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Hidalgo County (Central)--McAllen City PUMA, TX

143,771 Population
47.7 square miles 3,015 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,791 ±$4,240 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$58,582 ±$5,475 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

21.6% ±3.5% (30,798  ±5,028) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20 minutes ±1.7 (1,117,840  ±118,625) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 27.2 347,514,080 (±0.1 / ±2,192,679)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

50,609 ±2,186 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.8 ±0.1 (142,719  ±3,132) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

8% ±2.7% (2,693  ±925) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

56,709 ±2,532 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$199,100 ±$12,076 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.3% ±2.4% (17,417  ±3,474.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

81.6% ±3.4% (74,412  ±4,370.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
32.3% ±2.7% (29,421  ±2,772.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

74.1% ±1.9% (97,193  ±2,902) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 34.9% 9,660,360 (±0.1% / ±36,032.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

27.9% ±2.4% (40,155  ±3,546) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.2% ±1% (4,408  ±1,059) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,408 Total veterans ±1,059 3,662 Male ±946 746 Female ±488

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