El Rancho Vela is a census-designated place (CDP) in Starr County, Texas, United States. This was a new CDP for the 2010 census. As of the 2020 census, El Rancho Vela had a population of 254.
El Rancho Vela is located at (26.403815, -98.769016).
El Rancho Vela first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.
The CDP is within the Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District (formerly Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District).