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San Benito, TX

24,677 Population
15.8 square miles 1,561.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 32.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$19,058 ±$1,792 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $23,142 ±$469
  • about half the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$41,445 ±$4,694 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $51,334 ±$1,640
  • about half the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

28% ±6.5% (6,804  ±1,569) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 24.4% 102,583 (±1% / ±4,345)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

19.4 minutes ±0.9 (154,685  ±18,906) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 20.6 3,227,715 (±0.4 / ±81,643)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

7,854 ±601 Number of households
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 135,435 ±1,061
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
3.1 ±0.2 (24,482  ±53) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 3.1 420,104 (±0 / ±58)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

2.8% ±1.7% (157  ±94) 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

8,867 ±586 Number of housing units
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 157,565 ±81
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$85,100 ±$9,101 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $120,000 ±$2,519
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

8.6% ±4.2% (2,106  ±1,025.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 8.8% 36,781 (±0.7% / ±3,029.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

70.5% ±5% (10,155  ±955.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 71.6% 182,021 (±1.4% / ±3,648.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
13.2% ±3% (1,894  ±446.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 20.6% 52,232 (±0.8% / ±1,982.5)
  • about two-fifths of 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

17.5% ±2.9% (4,318  ±718) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 22.7% 95,956
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

4.4% ±1.1% (761  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 4.2% 12,632 (±0.3% / ±995)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
761 Total veterans ±201 722 Male ±199 39 Female ±36

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