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La Joya Independent School District, TX

103,683 Population
207.4 square miles 500 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Hidalgo County: 30.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,399 ±$1,706 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hidalgo County: $22,546 ±$1,002
  • about half the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$42,342 ±$7,490 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hidalgo County: $53,661 ±$2,030
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

33.6% ±6.5% (34,663  ±7,549) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hidalgo County: 27.2% 241,645 (±1.6% / ±14,262)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

23 minutes ±1.5 (763,590  ±63,196) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Hidalgo County: 22.9 7,038,570 (±0.4 / ±154,218)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

29,480 ±2,335 Number of households
  • Hidalgo County: 277,001 ±3,011
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
3.5 ±0.2 (103,682  ±10,357) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hidalgo County: 3.2 890,971 (±0 / ±269)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096

3.9% ±2.1% (1,041  ±558) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hidalgo County: 6.2% † 13,743 (±0.7% / ±1,654)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

33,285 ±2,564 Number of housing units
  • Hidalgo County: 314,617 ±106
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$119,000 ±$6,071 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hidalgo County: $151,200 ±$6,011
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

7.9% ±1.6% (8,151  ±1,644.5) Moved since previous year * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hidalgo County: 9.6% 83,389 (±0.5% / ±4,546)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

58.2% ±1.9% (33,749  ±3,131.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hidalgo County: 71% 371,491 (±2% / ±10,380.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
11.7% ±1.7% (6,805  ±1,173.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hidalgo County: 20.7% 108,050 (±1.1% / ±5,707.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)

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

34.9% ±2% (36,177  ±4,179) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hidalgo County: 25.9% 232,219
  • about double the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292

2.4% ±0.8% (1,729  ±592) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hidalgo County: 3.3% † 20,626 (±0.4% / ±2,523)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
1,729 Total veterans ±592 1,497 Male ±558 232 Female ±183

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