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Starr County

Population in 2010: 303. Population change since 2000: -78.9%
Males: 148  (48.8%)
Females: 155  (51.2%)

Median resident age:  27.6 years
Texas median age:  40.8 years

Zip codes: 78582.

Estimated median household income in 2009: $27,270 (it was $20,427 in 2000)
Los Alvarez:

$27,270
Texas:

$48,259
Estimated per capita income in 2009: $11,088

Los Alvarez CDP income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $69,407 (it was $50,800 in 2000)
Los Alvarez:

$69,407
Texas:

$125,800
Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $70,333; Detached houses: $82,028; Mobile homes: $31,091

Median gross rent in 2009: $320.

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Mar. 2012 cost of living index in Los Alvarez: 80.1 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Current Local Time: CST time zone

Land area: 3.37 square miles.

Population density: 90 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Los Alvarez:

  • High school or higher: 25.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 7.5%
  • Unemployed: 36.1%
  • Mean travel time to work (commute): 17.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Los Alvarez CDP:

  • Never married: 27.0%
  • Now married: 63.7%
  • Separated: 1.0%
  • Widowed: 5.3%
  • Divorced: 3.2%

694 residents are foreign born (47.7% Latin America).

This place:  48.4%
Texas:  13.9%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $2,690 (2.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $389 (0.6%)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: McAllen, TX (42.8 miles , pop. 106,414).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Corpus Christi, TX (131.5 miles , pop. 277,454).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: San Antonio, TX (213.2 miles , pop. 1,144,646).

Nearest cities: Los Villareales, TX (1.3 miles ), La Rosita, TX (1.4 miles ), Garceno, TX (1.8 miles ), Escobares, TX (2.1 miles ), Rio Grande City, TX (2.2 miles ), North Escobares, TX (2.3 miles ), Roma, TX (2.6 miles ), Las Lomas, TX (2.8 miles ).

Latitude: 26.39 N, Longitude: 98.90 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 956

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Unemployment in August 2012:
Here:

14.7%
Texas:

7.0%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries in 2005-2009 (%)
Males Females
  • Retail trade (25%)
  • Construction (16%)
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (15%)
  • Transportation and warehousing (11%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
  • Health care and social assistance (7%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Health care and social assistance (50%)
  • Retail trade (16%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Other services, except public administration (11%)
  • Construction (3%)
  • Information (3%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
Most common occupations (%)
Males Females
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (7%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
  • Computer specialists (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (27%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Other healthcare support occupations (6%)

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Tornado activity:

Los Alvarez-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Texas state average. It is 80% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/19/1965, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 41.3 miles away from the Los Alvarez place center .

On 5/5/1991, a category F2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 27.5 miles away from the place center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Natural disasters:

The number of natural disasters in Starr County (12) is near the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 6
Emergencies Declared: 6

Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 8, Flood: 1, Heavy Rain: 1, Tornado: 1, Wind: 1, Fire: 1, Flood: 1, Storm: 1, Tropical Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
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Hospitals/medical centers near Los Alvarez:

  • STARR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Hospital District or Authority, about 14 miles away; RIO GRANDE CITY, TX)
  • MISSION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Local, provides emergency services, about 37 miles away; MISSION, TX)
  • RIO GRANDE REGIONAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 38 miles away; MCALLEN, TX)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Los Alvarez:

  • South Texas College (about 42 miles; McAllen, TX; Full-time enrollment: 8,613)
  • The University of Texas-Pan American (about 43 miles; Edinburg, TX; FT enrollment: 12,559)
  • Texas State Technical College Harlingen (about 75 miles; Harlingen, TX; FT enrollment: 2,185)
  • Laredo Community College (about 87 miles; Laredo, TX; FT enrollment: 3,416)
  • Texas A & M International University (about 89 miles; Laredo, TX; FT enrollment: 3,518)
  • The University of Texas at Brownsville (about 94 miles; Brownsville, TX; FT enrollment: 6,237)
  • Texas A & M University-Kingsville (about 101 miles; Kingsville, TX; FT enrollment: 5,342)

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Notable locations in Los Alvarez: La Rosita Volunteer Fire Department (A), Stat Emergency Medical Serives (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Los Garzas Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Arroyo Quiote (A). Display/hide its location on the map

 
Starr County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 42.9%
(42.9% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 36.8% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)

Average household size:
This place:  4.5 people
Texas:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  94.1%
Whole state:  70.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  1.8%
Whole state:  4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Los Alvarez, TX


Los Alvarez compared to Texas state average:

  • Unemployed percentage significantly 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 significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Los Alvarez travel time to work - commute
Los Alvarez mode of transportation to work chart

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Electricity (73%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
  • Utility gas (5%)
  • No fuel used (3%)


2004 Presidential Election results in Starr County Texas:


2008 Presidential Election results in Starr County Texas:
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Religion statistics for Los Alvarez (based on Starr County data)

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 78.77%
Here78.8%
USA50.2%

Adherents


Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

NameCatholic ChurchSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchAssemblies of GodOther
Adherents95.0%1.9%0.9%0.8%1.4%
Congregations48.4%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.

Food Environment Statistics:

Number of grocery stores: 9
Starr County:

1.47 / 10,000 pop.
State:

1.47 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
Here:

0.16 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:

0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 13
This county:

2.12 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:

1.11 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 17
Starr County:

2.77 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:

3.95 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 15
This county:

2.45 / 10,000 pop.
State:

6.13 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Starr County:

8.5%
Texas:

8.9%
Adult obesity rate:
Starr County:

27.1%
State:

26.6%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:

14.7%
State:

15.7%

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 Los Alvarez:

  • 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.)
  • KVJY (840 AM; 5 kW; PHARR, TX; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF MCALLEN LICENSE CORP.)
  • KCTA (1030 AM; 50 kW; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX; Owner: BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF THE SOUTHWEST)
  • 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.)
  • KRGE (1290 AM; 5 kW; WESLACO, TX; Owner: CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES OF THE VALLEY)
  • 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.)
  • 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 Los Alvarez:

  • 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 Los Alvarez:

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


Los Alvarez on our top lists:

  • #100 on the list of "Top 100 least-educated cities"
  • #25 (78582) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Other groups first ancestries (pop 5,000+)"
  • #61 (78582) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of taxpayers reporting profit/loss from business in 2004 (pop 5,000+)"
  • #72 (78582) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of residents speaking Spanish at home"
  • #2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000"
  • #2 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000"
  • #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2003"
  • #17 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Kerry (Democrat) in the 2004 Presidential Election, pop. 50,000+"
  • #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 1990-1999 to 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"

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