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Census Tract 241.17, Hidalgo, TX

2,990 Population
3 square miles 1,000.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27 ±6.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Alton: 26.1 ±2.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hidalgo County: 30.5 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$19,454 ±$4,120 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Alton: $18,575 † ±$1,949
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hidalgo County: $23,117 ±$475
  • about half the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$62,424 ±$7,128 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Alton: $52,715 † ±$6,981
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hidalgo County: $54,338 ±$1,156
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

23.2% ±13% (693  ±405) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alton: 27.5% † 5,545 (±6% / ±1,207)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hidalgo County: 26.7% 235,512 (±0.9% / ±8,160)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

20.2 minutes ±6.8 (20,200  ±4,679) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alton: 24.4 164,870 (±2.3 / ±24,983)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hidalgo County: 22.5 7,063,900 (±0.5 / ±171,055)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

808 ±120 Number of households
  • Alton: 5,349 ±327
  • Hidalgo County: 270,210 ±1,465
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
3.7 ±0.3 (2,990  ±491) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alton: 3.8 20,214 (±0.2 / ±42)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hidalgo County: 3.3 884,150 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

7.9% ±9.9% (61  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alton: 5% † 274 (±3.1% / ±171)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hidalgo County: 6.1% 13,525 (±0.5% / ±1,118)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

931 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Alton: 6,029 ±381
  • Hidalgo County: 308,556 ±148
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$146,000 ±$25,949 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alton: $156,300 ±$10,586
  • a little higher than the amount in Hidalgo County: $140,900 ±$3,806
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

17.8% ±15.2% (520  ±450.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Alton: 17% † 3,377 (±5.5% / ±1,093.8)
  • nearly double the rate in Hidalgo County: 9.7% 85,489 (±0.6% / ±5,048.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

63.2% ±9.8% (1,039  ±229.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Alton: 67.2% † 6,908 (±6.9% / ±836)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hidalgo County: 70.2% 362,400 (±1% / ±5,218.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
12.6% ±5% (208  ±88.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alton: 14.2% † 1,462 (±3.9% / ±407.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hidalgo County: 20.6% 106,469 (±0.6% / ±2,903.1)
  • about two-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

22.4% ±11.9% (670  ±372) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alton: 26.1% † 5,267 (±3.8% / ±768)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hidalgo County: 26.1% 232,467
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

4.1% ±4.1% (83  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Alton: 1.2% † 152 (±0.8% / ±108)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hidalgo County: 3.2% 19,401 (±0.2% / ±1,084)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
83 Total veterans ±84 83 Male ±84 N/A Female ±15

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