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78520

64,740 Population
39.8 square miles 1,627.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 32.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$21,364 ±$1,171 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $24,089 ±$545
  • about half the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$50,116 ±$4,105 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $52,601 ±$1,632
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

23.2% ±2.5% (14,800  ±1,682) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 24.8% 104,877 (±1% / ±4,334)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

22.5 minutes ±0.7 (534,970  ±35,509) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 21.3 3,342,005 (±0.4 / ±75,136)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

20,847 ±737 Number of households
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 138,433 ±877
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
3.1 ±0 (63,797  ±2,296) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 3.1 422,811 (±0 / ±39)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

5.8% ±1.6% (925  ±261) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 4.8% † 4,835 (±0.5% / ±546)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

23,135 ±755 Number of housing units
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 159,679 ±95
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$146,000 ±$10,707 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $136,500 ±$3,909
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

9.7% ±2.2% (6,168  ±1,400.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 8.5% 35,646 (±0.8% / ±3,150.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

69.5% ±2.1% (27,028  ±1,258.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 72.6% 186,703 (±1.4% / ±3,482.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
23.9% ±1.8% (9,294  ±769.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 22.1% 56,819 (±0.8% / ±2,002.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

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

27.2% ±1.9% (17,614  ±1,401) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 23.2% 98,730
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

2.9% ±0.6% (1,338  ±303) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 4.1% 12,584 (±0.3% / ±879)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
1,338 Total veterans ±303 1,222 Male ±281 116 Female ±67

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