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Pharr, TX

80,409 Population
23.7 square miles 3,387.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 30.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,748 ±$2,049 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $22,546 ±$1,002
  • about half the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$57,171 ±$4,798 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $53,661 ±$2,030
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

22.5% ±5.2% (18,021  ±4,188) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 27.2% 241,645 (±1.6% / ±14,262)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

22.1 minutes ±0.7 (654,100  ±34,490) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 22.9 7,038,570 (±0.4 / ±154,218)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

23,919 ±1,367 Number of households
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 277,001 ±3,011
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
3.4 ±0.2 (80,282  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.2 890,971 (±0 / ±269)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096

6.2% ±2.9% (1,296  ±615) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 6.2% † 13,743 (±0.7% / ±1,654)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

26,800 ±1,512 Number of housing units
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 314,617 ±106
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$126,700 ±$21,084 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $151,200 ±$6,011
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

9.7% ±3.3% (7,691  ±2,640.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 9.2% † 81,874 (±1% / ±9,017.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

67.9% ±5.7% (30,298  ±2,978.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 71% 371,491 (±2% / ±10,380.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
17.9% ±3.2% (8,011  ±1,506.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 20.7% 108,050 (±1.1% / ±5,707.3)
  • about half 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

27.7% ±3.5% (22,282  ±2,771) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 25.9% 232,219
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292

2.4% ±1.1% (1,275  ±612) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.3% † 20,626 (±0.4% / ±2,523)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
1,275 Total veterans ±612 1,146 Male ±527 129 Female ±130

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