Ranchos Penitas West, TX

Ranchos Penitas West is a small Webb County community on the edge of Laredo, with 466 people in the 2020 census. Its 2.1 square miles are all land, and the settlement's reach has shifted over time: part of the former CDP area was separated into Los Minerales before the 2010 count. FM 3338 provides the main approach from FM 1472 toward State Highway 255, keeping the community tied to the wider Laredo road network while retaining its own rural-residential footprint. That route also keeps everyday travel connected to the county's larger highway pattern.

For day-to-day school life, families fall within United Independent School District. Julia Bird Jones Muller Elementary, George Washington Middle, and United High are the named campus path for the community, while Laredo Community College supplies a nearby higher-education option for Webb County residents. That mix gives Ranchos Penitas West a distinctly practical character: a small county CDP whose routines are shaped by Laredo's schools, roads, and services, even though its boundary remains separate from the city.