Census-designated place · Starr County, Texas

Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas

Mi Ranchito Estate is a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas, part of the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX metro area. It has 1,091 residents. Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 4 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,993 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #931 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), median household income (high) and injury deaths (low). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), hot days (high) and unemployment rate (high).

4Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,993 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #931 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,091 (2020-2024)
Land area: 0 mi²
Density: 3,484.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 4848750

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety55#7,084/15,637
Economy27#11,336/15,631
Housing—
Health33#10,401/15,609
Healthcare0#15,643/15,650
Environment9#13,986/15,453
Education22#12,213/15,649
Infrastructure13#13,608/15,650
Community0#15,637/15,651
Leisure & amenities4#14,965/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Starr County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low0.9×
100/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2018-2022U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Median household income · high$250,001
100/100Texas $79,723United States $81,6042018-2022U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Injury deaths · low40 /100k
99/100Texas 69 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStarr County value
Drug overdose deaths · low4.5 /100k
96/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataStarr County value
Job growth · high3.1%
94/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataStarr County value
Suicide rate · low8.4 /100k
91/100Texas 14.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataStarr County value

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low0.0%
0/100Texas 33.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Hot days · high192 days
0/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationStarr County value
Unemployment rate · high41.3%
0/100Texas 4.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Mammography screening · low18.0%
0/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStarr County value
Food environment index · low3.2
0/100Texas 5.7United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStarr County value
Physical inactivity · high48.3%
0/100Texas 29.6%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
602 (2015-2019) → 1,091 (2020-2024)
+81%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Poverty rateImproving
90.2% (2015-2019) → 9.2% (2020-2024)
−81 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
91.4% (2015-2019) → 20.3% (2020-2024)
−71 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
21.8% (2015-2019) → 82.6% (2020-2024)
+61 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
20.5% (2015-2019) → 58.5% (2020-2024)
+38 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Unemployment rateImproving
62.9% (2015-2019) → 41.3% (2020-2024)
−22 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas improved on 0 of 4 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 4 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 4 measures

Change of every measure of Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3242015-2019	0.3912020-2024	+0.067	Within the margin of error	11%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	31.7%2015-2019	37.9%2020-2024	+6.2 points	Within the margin of error	7%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15075 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas itself moved −12.8 points in standing on average over the same 2 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,091 residents (±760)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (+21.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,091 residents (±760)

Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas
Texas share

White19%†207
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino81%†884

Education

709 residents (±542)

Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma41%†294
High school or GED35%†250
Some college17%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

287 households (±219)

Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k20%†56
$25k–50k3.8%†11
$50k–75k0.0%0
$75k–100k12%†34
$100k–150k20%†57
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more45%†129

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−58.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

287 households (±219)

Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas
Texas share

Own83%†237
Rent17%†50

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

46 households (±57)

Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas
Texas share

Under $750100%†46
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

237 homes (±208)

Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k28%†67
$150k–250k57%†136
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

287 homes (±219)

Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later33%†96
2000–200912%†34
1980–199955%†157

Size of homes

287 homes (±219)

Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas
Texas share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms0.0%0

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

400 workers (±347)

Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone85%†339
Carpool15%†61
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.0%0
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (−29.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

400 workers (±347)

Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min41%†163
15–29 min29%†117
30–44 min0.0%0

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Starr County, the county holding most of Mi Ranchito Estate's residents.

Starr County has 594 employer establishments, 89.9 for every 10,000 residents (0.36× the US rate of 248; 0.41× Texas's), with 8,704 paid employees at an average annual pay of $26,981. The Census Bureau also counts 9,522 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 594; 9,522 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 89.9; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 8,704
Average annual pay: $26,981; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Starr County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	71	10.7	0.52×Fewer than typical	869	$36,116	332
Restaurants and other eating places	58	8.8	0.48×Fewer than typical	1,053	$15,519	166
Limited-service restaurants	37	5.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	819	$15,560	23
Individual and family services	25	3.8	1.35×More than typical	2,752	$14,976	43
Grocery and convenience stores	22	3.3	1.12×About typical	576	$29,905	78
Offices of physicians	21	3.2	0.49×Fewer than typical	185	$64,476	27
Offices of other health practitioners	20	3	0.50×Fewer than typical	125	$34,456	104
General merchandise stores	19	2.9	1.63×More than typical	379	$30,559	43
Full-service restaurants	18	2.7	0.35×Fewer than typical	220	$15,986	74
Gasoline stations	17	2.6	0.79×Fewer than typical	166	$21,687	3
Insurance agencies and brokerages	17	2.6	0.59×Fewer than typical	70	$31,357	117
Health and personal care stores	16	2.4	0.91×About typical	143	$37,294	48

Rank places for an industry Open Starr County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 66,062 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Mi Ranchito Estate is mostly in Starr County.

See federal money in Starr County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Mi Ranchito Estate, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Henry CuellarD-TX-28 · 100% of residentsWith party 65%Missed 1.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Starr County2100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Rio Grande City-Roma, TX1

Other cities and towns in Starr County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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