For population 25 years and over in Spring Garden-Terra Verde:
High school or higher: 42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
Unemployed: 15.4%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 35.9 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Spring Garden-Terra Verde CDP:
Never married: 26.1%
Now married: 65.7%
Separated: 1.8%
Widowed: 4.7%
Divorced: 1.8%
116 residents are foreign born (16.7% Latin America).
This place:
16.7%
Texas:
13.9%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $195 (0.3%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $550 (1.4%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Corpus Christi, TX (19.8 miles , pop. 277,454).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: San Antonio, TX (126.3 miles , pop. 1,144,646).
Spring Garden-Terra Verde-area historical tornado activity is below Texas state average. It is 5% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/24/1970, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 13.7 miles away from the Spring Garden-Terra Verde place center killed one personand injured 15 peopleand causedbetween $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
On 5/16/1969, a category F3 tornado 19.6 miles away from the place center causedbetween $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Spring Garden-Terra Verde-area historical earthquake activity is slightly above Texas state average. It is 94% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 4/9/1993 at 12:29:19, a magnitude 4.3 (4.1 MB, 4.3 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 76.5 miles away from the city center On 3/24/1997 at 22:31:34, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 20.3 miles away from Spring Garden-Terra Verde center On 4/7/2008 at 09:51:12, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 MB, 3.9 MW, 3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 82.2 miles away from the city center On 7/20/1991 at 23:38:19, a magnitude 3.6 (3.4 LG, 3.6 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 81.6 miles away from the city center On 5/16/1993 at 15:30:19, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 77.4 miles away from Spring Garden-Terra Verde center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Hidalgo County (16) is greater than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 9 Emergencies Declared: 7
Causes of natural disasters: Hurricanes: 12, 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).
Hospitals/medical centers near Spring Garden-Terra Verde:
CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL CORPUS CHRISTI (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Church, provides emergency services, about 6 miles away; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX)
DRISCOLL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL (Childrens, Voluntary non-profit - Other, provides emergency services, about 21 miles away; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX)
SOUTH TEXAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 23 miles away; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Spring Garden-Terra Verde:
Texas A & M University-Kingsville (about 19 miles; Kingsville, TX; Full-time enrollment: 5,342)
Del Mar College (about 20 miles; Corpus Christi, TX; FT enrollment: 3,608)
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi (about 25 miles; Corpus Christi, TX; FT enrollment: 6,428)
The University of Texas-Pan American (about 105 miles; Edinburg, TX; FT enrollment: 12,559)
Texas A & M International University (about 106 miles; Laredo, TX; FT enrollment: 3,518)
Texas State Technical College Harlingen (about 107 miles; Harlingen, TX; FT enrollment: 2,185)
Laredo Community College (about 112 miles; Laredo, TX; FT enrollment: 3,416)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 32.1. This is about average.
City:
32.1
U.S.:
32.0
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2010 was 0.474. This is significantly better than average.Closest monitor was 11.5 miles away from the city center.
City:
0.474
U.S.:
2.433
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 26.5. This is about average.Closest monitor was 11.5 miles away from the city center.
City:
26.5
U.S.:
28.3
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 23.6. This is about average.Closest monitor was 16.3 miles away from the city center.
City:
23.6
U.S.:
22.1
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 9.99. This is about average.Closest monitor was 16.3 miles away from the city center.
City:
9.99
U.S.:
9.59
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 56.5%
(100.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 54.6% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 15.9% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Religion statistics for Spring Garden-Terra Verde (based on Hidalgo County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 50.37%
Here
50.4%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
Southern Baptist Convention
United Methodist Church
Assemblies of God
LDS (Mormon) Church
Adherents
77.4%
8.1%
3.6%
2.0%
1.9%
Congregations
15.0%
16.9%
7.2%
8.8%
3.8%
Name
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Churches of Christ
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Other
Adherents
0.8%
0.7%
0.6%
0.6%
4.3%
Congregations
4.7%
2.2%
6.9%
3.1%
31.6%
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: 79
Hidalgo County:
1.12 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
1.47 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 6
This county:
0.09 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 67
Hidalgo County:
0.95 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
1.11 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 240
Here:
3.40 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
3.95 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 337
Here:
4.78 / 10,000 pop.
Texas:
6.13 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
Hidalgo County:
9.7%
State:
8.9%
Adult obesity rate:
Hidalgo County:
28.7%
State:
26.6%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
Here:
15.8%
Texas:
15.7%
4.00% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,497 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
4.00%
Texas average:
8.37%
0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($631 average AGI)
Hidalgo County:
0.14%
Texas average:
0.20%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
