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Harlingen, TX Urban Area

116,926 Population
54.2 square miles 2,159 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$24,087 ±$2,216 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$45,390 ±$4,677 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

29% ±5.1% (33,445  ±5,964) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.3 minutes ±0.5 (782,885  ±39,114) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

41,895 ±2,196 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.2 (115,374  ±4,451) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.5% ±3.5% (2,243  ±941) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

48,566 ±2,197 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$150,300 ±$12,862 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11% ±3.1% (12,638  ±3,620.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

77.8% ±3.7% (54,791  ±3,995.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
20% ±2.5% (14,090  ±1,948.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

15.2% ±2.1% (17,717  ±2,562) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.7% ±1.3% (4,800  ±1,112) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,800 Total veterans ±1,112 4,587 Male ±1,077 213 Female ±133

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