How the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202627 of 27 ZIP codes scored · 0.86M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 27 of 27- 12,77178504in McAllen · 63,094 residents52.49
- 16,26978539in Edinburg · 37,168 residents49.98
- 20,62578563in Linn · 92 residents46.61
- 25,05378557in Hidalgo · 14,498 residents42.19
- 25,19378572in Mission · 78,024 residents42.03
- 25,34478596in Weslaco · 39,518 residents41.85
- 25,41778543in Elsa · 8,400 residents41.77
- 26,12178501in McAllen · 58,935 residents40.89
- 26,31278503in McAllen · 22,621 residents40.64
- 26,43178541in Edinburg · 51,710 residents40.46
- 27,32978573in Alton · 44,809 residents39.10
- 27,46278577in Pharr · 80,540 residents38.92
- 27,52778560in La Joya · 4,635 residents38.83
- 28,18878589in San Juan · 40,231 residents37.71
- 28,83378516in Alamo · 34,370 residents36.34
- 29,24978542in Edinburg · 89,401 residents35.36
- 29,72678574in Mission · 62,456 residents34.03
- 30,08778579in Progreso · 2,039 residents32.84
- 30,19678562in La Villa · 3,211 residents32.42
- 30,44178538in Edcouch · 11,982 residents31.45
- 30,52278570in Mercedes · 34,348 residents31.11
- 30,64578558in La Blanca · 722 residents30.58
- 30,72578565in Los Ebanos · 20 residents30.22
- 30,73878576in Penitas · 15,484 residents30.13
- 30,82378595in Sullivan City · 6,118 residents29.74
- 30,96978549in Hargill · 609 residents28.88
- 31,04278537in Donna · 51,426 residents28.42
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 27 of 27- 31,04278537in Donna · 51,426 residents28.42
- 30,96978549in Hargill · 609 residents28.88
- 30,82378595in Sullivan City · 6,118 residents29.74
- 30,73878576in Penitas · 15,484 residents30.13
- 30,72578565in Los Ebanos · 20 residents30.22
- 30,64578558in La Blanca · 722 residents30.58
- 30,52278570in Mercedes · 34,348 residents31.11
- 30,44178538in Edcouch · 11,982 residents31.45
- 30,19678562in La Villa · 3,211 residents32.42
- 30,08778579in Progreso · 2,039 residents32.84
- 29,72678574in Mission · 62,456 residents34.03
- 29,24978542in Edinburg · 89,401 residents35.36
- 28,83378516in Alamo · 34,370 residents36.34
- 28,18878589in San Juan · 40,231 residents37.71
- 27,52778560in La Joya · 4,635 residents38.83
- 27,46278577in Pharr · 80,540 residents38.92
- 27,32978573in Alton · 44,809 residents39.10
- 26,43178541in Edinburg · 51,710 residents40.46
- 26,31278503in McAllen · 22,621 residents40.64
- 26,12178501in McAllen · 58,935 residents40.89
- 25,41778543in Elsa · 8,400 residents41.77
- 25,34478596in Weslaco · 39,518 residents41.85
- 25,19378572in Mission · 78,024 residents42.03
- 25,05378557in Hidalgo · 14,498 residents42.19
- 20,62578563in Linn · 92 residents46.61
- 16,26978539in Edinburg · 37,168 residents49.98
- 12,77178504in McAllen · 63,094 residents52.49
What the distribution shows
Across the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro’s 27 ZIP codes, the ZipVitals Score spans a wide range. 27 of them carry enough measured coverage across all nine health domains to enter the population-weighted composite above; the rest are held out rather than filled from a coarser geography.
The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro has no in-metro comparison group: too few of its ZIP codes carry measured data across all nine scoring domains for the others to be placed against them, so the domain-by-domain breakdown that other metro pages carry is not available here. Every one of its ZIP codes still carries its own Score and its national standing.
Assembled from the same ZIP-level data as every per-ZIP page. Read the full method →
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.