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Weslaco, TX

40,858 Population
16.9 square miles 2,419.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 29.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.2 ±0.1

Economics

$21,672 ±$1,604 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $20,844 ±$358
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $37,514 ±$130
$53,517 ±$4,349 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $49,371 ±$1,140
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $73,035 ±$227

24.7% ±3.1% (9,957  ±1,241) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 27.7% 239,276 (±1% / ±8,869)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.9% 3,990,326 (±0.1% / ±37,547)

26.9 minutes ±4.5 (392,865  ±69,463) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 22.9 7,019,565 (±0.5 / ±176,426)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

12,668 ±625 Number of households
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 257,499 ±1,634
  • Texas: 10,490,553 ±15,608
3.2 ±0.2 (40,420  ±47) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.4 864,686 (±0 / ±147)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,634,506

5.5% ±1.8% (558  ±188) 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% 13,382 (±0.5% / ±1,124)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.7% 406,661 (±0.1% / ±6,428)

Housing

16,169 ±519 Number of housing units
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 296,286 ±232
  • Texas: 11,654,971 ±1,030

$102,200 ±$10,099 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $112,700 ±$2,544
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $238,000 ±$621

14.3% ±2.8% (5,756  ±1,137.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 9.5% 81,350 (±0.5% / ±4,524.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,235,358 (±0.1% / ±32,193.8)

Social

75.5% ±4.1% (17,772  ±1,141.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 68.6% 340,471 (±1.1% / ±5,309.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.2% 16,118,614 (±0.2% / ±40,407)
23% ±2.5% (5,410  ±,616.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 20.1% 99,890 (±0.6% / ±2,896)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 32.3% 6,101,787 (±0.1% / ±24,416.5)

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

15.7% ±2.2% (6,422  ±878) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 26.2% 228,323
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,987,855

5.7% ±1.5% (1,552  ±402) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.1% 18,395 (±0.2% / ±1,419)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,416,973 (±0.1% / ±11,246)
1,552 Total veterans ±402 1,474 Male ±378 78 Female ±58

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