Metro area air quality · 2025
Kingsville, TX
Median AQI 49 (Good). 51.7% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.
- 49
- Median AQI
- 51.7%
- Good-air days
- 0
- Unhealthy days
- 14%
- Cleaner than US metros
Kingsville, TX posted a 2025 median AQI of 49 (Good) with 51.7% Good days
According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Kingsville, TX CBSA recorded a median AQI of 49 across 120 monitored days in 2025, with 51.7% rated Good and 0 unhealthy or worse. This is an annual metro comparison, not a live advisory.
Data source EPA Air Quality System (AQS)
- Cleaner than US metros
- The Kingsville, TX CBSA's 51.7% Good-day share places it cleaner than 14% of US metros in 2025.
- Closest median-AQI peer
- Canton-Massillon, OH (53.1% Good, median AQI 49) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Kingsville, TX.
- 2020–2025 Good-day shift
- Kingsville, TX's Good-day share moved -3.4 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +3).
- Median AQI
- Median AQI: 49
Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 120 monitored days. EPA AQS →
The verdict
Kingsville, TX lands in the lower Good-day tercile (51.7% Good), a thinner clean-air share than most CBSA peers here. On the EPA scale the metro runs good, among the more polluted US metros, with a median AQI of 49 and 51.7% of 120 monitored days in the Good band.
- 49
- median AQI · Good
- 51.7%
- days rated Good
- 14%
- cleaner than US metros
- 107
- worst single reading
No day crossed into the Unhealthy tier across the metro's monitors in 2025.
Annual release change
What changed in the 2025 EPA annual release
- Kingsville, TX metro's Good-day share fell from 59.1% to 52.1% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -7.0 percentage points.
- Kingsville, TX metro's median AQI rose from 43 to 49 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of +6 points.
- Kingsville, TX metro's peak single-day AQI fell from 121 to 107 between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -14 points.
Kingsville, TX lands in the lower Good-day tercile (51.7% Good), a thinner clean-air share than most CBSA peers here. Signature read: 51.7% Good-day share (low tercile vs CBSA corpus). Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 49 over 120 measured days in 2025 (Good / Moderate). The monitored-day split lands at 62 Good (52%), 57 Moderate (48%), and 1 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (1%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 74; the highest single-day reading hit 107 (USG).
Across 2020–2025, Good-day share shifted -3.4 points and median AQI moved +3 (worsening). No Unhealthy-tier days appear in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Canton-Massillon, OH (53.1% good, AQI 49); Carlsbad-Artesia, NM (53.7% good, AQI 49); Chattanooga, TN-GA (51.0% good, AQI 49).
Air Quality Summary
Median AQI
49
Good
Good Days
51.7%
62 of 120 days
Max AQI
107
USG
Health Grade
Moderate
90th pct: 74
AQI Day Breakdown (2025)
Distribution of 120 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.
Good
62
52%
Moderate
57
48%
USG
1
1%
Unhealthy
0
0%
Very Unhealthy
0
0%
Hazardous
0
0%
Health Impact Assessment
The Kingsville, TX metro area's air quality is rated Moderate based on 51.7% good air days. No unhealthy air days were recorded in 2025.
Air quality is generally acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should monitor real-time conditions at AirNow.gov during high-pollution events.
How does the Kingsville, TX metro compare?
How Kingsville, TX compares
5-Year Air Quality Trend
Air quality is worsening in the Kingsville, TX metro. Highest Good-day share: 2024 (59.1%, 204 of 345 monitored days).
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy | Median AQI | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 181 | 143 | 2 | 46 | 174 |
| 2021 | 185 | 162 | 0 | 48 | 109 |
| 2022 | 196 | 147 | 0 | 47 | 133 |
| 2023 | 190 | 139 | 0 | 44 | 89 |
| 2024 | 204 | 141 | 0 | 43 | 121 |
| 2025 | 62 | 57 | 0 | 49 | 107 |
Metros with a similar median AQI
CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Kingsville, TX (49).
Canton-Massillon, OH
Median AQI 49 · 53.1% Good-day share
Carlsbad-Artesia, NM
Median AQI 49 · 53.7% Good-day share
Chattanooga, TN-GA
Median AQI 49 · 51.0% Good-day share
Laramie, WY
Median AQI 49 · 55.6% Good-day share
Miami, OK
Median AQI 49 · 53.7% Good-day share
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
Median AQI 49 · 51.8% Good-day share
Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure
A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Kingsville, TX's 0 (independent of median AQI).
Aberdeen, SD
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 27
Aberdeen, WA
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 22
Adrian, MI
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 41
Akron, OH
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 45
Albany, GA
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 46
Albany, OR
0 unhealthy-or-worse days · median AQI 27
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Data Sources
Primary Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Quality System (AQS), Annual AQI by CBSA dataset for Kingsville, TX, 2025. See our methodology for how AQI, median, and coverage figures are computed.
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Source: U.S. EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by CBSA summary, Kingsville, TX · 2020–2025