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McAllen, TX

144,585 Population
62.3 square miles 2,320.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 30.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,437 ±$3,149 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $21,137 ±$827
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $38,123 ±$223
$55,898 ±$4,877 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $49,142 ±$2,108
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $72,284 ±$443

20.8% ±4.5% (29,800  ±6,504) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 27.6% 243,504 (±1.8% / ±16,028)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,113,641 (±0.3% / ±72,677)

22.7 minutes ±2.3 (1,222,465  ±147,901) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 22.5 7,251,470 (±1 / ±346,295)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 329,915,840 (±0.2 / ±2,493,930)

Families

49,590 ±2,268 Number of households
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 270,891 ±3,257
  • Texas: 11,087,708 ±20,293
2.9 ±0.1 (143,576  ±53) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.3 881,820 (±0 / ±276)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,420,404

5.3% ±2.2% (1,832  ±775) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 6.2% † 13,622 (±1% / ±2,108)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 420,463 (±0.2% / ±14,628)

Housing

56,411 ±2,715 Number of housing units
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 308,396 ±110
  • Texas: 12,135,376 ±1,261

$168,300 ±$12,958 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $123,700 ±$4,599
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $275,400 ±$1,356

11.6% ±2.9% (16,524  ±4,171.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 11% † 96,005 (±1.3% / ±11,392.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,255,243 (±0.2% / ±65,296.3)

Social

81.4% ±4.3% (75,834  ±4,801.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 69.7% 356,288 (±2.1% / ±10,562.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86.1% 16,875,375 (±0.4% / ±78,881.7)
33.7% ±3.2% (31,433  ±3,151.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 21.3% 108,975 (±1.2% / ±6,160.4)
  • about the same as 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

23.8% ±2.4% (34,336  ±3,475) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 26.3% 233,796
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,169,126

3.9% ±0.9% (4,193  ±931) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.2% † 19,914 (±0.4% / ±2,213)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,401,173 (±0.1% / ±22,051)
4,193 Total veterans ±931 3,945 Male ±854 248 Female ±347

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