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78539

38,162 Population
12.2 square miles 3,118 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 30.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$36,220 ±$4,704 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $22,005 ±$384
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$64,864 ±$8,490 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $52,281 ±$1,265
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

21% ±4.1% (7,911  ±1,604) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 27.2% 237,121 (±1% / ±8,739)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

20.4 minutes ±0.8 (330,505  ±34,151) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 22.9 7,038,570 (±0.4 / ±154,218)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

14,255 ±889 Number of households
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 264,128 ±1,602
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.6 ±0.2 (37,524  ±2,192) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.3 872,843 (±0 / ±144)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

4% ±1.5% (398  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 6.1% 13,268 (±0.6% / ±1,220)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

15,759 ±831 Number of housing units
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 302,173 ±133
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$198,300 ±$13,735 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $124,000 ±$2,423
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

12.9% ±2.4% (4,871  ±951.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 9.6% 83,389 (±0.5% / ±4,546)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

84.4% ±4.1% (20,419  ±1,657.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 69.4% 351,300 (±1% / ±4,961.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
36.8% ±3.6% (8,908  ±1,039.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 20.3% 102,969 (±0.6% / ±2,771.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

19.4% ±4% (7,420  ±1,566) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 26% 229,356
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

6.4% ±1.9% (1,863  ±554) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.2% 19,430 (±0.2% / ±1,098)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
1,863 Total veterans ±554 1,741 Male ±554 122 Female ±79

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