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Port Isabel, TX

5,098 Population
6.8 square miles 751.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 32.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$24,871 ±$5,457 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $23,142 ±$469
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$50,775 ±$17,788 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $51,334 ±$1,640
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

22.3% ±9.9% (1,135  ±504) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 24.4% 102,583 (±1% / ±4,345)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

13.3 minutes ±1 (29,720  ±5,265) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 20.6 3,227,715 (±0.4 / ±81,643)
  • about half the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

1,880 ±228 Number of households
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 135,435 ±1,061
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.7 ±0.3 (5,098  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 3.1 420,104 (±0 / ±58)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

2.8% ±3.4% (27  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 5.3% † 5,273 (±0.7% / ±701)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

2,547 ±272 Number of housing units
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 157,565 ±81
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$120,900 ±$75,832 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $120,000 ±$2,519
  • about half the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

5.7% ±4.3% (290  ±215.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 8.8% 36,781 (±0.7% / ±3,029.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

79.8% ±8.8% (2,703  ±397.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 71.6% 182,021 (±1.4% / ±3,648.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
15.6% ±4.3% (528  ±155) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 20.6% 52,232 (±0.8% / ±1,982.5)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

18.5% ±6.1% (944  ±313) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 22.7% 95,956
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

4.9% ±2.7% (187  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 4.2% 12,632 (±0.3% / ±995)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
187 Total veterans ±106 187 Male ±106 N/A Female ±21

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