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La Feria, TX

6,891 Population
4.4 square miles 1,569.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±12 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 32.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,668 ±$4,489 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $24,089 ±$545
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,081 ±$5,300 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $52,601 ±$1,632
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25% ±6.7% (1,725  ±458) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 24.8% 104,877 (±1% / ±4,334)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.3 minutes ±2.3 (53,420  ±8,853) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 21.3 3,342,005 (±0.4 / ±75,136)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,631 ±302 Number of households
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 138,433 ±877
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (6,891  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 3.1 422,811 (±0 / ±39)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.7% ±4.8% (112  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 4.8% † 4,835 (±0.5% / ±546)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,396 ±341 Number of housing units
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 159,679 ±95
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$106,900 ±$17,345 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $136,500 ±$3,909
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.8% ±2.2% (328  ±150.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 8.5% 35,646 (±0.8% / ±3,150.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

73.9% ±8.3% (3,378  ±489.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 72.6% 186,703 (±1.4% / ±3,482.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.2% ±6.6% (741  ±308.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 22.1% 56,819 (±0.8% / ±2,002.8)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

17.3% ±4.6% (1,191  ±319) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 23.2% 98,730
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±3.5% (334  ±180) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 4.1% 12,584 (±0.3% / ±879)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
334 Total veterans ±180 326 Male ±177 8 Female ±11

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