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78573

42,874 Population
36.7 square miles 1,168.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 30.3 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$20,778 ±$1,438 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $22,005 ±$384
  • about half the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$51,185 ±$7,157 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $52,281 ±$1,265
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

24% ±3.9% (10,263  ±1,736) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 27.2% 237,121 (±1% / ±8,739)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

25.6 minutes ±2.1 (366,385  ±41,548) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 22.9 7,038,570 (±0.4 / ±154,218)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

12,068 ±759 Number of households
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 264,128 ±1,602
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
3.6 ±0.3 (42,869  ±2,024) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.3 872,843 (±0 / ±144)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

5.8% ±2% (638  ±221) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 6.1% 13,268 (±0.6% / ±1,220)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

13,339 ±798 Number of housing units
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 302,173 ±133
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$154,800 ±$11,474 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $124,000 ±$2,423
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

10.5% ±2.8% (4,451  ±1,204.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 9.6% 83,389 (±0.5% / ±4,546)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

62.6% ±2.4% (15,067  ±1,114.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 69.4% 351,300 (±1% / ±4,961.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
14.6% ±2% (3,513  ±535.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 20.3% 102,969 (±0.6% / ±2,771.3)
  • about two-fifths of 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

28.4% ±2.8% (12,159  ±1,325) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 26% 229,356
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

2.1% ±0.5% (602  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.2% 19,430 (±0.2% / ±1,098)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
602 Total veterans ±154 539 Male ±154 63 Female ±66

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