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Scissors, 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 Scissors, Hidalgo County, Texas

Scissors, in Hidalgo County, had 3,758 people in the 2020 census. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. 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 people in Hidalgo County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 3,758 in the 2020 census; median age 22.5
Household income Too few homes in Scissors for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 6.3% Hidalgo County, August 2026; 6.8% a year before
Homes 84% lived in by their owners; 16% rented
  • 867households
  • 3%of adults have a degree
  • 23 mintypical commute
  • 4%work from home

What people in Hidalgo County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care27%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Building trades10%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities7%

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, 71° and 50°; warmest in August, 97° and 76° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 71° 50° F M A M J J A 97° 76° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 71° and 50°; warmest in August, 97° and 76° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 71° 50° F M A M J J A 97° 76° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 71° and lows near 50°; warmest in August, with highs near 97° and lows near 76°. About 26 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Weslaco weather station, 6 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. DroughtRelatively moderate
  5. HailRelatively moderate
  6. Ice stormsRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Scissors’ 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.