Escobares, Texas

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Population in July 2007: 2,245.

Males: 1,101	(49.1%)
Females: 1,144	(50.9%)

Median resident age:	23.9 years
Texas median age:	32.3 years

Zip codes: 78584.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $18,182 (it was $15,884 in 2000)

Escobares:	$18,182
Texas:	$47,548

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $6,828

Escobares:	$6,828
Texas:	$23,938

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $59,004 (it was $39,500 in 2000)

Escobares:	$59,004
Texas:	$120,900

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $62,998; Detached houses: $64,526; Mobile homes: $12,778

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Races in Escobares:

Hispanic (98.7%)
Other race (9.7%)
Two or more races (1.5%)
White Non-Hispanic (1.3%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Escobares: 77.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 180 feet

Land area: 0.96 square miles.

Population density: 2349 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Escobares

High school or higher: 32.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.7%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.8%
Unemployed: 13.2%
Mean travel time to work: 24.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Escobares CDP

Never married: 27.0%
Now married: 61.5%
Separated: 4.3%
Widowed: 2.6%
Divorced: 4.6%

884 residents are foreign born (44.9% Latin America).

This place:	45.2%
Texas:	13.9%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Escobares:	0.7% ($286)
Texas:	1.8% ($1,393)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: McAllen, TX (47.2 miles , pop. 106,414).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Corpus Christi, TX (133.6 miles , pop. 277,454).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: San Antonio, TX (212.4 miles , pop. 1,144,646).

Nearest cities: North Escobares, TX (1.0 miles ), Garceno, TX (1.2 miles ), Roma, TX (1.5 miles ), La Rosita, TX (1.6 miles ), Roma Creek, TX (1.9 miles ), Los Alvarez, TX (2.1 miles ), Los Villareales, TX (2.4 miles ), Roma-Los Saenz, TX (2.5 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2007: 2 buildings, average cost: $103,600
2008: 0 buildings

Latitude: 26.41 N, Longitude: 98.97 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 956

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Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (17%)
Motor vehicle, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (10%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
Repair and maintenance (7%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (28%)
Accommodation and food services (16%)
Health care (13%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
Food and beverage stores (9%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Cashiers (20%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (7%)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Escobares:

STARR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; RIO GRANDE CITY, TX)
MISSION HOSPITAL INC (about 41 miles; MISSION, TX)
MC ALLEN HEART HOSP (about 43 miles; MC ALLEN, TX)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Escobares:

SOUTH TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 48 miles; MCALLEN, TX; Full-time enrollment: 7,142)
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN (about 52 miles; EDINBURG, TX; FT enrollment: 9,651)
LAREDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 84 miles; LAREDO, TX; FT enrollment: 4,449)
TEXAS A & M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (about 85 miles; LAREDO, TX; FT enrollment: 2,107)
TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-HARLINGEN (about 91 miles; HARLINGEN, TX; FT enrollment: 2,167)
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE (about 94 miles; BROWNSVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 6,044)
TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE (about 94 miles; BROWNSVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,556)

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Average household size:

This place:	3.8 people
Texas:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	90.1%
Whole state:	71.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	3.1%
Whole state:	4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.8% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	50.8%
Whole state:	15.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	20.0%
Whole state:	6.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Escobares, TX

Escobares compared to Texas state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value below state average.
Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
Median age significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Number of rooms per house below state average.
House age significantly below state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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2004 Presidential Election results in Starr County Texas:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (55%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%) No fuel used (5%)

Religion statistics for Escobares

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Assemblies of God	Other religions
Adherents	95.0%	1.9%	0.9%	0.8%	1.4%
Congregations	48.4%	19.4%	3.2%	9.7%	19.4%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll

4.07% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($22,183 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.07%
Texas average:	8.37%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Hidalgo County, TX	1.17% ($20,333 average AGI)
from Harris County, TX	0.54% ($18,511)
from Bexar County, TX	0.11% ($23,167)

4.88% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,773 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	4.88%
Texas average:	7.44%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Hidalgo County, TX	2.11% ($29,718 average AGI)
to Harris County, TX	0.53% ($17,393)
to Bexar County, TX	0.17% ($20,393)

Strongest AM radio stations in Escobares:

KGBT (1530 AM; 50 kW; HARLINGEN, TX; Owner: TICHENOR LICENSE CORPORATION)
KURV (710 AM; 10 kW; EDINBURG, TX; Owner: VOICE OF VALLEY AGRICULTURE, INC.)
KUBR (1210 AM; 10 kW; SAN JUAN, TX; Owner: PAULINO BERNAL)
KRIO (910 AM; 5 kW; MCALLEN, TX; Owner: RIO GRANDE BIBLE INSTITUTE, INC.)
KCTA (1030 AM; 50 kW; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX; Owner: BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF THE SOUTHWEST)
KVJY (840 AM; 5 kW; PHARR, TX; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF MCALLEN LICENSE CORP.)
KKYX (680 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
KTKR (760 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
KVOZ (890 AM; 12 kW; DEL MAR HILLS, TX; Owner: CONSOLIDATED RADIO, INC.)
KQXX (1700 AM; 10 kW; BROWNSVILLE, TX; Owner: LA NUEVA KBOR, INC.)
KRGE (1290 AM; 5 kW; WESLACO, TX; Owner: CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES OF THE VALLEY)
WOAI (1200 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
KBOR (1600 AM; 10 kW; BROWNSVILLE, TX; Owner: LA NUEVA KBOR, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Escobares:

KBMI (97.7 FM; ROMA, TX; Owner: HORIZON BROADCASTING, INC.)
KQBO (103.1 FM; RIO GRANDE CITY, TX; Owner: SOUND INVESTMENTS UNLIMITED, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Escobares:

K06MY (Channel 6; RIO GRANDE CITY, TX; Owner: FAITH PLEASES GOD CHURCH CORPORATION)

Escobares fatal accident list:
Jan 12, 2007 01:47 AM, Us-83, Hackberry, Lat: 26.407664, Lon: -98.978389, Vehicles: 1, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Dec 19, 2007 12:20 AM, Sacredheart, Lat: 26.406783, Lon: -98.970686, Vehicles: 1, Fatalities: 1
May 26, 2006 05:50 AM, Us-83, Lat: 26.410117, Lon: -98.959036, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Jun 7, 1997 06:10 AM, 83, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 5, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Oct 31, 1993 10:30 AM, 83, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Oct 5, 1992 10:05 AM, Unnamedco, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1

Edward G Roach, 4917 E. Us Hwy 83, Type: Tower, Structure height: 37.2 m, Overall height: 38.4 m
Registrant: Sba Towers Ii LLC, 5900 Broken Sound Pkwy Nw, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Phone: (561) 995-7670, Email:

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 3
Hazardous Condition: 1

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