Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Sinton grades D overall, 496th of 640 graded towns in Texas, mostly because of health and incomes. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 92% of the country. The median household income is $52K, and 25% of residents live below the poverty line. What it does well: 9% of its land is conserved. 25% of residents live below the poverty line in Sinton, above both the Texas town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). On hazard risk, just 51 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. The biggest place to walk is Rob and Bessie Welder Park, 292 acres with 1.5 miles of trail.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Sinton is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,058 in 1920, 5,504 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1916 and 2 maps from 1954 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sinton, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Sinton.
Sinton has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Texas (mostly inland flooding).
44% of Sinton adults sleep under 7 hours. Sinton beats the Texas average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 21. 43% of Sinton adults get no exercise outside work.
| Sinton | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 24% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 30% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 20% | 14% |
| What stands out | Sinton | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.2% | 12.5% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 35.6% | 19.3% |
| More uninsured adults | 33.7% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by Sinton ISD. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Sinton H S, with 547 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welder ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 520 | – |
| Sinton H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 547 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
At 2.4 years of the Corpus Christi metro’s $67K median household income, the typical home (about $159K) costs less against local pay than in 84% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living. Values rose 4.4% in the past year while the Texas typical home fell 1.5%.
The typical Sinton home is worth about $159,000, 46% below the Texas typical home. 53% of households own their home in Sinton.
| Sinton | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 53% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $938 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of Texas towns; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on. 304 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 76 properties have flooded more than once.
Sinton’s FEMA risk score is 81 of 100. Since 1980, 304 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Sinton.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Sinton | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9.3% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rob and Bessie Welder Park | 1.5 mi | 292 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Reported crimes fell from 130 to 83 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The Sinton weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 324 days, longer than in 96% of U.S. towns. The Sinton weather station records that about 113 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns.
Sinton has warm winters and hot summers. The July high in Sinton is 94°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Sinton for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (24%), Houston (5%) and San Antonio (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.
| Sinton | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $52,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sinton. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi MuseumUSS Lexington
17 mi Zoo & aquariumTexas State Aquarium
37 mi National SeashorePadre Island National Seashore573K visitors a year
17 mi MuseumArt Museum of South Texas
27 mi GardenSouth Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature CenterUSS Lexington: USN, Public domain · Texas State Aquarium: Smcafee87, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Padre Island National Seashore: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Art Museum of South Texas: Jim Evans, CC BY-SA 4.0 · South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center: Phil Slattery, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Sinton; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Sinton residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
2 towns share a border with Sinton.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinton | #496 | D | B | C | B− | D |
| Morgan Farm | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rancho Chico | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Morgan Farm and Rancho Chico aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Sinton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Sinton grades D overall, better than 10% of U.S. towns and #496 of 640 in Texas. It grades D for health, C for safety and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 2.4 years of the area's median household income ($67,453 across the Corpus Christi, TX metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
2 notable people were born here, including Greg Brezina and T. Don Hutto.
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