Siesta Shores is a city of 1,640 people in Texas. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 2% of adults. The poverty rate is 48.8%, above the 12.5% national rate. This skews young, with a median age of 27.6. The population has more than doubled since 2000, adding 750 people. That trails the Texas median by roughly 55%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $35,352, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 27.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
2% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 25%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Siesta Shores
What changed most since 2000
Poverty rate19.2% → 48.8%(+29.6 pts)US over the same years: 0.0 pts
Homes owned by their occupants85.3% → 66.9%(−18.4 pts)US over the same years: −1.1 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree5.9% → 1.9%(−4.0 pts)US over the same years: +11.3 pts
Siesta Shores's population equals 12% of Zapata County's. Its number of households earning $100,000 or more equals 1.4% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 1.5% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)9.8%(5)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35.3%(18)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 51 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Siesta Shores, decade by decade
Siesta Shores population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
890
$45,192
$53,010
5.9%
40.2
2010
1,382
$44,650
$93,939
0.0%
15.1
2020
1,450
$39,377
$70,904
20.2%
12.7
2024
1,640
$35,352
$66,400
1.9%
8.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
