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Rio Grande City
- grade C+Overall Grade
- Town in Texas
- Rating 3.93 out of 5 41 reviews
Report Card
- Public Schoolsgrade B minus
- Crime & Safetygrade B minus
- Housinggrade B+
- Nightlifegrade C+
- Good for Familiesgrade C+
- Diversitygrade C+
- Jobsgrade C
- Weathergrade A
- Cost of Livinggrade A
- Health & Fitnessgrade D minus
- Outdoor Activitiesgrade D
- Commutegrade B minus
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Median Home Value
$72,100
National
$217,500Median Rent
$643
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Crime & Safety
Crime & Safety
grade B minus
Based on violent and property crime rates.
Violent Crimes
- Calculated annually per 100,000 residents
- Assault95.8national 282.7
- Murder0national 6.1
- Rape0national 40.7
- Robbery0national 135.5
Property Crimes
- Calculated annually per 100,000 residents
- Burglary403.9national 500.1
- Theft1,273.4national 2,042.8
- Motor Vehicle Theft164.3national 284
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Jobs
grade C
Based on employment rates, job and business growth, and cost of living.
Median Household Income
$33,084
National
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Rio Grande City Reviews
Rating 3.93 out of 5 41 reviews
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Rio Grande City is on the rise. It keeps on growing, faster than other towns in Texas - not only expanding but economically as well. However, there is not something specifically special about this town. It is pretty affordable, it is I feel a bit harder to find jobs and it is not completely diversified. There is mainly Hispanics - Mexicans living in this area as we are close to the border. However, there are a group of Blacks in specific areas of this town such as McAllen. Also, there are a couple, not many Asians living here. For example, in my high school, Veterans Mermoral High School in Mission, Tx. I only saw roughly two asians attending and a couple of blacks, with almost everyone identifying as Hispancic. I feel as if many people have a bad impression how The Rio Grande Valley solely on the reasons that it is close to the border; however, it is not bad at all, it is not "ghetto" and violence happening every day. We are just like every other city and small town - average.
Rio Grande City is a nice city to live in the schools and the teachers are really good here especially the math teachers at Early College High School are excellent, and also the consolers there as well. They have a lot of restaurants, the environment there is great not many job opportunities there but it’s also no hard to get a job there mostly a bunch of businesses. Also, the community likes to get involved in a lot of ways to help out the city so that’s a huge plus if you would want to participate in some community action stuff.
Being born and raised in the city of Rio Grande provides a list of things to love about our small town. We are a small town located near the border in South Texas. We are at the port of entry going in and out of Camargo, Tamualipas. Also, being part of a small town gives us the opportunity of enrolling into a small public school compared to those which class is five hundred plus. Although there is not much to do, the company of other fellow residents make the town of Rio Grande City special. Something to change would be to have a much nicer scenery. As of today, it looks like a broken town, slowing falling apart.