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Weslaco, TX

40,393 Population
16.4 square miles 2,466.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.4 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 29.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35 ±0.1

Economics

$19,750 ±$1,477 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $18,880 ±$385
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $34,255 ±$134
$49,767 ±$5,314 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $44,666 ±$1,239
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $67,321 ±$214

26.2% ±3.9% (10,459  ±1,536) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 28.1% 240,908 (±1% / ±8,853)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 14% 3,965,117 (±0.1% / ±39,408)

30.3 minutes ±5.1 (422,950  ±75,710) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 22.8 6,891,300 (±0.5 / ±170,260)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,335,260 (±0.1 / ±1,164,079)

Families

12,198 ±526 Number of households
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 251,916 ±1,868
  • Texas: 10,239,341 ±15,384
3.3 ±0.1 (40,018  ±110) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.4 857,053 (±0 / ±687)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,293,548

7.1% ±2.1% (694  ±213) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 6.1% 13,084 (±0.5% / ±1,157)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 401,736 (±0.1% / ±6,321)

Housing

15,772 ±456 Number of housing units
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 290,393 ±217
  • Texas: 11,433,880 ±1,306

$91,800 ±$8,265 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $94,600 ±$2,272
  • about half the amount in Texas: $202,600 ±$599

15.9% ±3.1% (6,320  ±1,248.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 9.3% 79,473 (±0.6% / ±4,742.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.9% 4,237,650 (±0.1% / ±32,280)

Social

76.8% ±4% (17,380  ±1,072.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 67.3% 329,601 (±1.1% / ±5,204.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 84.8% 15,793,288 (±0.2% / ±39,237.5)
23.5% ±2.4% (5,323  ±575.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 19.5% 95,429 (±0.6% / ±2,775.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 31.5% 5,871,195 (±0.1% / ±25,404.1)

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

16.2% ±2.2% (6,544  ±895) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 26.1% 225,858 (±0.5% / ±4,533)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 17% 4,904,169 (±0.1% / ±24,977)

6% ±1.5% (1,575  ±390) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.1% 18,094 (±0.2% / ±1,099)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.7% 1,426,641 (±0.1% / ±10,418)
1,575 Total veterans ±390 1,499 Male ±388 76 Female ±55

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