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Laredo, TX

254,041 Population
106.8 square miles 2,378.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.2 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 30.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$24,532 ±$1,856 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: $24,485 ±$1,864
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $38,123 ±$223
$59,751 ±$4,989 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: $59,603 ±$5,120
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $72,284 ±$443

20.1% ±3.2% (50,277  ±8,084) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 20.1% † 52,898 (±3.1% / ±8,240)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,113,641 (±0.3% / ±72,677)

22.7 minutes ±1.6 (2,304,725  ±186,687) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 23 2,451,015 (±1.5 / ±183,428)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 329,915,840 (±0.2 / ±2,493,930)

Families

79,223 ±1,348 Number of households
  • the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 82,519 ±1,196
  • Texas: 11,087,708 ±20,293
3.2 ±0 (251,296  ±4,528) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 3.2 265,018 (±0.1 / ±434)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,420,404

4% ±1.7% (2,572  ±1,074) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 4.1% † 2,704 (±1.7% / ±1,114)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 420,463 (±0.2% / ±14,628)

Housing

84,062 ±927 Number of housing units
  • the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 88,388 ±154
  • Texas: 12,135,376 ±1,261

$173,800 ±$8,081 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: $171,200 ±$7,412
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $275,400 ±$1,356

9.8% ±3% (24,614  ±7,469.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 9.4% † 25,045 (±2.8% / ±7,457.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,255,243 (±0.2% / ±65,296.3)

Social

71.4% ±4.1% (104,507  ±6,158.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 71.1% 109,403 (±4.1% / ±6,269.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86.1% 16,875,375 (±0.4% / ±78,881.7)
22.6% ±2.3% (33,100  ±3,453.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 22.4% † 34,427 (±2.3% / ±3,540.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 33.9% 6,651,408 (±0.3% / ±48,274.2)

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

25.3% ±1.8% (64,306  ±4,662) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 25.2% 67,353
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,169,126

2.1% ±0.7% (3,750  ±1,138) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Laredo, TX Metro Area: 2.1% † 3,861 (±0.6% / ±1,126)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,401,173 (±0.1% / ±22,051)
3,750 Total veterans ±1,138 3,524 Male ±1,100 226 Female ±217

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