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78550

53,335 Population
94.2 square miles 566.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 32.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$25,915 ±$1,450 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $24,089 ±$545
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$49,007 ±$2,670 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $52,601 ±$1,632
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

24.4% ±3.1% (12,846  ±1,682) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as 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)

18 minutes ±0.7 (359,110  ±25,952) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 21.3 3,342,005 (±0.4 / ±75,136)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

19,733 ±683 Number of households
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 138,433 ±877
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.7 ±0 (52,355  ±1,909) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 3.1 422,811 (±0 / ±39)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

5.3% ±1.5% (645  ±185) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 4.8% † 4,835 (±0.5% / ±546)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

22,468 ±674 Number of housing units
  • the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 159,679 ±95
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$131,100 ±$9,409 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: $136,500 ±$3,909
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

10.1% ±1.8% (5,302  ±982.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 8.5% 35,646 (±0.8% / ±3,150.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

77.5% ±2.5% (26,536  ±1,367) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 72.6% 186,703 (±1.4% / ±3,482.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
22% ±1.8% (7,531  ±682.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as 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

14.5% ±1.5% (7,751  ±857) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 23.2% 98,730
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

5.5% ±0.9% (2,116  ±359) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metro Area: 4.1% 12,584 (±0.3% / ±879)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
2,116 Total veterans ±359 1,968 Male ±335 148 Female ±92

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