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La Joya Independent School District, TX

99,505 Population
207.4 square miles 479.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Hidalgo County: 31.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$18,838 ±$2,222 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hidalgo County: $24,013 ±$956
  • about half the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$41,079 ±$5,510 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hidalgo County: $56,720 ±$2,766
  • about half the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564
  • about half the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

34.9% ±5.8% (34,683  ±6,494) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hidalgo County: 24.4% 220,594 (±1.8% / ±16,229)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.4 minutes ±1.7 (763,235  ±68,635) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Hidalgo County: 22.5 7,063,900 (±0.5 / ±171,055)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

29,489 ±2,358 Number of households
  • Hidalgo County: 281,450 ±3,928
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.4 ±0.1 (99,503  ±8,523) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hidalgo County: 3.2 906,128 (±0 / ±250)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.4% ±3% (1,846  ±780) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hidalgo County: 5.3% † 11,942 (±0.9% / ±2,031)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

34,515 ±2,630 Number of housing units
  • Hidalgo County: 321,899 ±88
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$138,900 ±$22,367 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hidalgo County: $164,200 ±$5,193
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

5.5% ±2.4% (5,386  ±2,360.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Hidalgo County: 10.6% † 95,450 (±1.2% / ±10,682.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

58.1% ±2.2% (33,056  ±2,850.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hidalgo County: 72.3% 387,909 (±2.1% / ±11,026.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
14% ±2% (7,954  ±1,295) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hidalgo County: 21.3% 114,322 (±1.1% / ±5,985.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)
  • about two-fifths of 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

32.1% ±2.5% (31,922  ±3,679) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hidalgo County: 26% 237,708
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.6% ±0.9% (1,776  ±619) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Hidalgo County: 2.8% † 17,589 (±0.4% / ±2,355)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,776 Total veterans ±619 1,482 Male ±589 294 Female ±329

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