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78542

89,401 Population
176 square miles 508.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.7 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 30.5 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$19,389 ±$1,305 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $23,117 ±$475
  • about half the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$55,243 ±$5,787 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $54,338 ±$1,156
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

30.4% ±4.4% (26,197  ±4,054) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 26.7% 235,512 (±0.9% / ±8,160)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

24.6 minutes ±1.3 (680,495  ±63,735) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 22.5 7,063,900 (±0.5 / ±171,055)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

23,943 ±1,139 Number of households
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 270,210 ±1,465
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
3.6 ±0.1 (86,180  ±4,998) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.3 884,150 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

5.7% ±2% (1,237  ±435) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 6.1% 13,525 (±0.5% / ±1,118)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

26,187 ±1,239 Number of housing units
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 308,556 ±148
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$150,200 ±$14,758 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $140,900 ±$3,806
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

9.3% ±1.5% (8,194  ±1,427.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 9.7% 85,489 (±0.6% / ±5,048.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

66.3% ±1.7% (32,078  ±1,924.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 70.2% 362,400 (±1% / ±5,218.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
12.8% ±1.4% (6,188  ±735.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 20.6% 106,469 (±0.6% / ±2,903.1)
  • about two-fifths 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

25.5% ±1.7% (22,836  ±1,985) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 26.1% 232,467
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

2.3% ±0.6% (1,355  ±359) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.2% 19,401 (±0.2% / ±1,084)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
1,355 Total veterans ±359 1,292 Male ±350 63 Female ±57

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