Siesta ShoresTX
A town of 1,640.
Is Siesta Shores a good place to live?
The best of Siesta Shores’ subject grades is a B+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for incomes. 49% of residents live below the poverty line in Siesta Shores, above both Texas’ towns (12%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). On incomes, just 1 of Texas’ 990 towns do worse. On CDC health estimates it is near the bottom nationally. Siesta Shores has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Siesta Shores for work
Where Siesta Shores’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Siesta Shores grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Siesta Shores is from typical.
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Moving to Siesta Shores: who provides what
Siesta Shores is unincorporated, so Zapata 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 Siesta Shores.
Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, more of Siesta Shores’ adults smoke cigarettes
23% of Siesta Shores adults have diabetes, above both the Texas town median (13%) and the median of U.S. towns (12%). Among 642 Texas towns, just one has a higher share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Siesta Shores, and for adults locally, the share who sleep under 7 hours is 43%. Against the Texas average, Siesta Shores comes out ahead on 2 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 22.
| Siesta Shores | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 24% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Siesta Shores | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.1% | 6.1% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 13.7% | 17% |
| More uninsured adults | 48.8% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Siesta Shores’ workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
For most workers, Siesta Shores is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. Jobs in Siesta Shores grew by 68 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 98. The median household income for Siesta Shores comes to $35,000. The top destinations are Laredo (26%), Zapata (13%) and Falcon Lake Estates (9%).
| Siesta Shores | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $35,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Siesta Shores is cold waves, at a low overall level
FEMA puts 66% of Siesta Shores’s expected hazard losses down to cold waves, and 26% to inland flooding. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Siesta Shores stands out in Texas and nationally, with a typical July afternoon hotter than most
Siesta Shores brings warm winters and hot summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 100°, January nights drop to 47° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Siesta Shores sells for about $110K
For Siesta Shores, the going rate for rent is $758 a month. 67% of Siesta Shores households own their home.
| Siesta Shores | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $758 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 67% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Siesta Shores
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Siesta Shores; the nearest are
About 11 of every 100 Siesta Shores residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Siesta Shores
CDP in Texas, United States
Siesta Shores is a census-designated place (CDP) in Zapata County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,450 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 374 ft
Siesta Shores’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Siesta Shores.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siesta Shores | — | — | B+ | — | C− | D− |
| Falcon Lake Estates | — | — | C− | — | C− | D− |
| Falcon Mesa | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Siesta Shores and Falcon Lake Estates have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Siesta Shores and Falcon Lake Estates report no FBI crime data of their own. Falcon Mesa isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Siesta Shores with a neighbor →
Questions about Siesta Shores
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Siesta Shores, TX expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $66,000, 78% 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 B+.