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Salida del Sol Estates, Texas

Salida del Sol Estates is an unincorporated community of about 7,800 people in Hidalgo County, Texas. It has no city government of its own: local services come from the county, or in some states from the town or township. The nearest metro area of about a million people or more, San Antonio, is about 217 miles away as the crow flies.

Population
7,766
Census survey, 2020-24
Typical home, 2020-24
$96,800
Hidalgo County prices up 21% since 2022
Prices, McAllen area
85.9
U.S. average = 100
Emergency room
12 miles
Mission, TX
To San Antonio
217 mi
straight line

The book's checklist

  • Lower cost of livingEveryday prices run 14.1% below the U.S. average in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area.
  • More house for the moneyThe Census survey didn't reach enough homes in Salida del Sol Estates to say.
  • A safer neighborhoodThe FBI doesn't publish crime figures for unincorporated communities. Call the county sheriff's office (or the town or township police, where there is one) and ask what calls they get most.
  • Schools in town2 public schools: 1 elementary and 1 middle. No public high school in town: the nearest is Juarez-Lincoln H S, about 3 miles away.
  • A hospital close byMission Regional Medical Center in Mission, about 12 miles away, has the nearest emergency room.
  • Within reach of a big citySan Antonio is about 217 miles away as the crow flies. The book suggests staying within about 60 miles if you'll miss big-city sports, concerts and theater.

A check means Salida del Sol Estates meets the rule of thumb from Frank and Dave's book. An empty box isn't a deal breaker: it's something to weigh for your family. A question mark means there isn't enough data.

For a lifetime

Homes and money

Typical home value, as owners valued them in 2020-2024
$96,800U.S.: $332,700
Home prices since then
Up 21%Hidalgo County, 2022 to 2025
Homes owned by the people living in them
82%U.S.: 65%
Typical property tax bill
$1,535 a yearTexas: $4,232
Homes built before 1940
0%U.S.: 12%
Homes built since 2010
25%U.S.: 11%
Vacation and seasonal homes
0%U.S.: 3%
Everyday prices
85.9U.S. average = 100 (the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area)

Home values and rents are what households told the Census Bureau across 2020 to 2024, so they trail today's market: county prices have moved up 21% since 2022. Everyday prices are the government's average for the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area, not Salida del Sol Estates alone. Check current listings before you budget.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates; Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.

The people

Population, 2020-2024 Census survey
7,766The Census Bureau makes yearly estimates only for incorporated towns
Median age
18.3 yearsU.S.: 38.9
Age 65 and older
3%U.S.: 17%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or more
7%U.S.: 36%
Moved here from another county or state in the past year
2%U.S.: 6%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Work

Biggest lines of work
Construction (23%); retail (16%)
Unemployment rate
6%U.S.: 5%
Average commute
18 minutesU.S.: 26 minutes
Work from home
0%U.S.: 15%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Health care

Nearest emergency room: Mission Regional Medical Center, Mission, TX, about 12 miles away. It's a general hospital. Medicare gives it 4 of 5 stars.

Look up doctors, clinics and the hospitals themselves on Medicare's Care Compare. Ask where the most serious cases are sent.

Sources: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information.

Schools

2 public schools in Salida del Sol Estates, run by La Joya Isd. The nearest public high school is Juarez-Lincoln H S, about 3 miles away.

See each school on the federal school search, then check test scores and graduation rates on Texas's school report card.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal); National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024.

Internet

Homes with any internet subscription
93%U.S.: 91%

Before you buy, look up the address on the FCC's National Broadband Map to see which providers serve it.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Weather

January average low
47°F
July average high
95°F
Days 90°F or hotter
182 a year
Nights at or below freezing
2 a year
Rain and melted snow
20.2 inches a year
Snow
0 inches a year
Elevation
228 feet

Weather station: La Joya (8 miles away). Averages for 1991 to 2020.

Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020; U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program.

Getting around

Straight-line miles. The road is always longer, and as the book says, an interstate at 70 is a different trip from a farm road at 45. Check the real drive: Mission Regional Medical Center, Mission, San Antonio.

Hidalgo County is in a metro area of 250,000 to 1 million people (USDA rural-urban code 2, on a scale where 1 is the biggest metro areas and 9 the most rural counties).

For a day

Read about Salida del Sol Estates's history on Wikipedia.

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Nearby

Straight-line miles.

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  • Citrus City, TX (unincorporated)2,395 people, 3 miles
  • Perezville, TX (unincorporated)2,237 people, 6 miles
  • Havana, TX (unincorporated)150 people, 6 miles
  • West Sharyland, TX (unincorporated)1,664 people, 8 miles
  • Abram, TX (unincorporated)1,741 people, 8 miles
  • Nina, TX (unincorporated)965 people, 9 miles
  • Palmview South, TX (unincorporated)1,819 people, 9 miles
  • La Paloma Ranchettes, TX (unincorporated)319 people, 11 miles

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025)
  2. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates
  3. Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions)
  4. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
  5. FBI, Crime in the United States, Table 8 (offenses known to law enforcement by city)
  6. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information
  7. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal)
  8. National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024
  9. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020
  10. U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program
  11. National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places listings
  12. National Park Service, park unit boundaries
  13. USDA Economic Research Service, Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, 2023
  14. U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Gazetteer files and 2020 urban areas

Census survey figures are estimates with a margin of error; we leave out any figure whose margin is too wide to be useful. Data last gathered October 5, 2026. See something wrong? Write to mainstreet@smalltownguide.com.