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Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District, TX

17,897 Population
27.9 square miles 641.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.3 ±4.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Hidalgo County: 30.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$17,700 ±$1,777 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hidalgo County: $22,005 ±$384
  • about half the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$42,967 ±$6,016 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hidalgo County: $52,281 ±$1,265
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

31.3% ±9.1% (5,560  ±1,703) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hidalgo County: 27.2% 237,121 (±1% / ±8,739)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

22.3 minutes ±3.1 (126,175  ±26,030) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Hidalgo County: 22.9 7,038,570 (±0.4 / ±154,218)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

5,411 ±429 Number of households
  • Hidalgo County: 264,128 ±1,602
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
3.3 ±0.2 (17,897  ±1,829) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hidalgo County: 3.3 872,843 (±0 / ±144)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

2.5% ±2.2% (125  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hidalgo County: 6.1% 13,268 (±0.6% / ±1,220)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

5,964 ±434 Number of housing units
  • Hidalgo County: 302,173 ±133
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$78,500 ±$8,124 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Hidalgo County: $124,000 ±$2,423
  • about one-third of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

5.7% ±3.3% (1,020  ±594.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hidalgo County: 9.6% 83,389 (±0.5% / ±4,546)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

68.5% ±4.3% (7,035  ±752.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hidalgo County: 69.4% 351,300 (±1% / ±4,961.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
10.7% ±2.6% (1,097  ±281.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Hidalgo County: 20.3% 102,969 (±0.6% / ±2,771.3)
  • about one-third 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

19.8% ±3.1% (3,550  ±658) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hidalgo County: 26% 229,356
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

2.1% ±1.2% (267  ±161) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hidalgo County: 3.2% 19,430 (±0.2% / ±1,098)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
267 Total veterans ±161 206 Male ±134 61 Female ±73

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