Is Salida del Sol Estates a good place to live?
The weak point is health (D−) — residents are less healthy than 96% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Walkability is weaker too. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 99% of U.S. towns. Its best grade is for cost of living (B): a typical home costs about $97K, 1.8 years of the McAllen metro’s $54K median household income. Overall, that makes a D−, good for 619th of 640 in Texas. It comes out better than 2% of U.S. towns. Incomes are weaker too (D) — the median household income is $36K, and 43% of residents live below the poverty line. Salida del Sol Estates’ January low is 49°F, against 37°F in Texas’ towns and 22°F across U.S. towns.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · NOAA normals, 1991–2020.
How Salida del Sol Estates grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Salida del Sol Estates is from typical.
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99% of working residents leave Salida del Sol Estates for work
Where Salida del Sol Estates’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Salida del Sol Estates.
Salida del Sol Estates has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has poverty well above the Texas rate.
Fewer of Salida del Sol Estates’ adults had a checkup this year than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
Against the 1,446 U.S. towns with household incomes like Salida del Sol Estates’s, it is less healthy than 70%, so its D− isn’t only a matter of income.
Only 4 of the 641 Texas towns we compare have a higher share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Salida del Sol Estates. 44% of Salida del Sol Estates adults get no exercise outside work. CDC measures, 31 in all: Salida del Sol Estates beats Texas on 4 and trails on 21.
| Salida del Sol Estates | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 24% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 30% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 20% | 14% |
| What stands out | Salida del Sol Estates | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 2.5% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 15.7% | 21.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 34.9% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Salida del Sol Estates’ schools rank behind 65% of Texas districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. La Joya ISD runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Javier Saenz MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 601 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, more of Salida del Sol Estates’ residents live below the poverty line
Salida del Sol Estates has 140 jobs for its 1,377 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 18.1 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
The top destinations are McAllen (14%), Mission (11%) and Edinburg (7%). The average trip to work in Salida del Sol Estates is 18 minutes. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 1% of working residents work locally. Jobs based in Salida del Sol Estates grew to 140 in 2023, 76 more than in 2013.
| Salida del Sol Estates | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 43% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Salida del Sol Estates has mild winters and hot summers
The Mcallen weather station, 15 miles away, records that about 170 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. January nights average 49.4°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 98°.
In Salida del Sol Estates, the midsummer high is 98°F. It almost never snows.
| Salida del Sol Estates | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 49°F | 37°F | 22°F |
| July high | 98°F | 95°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: high risk in Salida del Sol Estates, mostly cold waves
Salida del Sol Estates’ natural-hazard score from FEMA comes in at 65 of 100. 43% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from cold waves, followed by inland flooding at 22%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Salida del Sol Estates
Bert Ogden Arena and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Salida del Sol Estates. Close and well known come first.
18 mi Stadium & arenaBert Ogden Arena20 mi Stadium & arenaRobert and Janet Vackar Stadium
19 mi Stadium & arenaPayne Arena18 mi MuseumMuseum of South Texas History
11 mi TheatreBorder Theater
15 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
Moving to Salida del Sol Estates: who provides what
Salida del Sol Estates is unincorporated, so Hidalgo 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.
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Salida del Sol Estates
About 3 of every 100 Salida del Sol Estates residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Salida del Sol Estates
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Salida del Sol Estates is a colonia and census-designated place (CDP) in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 6,496. It is situated in the southwestern part of the county, 6 miles (10 km) north of U.S. Route 83 in Penitas and 18 miles (29 km) west of Edinburg, the county seat.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 230 ft
Questions about Salida del Sol Estates
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Salida del Sol Estates, TX a good place to live?
Salida del Sol Estates grades D− overall, better than 2% of U.S. towns and #619 of 640 in Texas. It grades D− for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Salida del Sol Estates, TX expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
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