Census-designated place · Starr County, Texas

Mikes, Texas

Mikes is a census-designated place in Starr County, Texas, part of the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX metro area. It has 1,688 residents. Mikes, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 3 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,190 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #964 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on injury deaths (low), drug overdose deaths (low) and job growth (high). It ranks worst on hot days (high), mammography screening (low) and food environment index (low).

3Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,190 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #964 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,688 (2020-2024)
Land area: 0 mi²
Density: 12,889.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 4848318

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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
Economy15#13,355/15,631
Housing—
Health37#9,889/15,609
Healthcare0#15,641/15,650
Environment9#13,986/15,453
Education22#12,269/15,649
Infrastructure8#14,427/15,650
Community0#15,637/15,651
Leisure & amenities4#14,965/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Mikes, 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

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
Math scores · high3.34
86/100Texas 3.15United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteStarr County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.9×
83/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Hot days · high192 days
0/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationStarr County value
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
Lack of reliable transportation · high22.8%
1/100Texas 10.5%United States 8.3%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · high47.4%
1/100Texas 19.4%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · high46.4%
1/100Texas 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
897 (2015-2019) → 1,688 (2020-2024)
+88%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
High school diploma or higherImproving
6.1% (2015-2019) → 63.5% (2020-2024)
+57 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Poverty rateImproving
74.7% (2015-2019) → 19.8% (2020-2024)
−55 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
80.6% (2015-2019) → 25.9% (2020-2024)
−55 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
34.5% (2015-2019) → 75.5% (2020-2024)
+41 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$20,481 (2015-2019) → $49,375 (2020-2024)
+141%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Mikes, Texas improved on 1 of 5 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.

Improved1

Broadband+41 points34.5% → 75.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 5 measures

Change of every measure of Mikes, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	34.5%2015-2019	75.5%2020-2024	+41 points	Improved	100%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3672015-2019	0.4202020-2024	+0.053	Within the margin of error	15%
Median household income	$20,4812015-2019	$49,3752020-2024	+141%	Within the margin of error	100%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	40.6%2015-2019	31.1%2020-2024	−9.5 points	Within the margin of error	96%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 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 Mikes, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mikes, 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 Mikes, Texas five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Mikes, Texas itself moved −4.9 points in standing on average over the same 3 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

1,688 residents (±681)

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: Under 10 women (−14.0 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

1,688 residents (±681)

Mikes, Texas
Texas share

White0.0%0
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino100%†1,688

Education

1,077 residents (±472)

Mikes, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma36%†393
High school or GED50%†540
Some college6.8%†73

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

465 households (±178)

Mikes, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k31%†143
$25k–50k21%†96
$50k–75k30%†139
$75k–100k0.0%0
$100k–150k19%†87
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more0.0%0

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 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

465 households (±178)

Mikes, Texas
Texas share

Own92%†427
Rent8.2%†38

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+40.4 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

38 households (±50)

Mikes, Texas
Texas share

Under $750100%†38
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

427 homes (±177)

Mikes, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k87%†370
$150k–250k13%†57
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

506 homes (±181)

Mikes, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later7.9%†40
2000–200922%†109
1980–199965%†329

Size of homes

506 homes (±181)

Mikes, Texas
Texas share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms15%†78

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

713 workers (±396)

Mikes, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone96%†681
Carpool4.5%†32
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.0%0
Other0.0%0

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

713 workers (±396)

Mikes, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min16%†111
15–29 min61%†432
30–44 min24%†170

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 Mikes'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: Mikes 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.

Mikes, 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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