79%
31 measures vs. Texas
6 better23 too close to call2 worse
What stands outRancho BanqueteTX
Fewer adults with COPD3.4%5.7%
Fewer adults who have had cancer4%6.1%
More uninsured adults27%19.1%
Christus Spohn Hospital Alice
18.6 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Housing

A home in Rancho Banquete sells for about $185K at the median

72% of households live in a home they own in Rancho Banquete.

$185Kmedian sale price
0
homes sold in September

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Outdoors

0% of Rancho Banquete is conserved land

1.2 miles of trail. Rancho Banquete’s concentration of trails is put at 0.4 miles per square mile.

0%conserved
0%
conserved · 0 of 1,827 acres
1.2 mi
of trails · 0.4 per sq mi

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Rancho Banquete

15pages on Rancho Banquete
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Rancho Banquete; the nearest are

A commuter town

100% of working residents leave Rancho Banquete for work

Where Rancho Banquete’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

41% → Corpus Christi Corpus Christi 41% 6% → Alice Alice 6% 5% → Robstown Robstown 5% 4% → Kingsville Kingsville 4% 4% → San Antonio San Antonio 4% 3% → Austin Austin 3% Rancho Banquete · 0% stay
4jobs based in Rancho Banquete
0%of working residents work in town
27 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Rancho Banquete

CDP in Texas, United States

Rancho Banquete is a census-designated place (CDP) in Nueces County, Texas, United States. The population was 459 at the 2020 census, down from 424 at the 2010 census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
2.9 sq mi
Elevation
92 ft

Questions about Rancho Banquete

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Rancho Banquete, TX a good place to live?

Rancho Banquete has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real. Some 131 people live in this town, in Texas.