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Census Tract 229, Hidalgo, TX

4,326 Population
5.3 square miles 822.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±5.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mercedes: 33.2 † ±5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hidalgo County: 30.5 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$25,997 ±$3,693 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mercedes: $20,044 † ±$2,188
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hidalgo County: $23,117 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$49,971 ±$14,485 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mercedes: $46,904 † ±$9,631
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hidalgo County: $54,338 ±$1,156
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

26.6% ±12.9% (1,149  ±591) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercedes: 28.6% † 4,791 (±6.4% / ±1,066)
  • about the same as the rate in Hidalgo County: 26.7% 235,512 (±0.9% / ±8,160)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

18.3 minutes ±3.3 (26,730  ±7,782) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Mercedes: 18.6 † 105,090 (±2.1 / ±18,170)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hidalgo County: 22.5 7,063,900 (±0.5 / ±171,055)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

1,611 ±248 Number of households
  • Mercedes: 5,205 ±419
  • Hidalgo County: 270,210 ±1,465
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.7 ±0.2 (4,326  ±751) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mercedes: 3.2 16,661 (±0.3 / ±48)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hidalgo County: 3.3 884,150 (±0 / ±135)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

4.8% ±6.2% (47  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mercedes: 3.8% † 160 (±2.5% / ±105)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hidalgo County: 6.1% 13,525 (±0.5% / ±1,118)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

2,122 ±249 Number of housing units
  • Mercedes: 6,031 ±438
  • Hidalgo County: 308,556 ±148
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$103,700 ±$21,420 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercedes: $111,800 † ±$14,129
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hidalgo County: $140,900 ±$3,806
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

11% ±7.7% (474  ±342.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mercedes: 8% † 1,326 (±3.1% / ±511.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hidalgo County: 9.7% 85,489 (±0.6% / ±5,048.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

80.4% ±18.6% (2,309  ±371.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercedes: 72.4% 7,160 (±5% / ±735.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hidalgo County: 70.2% 362,400 (±1% / ±5,218.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
19.5% ±5.1% (559  ±173.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mercedes: 15.5% † 1,529 (±3.5% / ±365.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Hidalgo County: 20.6% 106,469 (±0.6% / ±2,903.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

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

16.7% ±3.9% (721  ±210) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Mercedes: 16.6% † 2,783 (±3.7% / ±626)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hidalgo County: 26.1% 232,467
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

7.9% ±3.8% (247  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Mercedes: 4.1% † 468 (±1.4% / ±158)
  • more than double the rate in Hidalgo County: 3.2% 19,401 (±0.2% / ±1,084)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
247 Total veterans ±126 247 Male ±126 N/A Female ±15

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