PORT ISABEL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
City of Port Isabel, Texas
Economic Development Profile

SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES:
The communities contiguous or in close proximity to Port Isabel are different in some aspects to this city. Among those differences are:

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South Padre Island, just 2.5 miles away is one of the top 3 beaches in the United States.

Surf fishing, kite boarding, wind sailing, surfing, beach combing or just relaxing on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico lures visitors from all over the world to the Laguna Madre area.
• Laguna Heights is an unincorporated community immediately west of Port Isabel which has little significant shopping areas so its population uses Port Isabel as its main shopping resource.

• Laguna Vista is a developing resort and bedroom community with much high end real estate development with a focus on recreation and again no significant shopping outlets and like Laguna Heights uses Port Isabel as its main shopping resource.

• South Padre Island is almost 100% dedicated to tourism and to high end real estate development for individuals with money to purchase second homes.

• South Padre Island is also a community which has a very small native workforce so it relies on Port Isabel and other surrounding communities as its primary sources for workers for its hospitality and recreational industries. It is also the city which is the host of most university students that come to south Texas for spring break in either March or April. Also, South Padre Island appears to be a popular investment locale for real estate that is purchased by Mexican nationals or out of region investors.

• All of these communities are impacted by the “Winter Texans” who come south from mostly mid-western states and Canada to winter in this region. All of these communities have parks for trailers and RV’s but these are less evident in Laguna Vista.










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