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McAllen, TX

146,599 Population
62.3 square miles 2,351.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 30.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,395 ±$4,043 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $22,546 ±$1,002
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$60,200 ±$5,187 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $53,661 ±$2,030
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

20.4% ±3.4% (29,733  ±4,979) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 27.2% 241,645 (±1.6% / ±14,262)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

20 minutes ±1.7 (1,135,970  ±117,586) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 22.3 7,398,210 (±0.7 / ±296,045)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 27.2 347,514,080 (±0.1 / ±2,192,679)

Families

51,319 ±2,098 Number of households
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 277,001 ±3,011
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
2.8 ±0.1 (145,544  ±41) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.2 890,971 (±0 / ±269)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 † 29,898,096 (±49.3 / ±-555,555,600)

7.8% ±2.6% (2,666  ±910) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 6.2% † 13,743 (±0.7% / ±1,654)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

57,531 ±2,461 Number of housing units
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 314,617 ±106
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$203,900 ±$13,570 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $151,200 ±$6,011
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

11.6% ±2.3% (16,733  ±3,320.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 9.2% † 81,874 (±1% / ±9,017.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

81.7% ±3.7% (75,958  ±4,364) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 71% 371,491 (±2% / ±10,380.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
32.9% ±2.8% (30,637  ±2,782.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 20.7% 108,050 (±1.1% / ±5,707.3)
  • a little less than 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

27.8% ±2.4% (40,771  ±3,528) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 25.9% † 232,219 (±15,981.5% / ±9,592)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.9% † 5,455,292 (±,325.7% / ±65,136)

4.1% ±0.9% (4,401  ±997) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.3% † 20,626 (±0.4% / ±2,523)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
4,401 Total veterans ±997 3,826 Male ±958 575 Female ±390

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