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South Padre Island, TX

2,891 Population
2.7 square miles 1,075.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.8 ±4.1 Median age
  • nearly double the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 32.7 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$77,304 ±$31,825 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $24,089 ±$545
  • nearly double the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,472 ±$20,329 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $52,601 ±$1,632
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16% ±9.6% (459  ±288) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 24.8% 104,877 (±1% / ±4,334)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.7 minutes ±8.5 (10,285  ±3,746) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 21.3 3,342,005 (±0.4 / ±75,136)
  • about half the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,598 ±297 Number of households
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 138,433 ±877
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±0.1 (2,868  ±556) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 3.1 422,811 (±0 / ±39)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.4% ±18.1% (22  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 4.8% † 4,835 (±0.5% / ±546)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,534 ±409 Number of housing units
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 159,679 ±95
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$516,900 ±$126,226 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $136,500 ±$3,909
  • nearly double the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±6.9% (351  ±206.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 8.5% 35,646 (±0.8% / ±3,150.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.7% ±5.1% (2,171  ±451.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 72.6% 186,703 (±1.4% / ±3,482.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
52.7% ±8% (1,221  ±307) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 22.1% 56,819 (±0.8% / ±2,002.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

14.7% ±8% (426  ±246) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 23.2% 98,730
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.8% ±5.8% (334  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 4.1% 12,584 (±0.3% / ±879)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
334 Total veterans ±164 307 Male ±157 27 Female ±29

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