ScissorsTX
A town of 4,267.
Is Scissors a good place to live?
Scissors earns a D, ranked 497th of 640 in Texas, mostly because of health and incomes. Residents are less healthy than 97% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household income is $41K, and 33% of residents live below the poverty line. In its favor, a typical home costs about $82K, 1.5 years of the McAllen metro’s $54K median household income. 33% of residents live below the poverty line in Scissors, above both Texas’ towns (12%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. Only 3 of the 642 Texas towns we compare have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Scissors.
Scissors has grown 18% from 2010 to 2020
3,186 counted in 2010 and 3,758 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Scissors grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Scissors is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Scissors: who provides what
Scissors 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Scissors.
Scissors is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has homes that are cheap against local pay and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
A larger share of adults say their health is fair or poor in Scissors than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
Against the 2,653 U.S. towns with household incomes like Scissors’s, it is less healthy than 82%, so its D− isn’t only a matter of income.
42% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Scissors. Scissors beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 22. 20% of adults report frequent physical distress in Scissors.
| Scissors | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Scissors | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.6% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 47.1% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Scissors
Scissors has 5 jobs for its 1,243 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Scissors for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are McAllen (13%), Weslaco (13%) and Donna (11%). The average trip to work in Scissors is 23 minutes.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Scissors faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by cold waves
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Scissors stands out in Texas and nationally: a typical January night there is milder
January nights average 50.4°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 97.1°.
Scissors’ January low is 50°F. Scissors has warm winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Scissors’ July high is 97°F.
| Scissors | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 50°F | 37°F | 22°F |
| July high | 97°F | 95°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Scissors sells for about $237K
At 1.5 years of the McAllen metro’s $54K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 97% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its A+ for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $712, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
84% of Scissors households own their home.
| Scissors | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $661 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 84% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Bert Ogden Arena and 8 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Scissors. Close and well known come first.
11 mi Stadium & arenaBert Ogden Arena12 mi Stadium & arenaRobert and Janet Vackar Stadium
12 mi Stadium & arenaPayne Arena
38 mi LandmarkFort Brown
38 mi Zoo & aquariumGladys Porter Zoo
36 mi National Historical ParkPalo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park169K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Bert Ogden Arena: Wikidude10000, CC0 · Payne Arena: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 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
Everything we know about Scissors
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Scissors
About 3 of every 100 Scissors residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
100% of working residents leave Scissors for work
Where Scissors’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Scissors
Census-designated place in Texas
Scissors is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,758 at the 2020 United States Census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 79 ft
Scissors’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Scissors.
Scissors reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Scissors with a neighbor →
Questions about Scissors
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Scissors, TX a good place to live?
Scissors grades D overall, better than 9% of U.S. towns and #497 of 640 in Texas. It grades D− for health and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Scissors, TX expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $82,000, 72% below the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.