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Census Tract 242.10, Hidalgo, TX

5,019 Population
3.2 square miles 1,587.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in La Joya: 32.2 † ±3.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hidalgo County: 30.5 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$23,102 ±$3,932 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in La Joya: $22,244 † ±$4,319
  • about the same as the amount in Hidalgo County: $23,117 ±$475
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$49,593 ±$12,789 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in La Joya: $53,526 † ±$30,180
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hidalgo County: $54,338 ±$1,156
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

17% ±7.7% (853  ±404) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in La Joya: 21.7% † 1,033 (±14.1% / ±672)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hidalgo County: 26.7% 235,512 (±0.9% / ±8,160)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

19.6 minutes ±3.5 (33,865  ±9,674) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in La Joya: 19.7 † 31,475 (±3.5 / ±8,247)
  • 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

1,672 ±287 Number of households
  • La Joya: 1,458 † ±190
  • Hidalgo County: 270,210 ±1,465
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
3 ±0.7 (5,019  ±695) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in La Joya: 3.3 † 4,763 (±0.4 / ±28)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hidalgo County: 3.3 884,150 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

7.7% ±7.4% (90  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in La Joya: 7.4% † 90 (±7.2% / ±90)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

2,027 ±319 Number of housing units
  • La Joya: 1,817 † ±226
  • Hidalgo County: 308,556 ±148
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$116,800 ±$15,413 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in La Joya: $108,000 † ±$24,478
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hidalgo County: $140,900 ±$3,806
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

5.9% ±5.1% (289  ±254.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in La Joya: 4.3% † 201 (±5.2% / ±240.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hidalgo County: 9.7% 85,489 (±0.6% / ±5,048.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

63.7% ±8.7% (2,172  ±446) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in La Joya: 67.3% † 2,027 (±11.5% / ±393.7)
  • 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)
17.6% ±6.1% (600  ±226.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in La Joya: 17.3% † 521 (±6.9% / ±214)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hidalgo County: 20.6% 106,469 (±0.6% / ±2,903.1)
  • about half 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

28.3% ±8.9% (1,419  ±486) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in La Joya: 25.2% † 1,199 (±9.6% / ±458)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hidalgo County: 26.1% 232,467
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

1.5% ±1.5% (58  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in La Joya: 1.7% † 58 (±1.7% / ±59)
  • about half the rate in Hidalgo County: 3.2% 19,401 (±0.2% / ±1,084)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
58 Total veterans ±59 58 Male ±59 N/A Female ±21

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