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Census Tract 242.09, Hidalgo, TX

3,830 Population
2.6 square miles 1,447.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Penitas: 32.6 † ±6
  • about the same as the figure in Hidalgo County: 30.5 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$18,365 ±$5,120 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Penitas: $21,466 † ±$5,458
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hidalgo County: $23,117 ±$475
  • about half the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$44,094 ±$10,576 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Penitas: $48,993 † ±$14,016
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hidalgo County: $54,338 ±$1,156
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

32.8% ±15.4% (1,256  ±627) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Penitas: 23.8% † 1,536 (±10.2% / ±660)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hidalgo County: 26.7% 235,512 (±0.9% / ±8,160)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

25 minutes ±4.5 (40,790  ±12,114) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Penitas: 22.1 † 46,000 (±2.6 / ±12,096)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hidalgo County: 22.5 7,063,900 (±0.5 / ±171,055)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

1,137 ±151 Number of households
  • Penitas: 1,808 † ±229
  • Hidalgo County: 270,210 ±1,465
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
3.4 ±0.4 (3,830  ±645) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Penitas: 3.6 † 6,444 (±0.5 / ±18)
  • a little higher than the figure in Hidalgo County: 3.3 884,150 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

9% ±9.5% (88  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Penitas: 8.3% † 136 (±8.5% / ±142)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hidalgo County: 6.1% 13,525 (±0.5% / ±1,118)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

1,189 ±143 Number of housing units
  • Penitas: 1,980 † ±269
  • Hidalgo County: 308,556 ±148
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$145,300 ±$65,527 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Penitas: $167,000 † ±$27,977
  • a little higher than the amount in Hidalgo County: $140,900 ±$3,806
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

7% ±5.3% (265  ±204.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Penitas: 3% † 186 (±2.1% / ±132.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hidalgo County: 9.7% 85,489 (±0.6% / ±5,048.2)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

73.6% ±10.1% (1,686  ±430.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Penitas: 56.1% † 2,157 (±10.4% / ±446.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Hidalgo County: 70.2% 362,400 (±1% / ±5,218.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
19.2% ±8% (441  ±206.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Penitas: 11.7% † 450 (±5.5% / ±215.1)
  • about 90 percent of 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

33.3% ±11.6% (1,276  ±494) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Penitas: 31% † 1,996 (±7% / ±453)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hidalgo County: 26.1% 232,467
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

0.7% ±1.1% (19  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Penitas: 2.5% † 108 (±2.4% / ±105)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hidalgo County: 3.2% 19,401 (±0.2% / ±1,084)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
19 Total veterans ±32 19 Male ±32 N/A Female ±15

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