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Pharr, TX

81,145 Population
23.7 square miles 3,418.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.9 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 31.3 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,397 ±$2,159 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $24,013 ±$956
  • about half the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
$54,042 ±$8,918 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $56,720 ±$2,766
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564

27% ±6.5% (21,845  ±5,238) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 24.4% 220,594 (±1.8% / ±16,229)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)

21.1 minutes ±1.2 (633,415  ±43,824) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 22.5 7,063,900 (±0.5 / ±171,055)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

24,591 ±1,703 Number of households
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 281,450 ±3,928
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
3.3 ±0.2 (80,886  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.2 906,128 (±0 / ±250)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006

7.2% ±3.2% (1,461  ±661) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 5.3% † 11,942 (±0.9% / ±2,031)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)

Housing

27,224 ±1,952 Number of housing units
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 321,899 ±88
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820

$154,800 ±$14,101 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $164,200 ±$5,193
  • about half the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780

17.8% ±5.7% (14,111  ±4,482.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 10.6% † 95,450 (±1.2% / ±10,682.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)

Social

70.4% ±6.2% (30,228  ±3,332.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 72.3% 387,909 (±2.1% / ±11,026.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
19.6% ±3.8% (8,410  ±1,708.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 21.3% 114,322 (±1.1% / ±5,985.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)

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

29.9% ±4.2% (24,248  ±3,381) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 26% 237,708
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477

2.1% ±1.4% (1,086  ±746) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 2.8% † 17,589 (±0.4% / ±2,355)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
1,086 Total veterans ±746 1,011 Male ±733 75 Female ±97

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