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Harlingen, TX

71,512 Population
40.1 square miles 1,782.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 33.4 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,252 ±$3,255 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $24,283 ±$1,162
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$60,065 ±$6,826 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $52,210 ±$2,610
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

20.1% ±5.4% (14,277  ±3,857) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 23.5% 99,450 (±2% / ±8,607)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

17.3 minutes ±1.1 (461,455  ±35,509) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 20.3 3,139,370 (±0.4 / ±72,038)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

25,629 ±1,974 Number of households
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 143,033 ±2,516
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
2.8 ±0.2 (70,658  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 3 423,261 (±0.1 / ±83)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 † 29,898,096 (±49.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.3% ±3.2% (866  ±528) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 5.4% † 5,513 (±1.5% / ±1,544)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

29,707 ±2,177 Number of housing units
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 162,060 ±68
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$170,700 ±$20,917 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $154,200 ±$6,834
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

15.7% ±5.6% (11,115  ±3,973.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 9.7% † 40,813 (±1.6% / ±6,928.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

82.5% ±5.6% (35,746  ±3,333.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 74.9% 195,116 (±2.8% / ±7,308.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
24% ±3.7% (10,410  ±1,730.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 22.7% 59,270 (±1.6% / ±4,276.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)

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

12.3% ±3% (8,776  ±2,143) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 23.4% † 99,865 (±30,470.2% / ±5,925)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 17.9% † 5,455,292 (±,325.7% / ±65,136)

6.8% ±2.3% (3,419  ±1,146) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 5.1% † 15,517 (±0.7% / ±2,248)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
3,419 Total veterans ±1,146 3,078 Male ±1,097 341 Female ±283

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