RositaTX
The town has 2,933 residents and lies in Texas.
Is Rosita a good place to live?
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Its weakest is health (D) — residents are less healthy than 95% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. It also trails on incomes: the median household income is $37K, and just over one in ten residents live below the poverty line. Cost of living is where it shines: a typical home costs about $131K, 2.6 years of the Eagle Pass metro’s $50K median household income. The overall grade comes out at C−, better than 22% of U.S. towns. That places it 377th of 640 in Texas. Rosita’s concentration of trails is 3.1 miles per square mile, where Texas’ towns sit at 0.3 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than just over four fifths of U.S. towns.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · OpenStreetMap.
What makes Rosita stand out
Where Rosita beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Rosita has grown 30% from 2010 to 2020
2,704 counted in 2010 and 3,501 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Rosita grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Rosita is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Rosita: who provides what
Rosita is unincorporated, so Maverick 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 Rosita.
Rosita carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Texas (mostly inland flooding), has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than towns with similar incomes.
Conservation land takes up 0.1% of Rosita
The biggest place to walk is Turk Ranch, 463 acres with 8.4 miles of trail. Trails total 25 miles in 3 parks and preserves. Among 579 Texas towns, just 10 have a higher concentration of trails than Rosita.
| Rosita | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 3.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Turk Ranch | 8.4 mi | 463 |
| 2. Bowles Ranch | 5.6 mi | 349 |
| 3. Los Guajillos Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On state tests, Rosita’s schools trail 58% of Texas districts
Eagle Pass ISD runs its public schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The 2 public schools in Rosita teach 836 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosita Valley ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades 1–6 | Grades 1–6 | 473 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Rosita stands out in Texas and nationally: a smaller share of its adults had a checkup this year
Against the 1,714 U.S. towns with household incomes like Rosita’s, it is less healthy than 63%, so its D isn’t only a matter of income.
The share of adults in Rosita who have high blood pressure: 32%. This Texas town beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 19. In Rosita, 41% of adults get no exercise outside work, and 39% worry about having enough food.
| Rosita | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 24% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 30% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 20% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 18% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Rosita | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.8% | 6.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 39.1% | 19.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very low risk in Rosita, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 95% of Texas towns; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
In Rosita, the FEMA risk score is 10 of 100. 68% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by heat waves at 9%. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2021.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A typical July afternoon in Rosita is hotter than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
The Eagle Pass 3n weather station, 10 miles away, records that about 151 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. January nights average 40.9°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 98.5°.
Rosita brings warm winters and hot summers, with very little rain. In Rosita, the January low is 41°F. Snow almost never falls.
| Rosita | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 99°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 41°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A job hub: Rosita has 1.5 jobs for every working resident and draws in 1,399 commuters
Jobs based here fell from 2,458 in 2013 to 1,758.
The top destinations are Eagle Pass (20%), San Antonio (9%) and Eidson Road (3%). Employers in Rosita shed 700 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,758. For working residents here, the share who work locally is 30%. The median commute is under 7 miles.
| Rosita | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 30% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median home in Rosita sells for about $226K
At 2.6 years of the Eagle Pass metro’s $50K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 81% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,477, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Only 7 of the 613 Texas towns we compare have a lower rent at the middle of the market than Rosita. In Rosita, 79% of households are owner-occupiers.
| Rosita | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $586 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 79% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Rosita
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Rosita; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Rosita residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
25 miles of trails in Rosita
0.1% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
About Rosita
CDP in Texas, United States
Rosita, formerly known as Rosita South, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maverick County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,501 as of the 2020 census. The Kickapoo Indian Reservation of Texas is located within the community.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 8.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 771 ft
Rosita’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Rosita.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosita | #377 | C− | A | — | C+ | D |
| Eidson Road | #501 | D | B | — | C+ | D− |
Rosita and Eidson Road report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Rosita with a neighbor →
Questions about Rosita
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Rosita, TX a good place to live?
Rosita grades C− overall, better than 22% of U.S. towns and #377 of 640 in Texas. It grades D for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Rosita, TX expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $131,000, 56% below the Texas typical home.