Hot desert
Vinton, Texas
El Paso County, Texas · Population 2.8k · 3,780 ft elevation
Living in Vinton
Vinton has a hot desert climate: very hot summers (July highs around 95°F) and mild winters (January lows around 34°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 9″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (83% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 70, with about 63 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Vinton: about 31% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,000 ft around town.
Vinton at a glance
- Population
- 2.8k
- Elevation
- 3,780 ft
- Average daily high
- 78°F84th percentile
- Average daily low
- 53°F79th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 9″2th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,674 hrs95th percentile
- Median AQI
- 7097th percentile
- Median home value
- $105k7th percentile
- Median rent
- $828/mo16th percentile
- Median household income
- $59k28th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.40%69th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.2%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.822th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%86th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9564th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 39%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 31%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 984 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58°F | 34°F | 0.5″ | — | 254 hrs |
| Feb | 63°F | 39°F | 0.3″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Mar | 70°F | 45°F | 0.1″ | — | 305 hrs |
| Apr | 79°F | 51°F | 0.0″ | — | 336 hrs |
| May | 88°F | 61°F | 0.3″ | — | 375 hrs |
| Jun | 96°F | 70°F | 0.7″ | — | 374 hrs |
| Jul | 95°F | 73°F | 2.4″ | — | 348 hrs |
| Aug | 93°F | 72°F | 1.6″ | — | 334 hrs |
| Sep | 88°F | 66°F | 1.4″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Oct | 79°F | 54°F | 0.7″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Nov | 66°F | 42°F | 0.4″ | — | 257 hrs |
| Dec | 56°F | 34°F | 0.5″ | — | 243 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology