Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 15,455, founded in 1853.
Uvalde earns a D−, ranked 591st of 640 in Texas, mostly because of schools and health. Its schools rank behind 89% of the state's. Residents are less healthy than 82% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. In its favor, natural-hazard risk is low. 38% of working residents work locally in Uvalde, above both Texas’ towns (8.3%) and U.S. towns (8%). Uvalde is home to Southwest Texas College. Only 90 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score higher on history.
Where Uvalde beats most towns.
| College | Students |
|---|---|
| Southwest Texas College | 5,706 |
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Uvalde is from typical.
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John Nance Garner House is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 794 in 1880, 15,217 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1890 and 4 maps from 1898 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Uvalde, 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 Uvalde.
Uvalde is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns and has home values still below their peak.
Its public schools are run by Uvalde CISD. Two of its 10 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 815 | – |
| Uvalde H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,148 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Against the 6,162 U.S. towns with household incomes like Uvalde’s, it is less healthy than 58%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
31% of Uvalde adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Uvalde beats the Texas average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 15. 17% of Uvalde adults have diabetes.
| Uvalde | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 24% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Uvalde | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 30.7% | 19.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.5% | 12.5% |
| More adults in fair or poor health | 30.5% | 21.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical value, about $170K, is 10% below its February 2025 peak.
The typical Uvalde home is worth about $170,000, down 7.7% in a year, 43% below the Texas typical home. The median rent in Uvalde is $994 a month.
| Uvalde | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $994 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
Uvalde’s violent crime rate is 4.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Uvalde | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.1 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 14.9 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 22 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Uvalde.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons average 96.7°, hotter than in 98% of U.S. towns; January nights average 39.3°.
Uvalde has mild winters and hot summers.
| Uvalde | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 97°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 39°F | 37°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 7,124 working residents takes 18.7 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
About one in 3 of Uvalde’s working residents works in town. 24% of residents live below the poverty line in Uvalde. The top destinations are San Antonio (14%), Del Rio (2%) and Eagle Pass (2%).
| Uvalde | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 24% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $51,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0.8 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is American Legion Park, at 53 acres.
| Uvalde | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.9% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. American Legion Park | — | 53 |
| 2. Uvalde Memorial Park | — | 9 |
| 3. El Jardin de los Heroes | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Uvalde
About 8 of every 100 Uvalde residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
5 places in Uvalde on the National Register of Historic Places.
9 notable people were born in Uvalde.
City in Texas, United States
Uvalde ( yoo-VAL-dee) is a city in and the county seat of Uvalde County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,217 at the 2020 census, down from 15,751 in 2010. It is the principal city in the Uvalde, Texas Micropolitan Statistical Area. Uvalde is located in the Texas Hill Country, 80 miles (130 km) west of downtown San Antonio and 54 miles (87 km) east of the Mexico–United States border.
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Uvalde grades D− overall, better than 4% of U.S. towns and #591 of 640 in Texas. It grades C− for health, C− for safety and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 3.2 years of the area's median household income ($53,801 across the Uvalde, TX area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
9 notable people were born here, including Matthew McConaughey and Dale Evans.
