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SheetTX-CHULA-VISTA-CDP-CAMERON-COUNTY-TX · Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County), TX 203 pop
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County) on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 203.
203 people call Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County), Texas home. Source: Census ACS.
40th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County), TX
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 203 residents in Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County), a small town within Texas. The median resident age is 52.3 years. About 0.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 5.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Texas at 97.1 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,149 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Texas run around $223, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 49.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County)'s data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County), city-specific coverage includes the base Census profile only.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County)?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Woodloch (203 residents, $87,639 income); Campo Verde (204 residents); Flor del Rio (204 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Old River, CA (203 residents); El Moro, CO (203 residents); Alvord, IA (203 residents). These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
City profile score · Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County), TX
19/100
3 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living C-
97.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate F
100.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
0.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income N/A
N/A
No ACS median household income on file for this place.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County) profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 100.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 0.0%
How does Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County) compare to other US cities?
Here's how Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County) stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County) against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Texas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Texas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County) near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#1 of 1,663
100th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,582 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Texas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Income distribution context
Median household income is not available for Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County) in the current Census ACS release (common for very small places).
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)0.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)100.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)5.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
203
Median Income
N/A
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
52.3
Poverty Rate
100.0%
Labor force participation
5.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
0.0%
Monthly Utility Costs
Texas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Texas at $223 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Texas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County). Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Texas's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County) is $1,149/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Texas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Texas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Chula Vista CDP (Cameron County) compares to similar-size Texas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.