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Doolittle, Texas.

A community in Hidalgo County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Hidalgo County’s.

Living in Doolittle, Hidalgo County, Texas

Doolittle, in Hidalgo County, had 4,061 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $36,109 a year and half less, against $54,338 across Hidalgo County. Unemployment in Hidalgo County was 6.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in shops, then construction.

People 4,061 in the 2020 census
Household income $36,109 the median, give or take $6,976 · Hidalgo County: $54,338
Unemployment 6.3% Hidalgo County, August 2026; 6.8% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Doolittle for the Census survey to measure.
  • 3%of adults have a degree
  • 25 mintypical commute
  • 15%work from home

What residents work in

  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Building trades14%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment14%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities13%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care12%
  • Manufacturing10%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hidalgo County had 296,499 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 70° and 49°; warmest in August, 98° and 77° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 70° 49° F M A M J J A 98° 77° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 70° and 49°; warmest in August, 98° and 77° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 70° 49° F M A M J J A 98° 77° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 70° and lows near 49°; warmest in August, with highs near 98° and lows near 77°. About 24 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Edinburg weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Hidalgo County

  1. Idea Public SchoolsSchool district8,946FTE
  2. Edinburg CisdSchool district4,877FTE
  3. Pharr-san Juan-alamo ISDSchool district4,635FTE
  4. The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyUniversity or college4,454
  5. Doctors Hospital at RenaissanceGeneral hospital4,426FTE
  6. La Joya ISDSchool district3,870FTE
  7. Mcallen ISDSchool district3,426FTE
  8. South Texas Health SystemGeneral hospital2,703FTE

School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Cold wavesVery high
  2. HurricanesRelatively high
  3. Heat wavesRelatively high
  4. Hailrelatively high in parts of DoolittleRelatively moderate
  5. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  6. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Doolittle’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Hidalgo County.