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Rio Grande City, TX

15,258 Population
11.4 square miles 1,344.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.5 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area: 29.1 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$18,564 ±$2,437 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area: $18,063 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$41,369 ±$5,272 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area: $38,182 † ±$3,996
  • about half the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

33.9% ±6% (5,005  ±889) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area: 33.5% † 21,862 (±3.4% / ±2,206)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

19.3 minutes ±1.3 (98,115  ±13,430) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area: 24.4 520,580 (±2.1 / ±52,263)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

4,425 ±279 Number of households
  • the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area: 18,692 ±500
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
3.3 ±0.2 (14,749  ±50) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area: 3.5 65,252 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

3.2% ±2.2% (112  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area: 6.2% † 985 (±1.9% / ±306)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

5,187 ±317 Number of housing units
  • the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area: 23,008 ±38
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$113,400 ±$9,383 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area: $93,300 ±$6,978
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

14.4% ±4.7% (2,175  ±717.1) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area: 7.9% † 5,134 (±1.7% / ±1,066.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

68.9% ±5.8% (5,897  ±630.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area: 60.1% 22,056 (±3.4% / ±1,248.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
18.1% ±3.7% (1,547  ±329.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area: 13.3% † 4,882 (±1.5% / ±559.4)
  • 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

23.3% ±3.9% (3,551  ±589) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area: 27.5% 18,086
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

1.9% ±0.9% (189  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Rio Grande City-Roma, TX Micro Area: 2% † 877 (±0.7% / ±293)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
189 Total veterans ±90 189 Male ±90 N/A Female ±23

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