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78586

49,103 Population
152.6 square miles 321.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than 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

$18,851 ±$1,168 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
$44,158 ±$2,246 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $51,334 ±$1,640
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

26.8% ±4% (13,046  ±2,027) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 24.4% 102,583 (±1% / ±4,345)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

21.4 minutes ±0.4 (366,325  ±29,698) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 20.6 3,227,715 (±0.4 / ±81,643)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

14,602 ±783 Number of households
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 135,435 ±1,061
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
3.4 ±0.2 (48,879  ±2,223) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 3.1 420,104 (±0 / ±58)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

3.5% ±1.5% (411  ±177) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 5.3% † 5,273 (±0.7% / ±701)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

16,145 ±782 Number of housing units
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 157,565 ±81
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$83,200 ±$7,595 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

6.1% ±2.3% (2,973  ±1,139.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 8.8% 36,781 (±0.7% / ±3,029.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

64.2% ±2.7% (18,013  ±1,188) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 71.6% 182,021 (±1.4% / ±3,648.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
12.4% ±1.9% (3,472  ±565.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths 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

22.9% ±2.2% (11,229  ±1,179) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 22.7% 95,956
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

3.9% ±0.9% (1,344  ±301) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 4.2% 12,632 (±0.3% / ±995)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
1,344 Total veterans ±301 1,283 Male ±298 61 Female ±44

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