San PedroTX
This town in Texas has a population of 446.
Is San Pedro a good place to live?
55% of residents live below the poverty line in San Pedro, above both the Texas town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Among 643 Texas towns, just 7 have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than San Pedro. San Pedro has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
446 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in San Pedro.
About two in five of San Pedro’s working residents commute to Brownsville
For half of commuters, work is under 11 miles away. The top destinations are Brownsville (43%), Harlingen (9%) and McAllen (5%). The mean commuting time in San Pedro is 25 minutes.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
San Pedro faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
San Pedro’s FEMA risk score is recorded as 76 of 100. FEMA puts 43% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 25% to cold waves. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2002.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers: that is San Pedro’s year
In San Pedro, the peak summer temperature is 95°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of adults 18 to 64 in San Pedro have no health insurance than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
73% of adults had a checkup this year in San Pedro. Of the 642 Texas towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who have diabetes than San Pedro. The town does better than the Texas average on 3 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 22.
| San Pedro | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | San Pedro | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.2% | 17% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.2% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 45.1% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in San Pedro sell for about $111K
The share of households in San Pedro who own their home is 85%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about San Pedro
Starbase and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around San Pedro. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Park & preserveStarbase
9 mi LandmarkFort Brown
7 mi Zoo & aquariumGladys Porter Zoo40 mi Stadium & arenaRobert and Janet Vackar Stadium
7 mi National Historical ParkPalo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park169K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Starbase: Jared Krahn, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Brown: Pi3.124, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gladys Porter Zoo: Jc161991, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park: Schmorleitz, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to San Pedro: who provides what
San Pedro is unincorporated, so Cameron 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.
100% of working residents leave San Pedro for work
Where San Pedro’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of San Pedro
About 5 of every 100 San Pedro residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
Questions about San Pedro
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Is San Pedro, TX a good place to live?
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