Rio BravoTX
A town of 4,523.
Is Rio Bravo a good place to live?
Rio Bravo gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $128K for a typical one, or 2 years of the Laredo metro’s $63K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 251st among Texas's 640 graded towns. The low prices come with trade-offs. On CDC health estimates it is near the bottom nationally, and the median household income is $46K, and 33% of residents live below the poverty line. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. 33% of residents live below the poverty line in Rio Bravo, above both the Texas town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Rio Bravo's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 100% of U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 85% of U.S. towns.
What makes Rio Bravo stand out
Where Rio Bravo beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Typical home value
| Widest gap | Rio Bravo | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 49.5% | 19.1% |
99% of working residents leave Rio Bravo for work
Where Rio Bravo’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Rio Bravo grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Rio Bravo is from typical.
Its grades run from A for cost of living (better than 92% of comparable towns) to D− for health (better than 1%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
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Moving to Rio Bravo: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Rio Bravo, 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 Rio Bravo.
Rio Bravo carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Texas (mostly inland flooding), has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
More of Rio Bravo’s adults say their health is fair or poor than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
46% of Rio Bravo adults say their health is fair or poor. Only 3 of the 641 Texas towns we compare have a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Rio Bravo. 21% of Rio Bravo adults report frequent mental distress.
| Rio Bravo | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 24% | 19% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 37% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Rio Bravo | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.8% | 6.1% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.9% | 17% |
| More uninsured adults | 49.5% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Rio Bravo’s grade for cost of living is an A
At 2 years of the Laredo metro’s $63K median household income, the typical home (about $128K) costs less against local pay than in 92% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living. Values rose 12.8% in the past year while the Texas typical home fell 1.5%.
The median rent in Rio Bravo is $724 a month. Typical home values rose 13% in the year to September 2026.
| Rio Bravo | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $724 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 74% | 69% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Rio Bravo faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 90% of Texas towns; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Rio Bravo’s FEMA risk score is 14 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About two in three of Rio Bravo’s working residents commute to Laredo
Rio Bravo has 84 jobs for its 1,431 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 34 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Most working residents leave Rio Bravo for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Rio Bravo has lost 62 jobs, to 84 in 2023. The top destinations are Laredo (63%), San Antonio (6%) and Austin (2%).
| Rio Bravo | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $46,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical July afternoon in Rio Bravo is hotter than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
The Laredo 2 weather station, 14 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 329 days, longer than in 97% of U.S. towns. The Laredo 2 weather station, 14 miles away, records that about 178 days a year reach 90°, more than in 100% of U.S. towns.
Only 3 of the 642 Texas towns we compare have a higher July high than Rio Bravo. Rio Bravo has warm winters and hot summers, with very little rain.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Rio Bravo | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rio Bravo park | 0.1 mi | 3 |
| 2. Parque Fundadora | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Rio Bravo
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Rio Bravo
About 4 of every 100 Rio Bravo residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
Rio Bravo’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Rio Bravo.
Rio Bravo reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Rio Bravo with a neighbor →
Questions about Rio Bravo
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rio Bravo, TX a good place to live?
Rio Bravo grades C+ overall, better than 39% of U.S. towns and #251 of 640 in Texas. It grades D− for health and B+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Rio Bravo, 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.