CombesTX
A town of 3,178. Healthier than 65% of U.S. towns.
What makes Combes stand out
The 3 things Combes does most differently from other towns.
99% of working residents leave Combes for work
Where Combes’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Combes’s report card
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The data
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Most working residents commute out of Combes
Most working residents leave Combes for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Harlingen (43%), Brownsville (7%) and McAllen (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.
Where working residents work
Healthier than 35% of U.S. towns
Combes beats the Texas average on 3 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 7.
| What stands out | Combes | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with depression | 18% | 21.2% |
| Fewer adults in frequent mental distress | 15% | 16.9% |
| More uninsured adults | 32.2% | 19.1% |
A typical Combes home is worth about $191K
The typical Combes home is worth about $191,000, down 1.7% in a year, 36% below the Texas typical home.
Typical home value
Combes’s public schools outperform 30% of Texas districts
The public schools Combes’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 70% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dishman El | PK–5 | 313 | C− |
High risk, with hurricanes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities.
Mild winters, hot summers
Combes has warm winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 96°, a January night drops to 51°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
Less crime per resident than 54% of U.S. towns
Combes reports less crime per resident than 54% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
0.7% of Combes is conserved land
1.2 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Combes Community Park | 0.9 mi | 15 |
About Combes
Town in Texas, United States
Combes is a town in northern Cameron County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,999 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas.
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- Population
- 2,999
- Area
- 3.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 39 ft
- ZIP code
- 78535
- Area code
- 956
Combes’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Combes.