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78599

35,454 Population
26.5 square miles 1,336.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.9 ±2 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

$20,831 ±$2,413 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $23,117 ±$475
  • about half the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$58,349 ±$5,176 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $54,338 ±$1,156
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

24.4% ±3.7% (8,615  ±1,539) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 26.7% 235,512 (±0.9% / ±8,160)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

24.7 minutes ±2.6 (306,880  ±41,409) 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

9,605 ±499 Number of households
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 270,210 ±1,465
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
3.7 ±0.3 (35,388  ±3,427) 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 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

3.4% ±1.6% (298  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 6.1% 13,525 (±0.5% / ±1,118)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

10,225 ±518 Number of housing units
  • the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 308,556 ±148
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$125,400 ±$13,488 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: $140,900 ±$3,806
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

8.9% ±2.4% (3,117  ±880.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 9.7% 85,489 (±0.6% / ±5,048.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

68.1% ±2.6% (13,031  ±1,005.5) 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 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
15.1% ±2.2% (2,881  ±470.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 20.6% 106,469 (±0.6% / ±2,903.1)
  • about half 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

21.4% ±2% (7,584  ±1,019) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 26.1% 232,467
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

3.2% ±1.3% (749  ±310) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metro Area: 3.2% 19,401 (±0.2% / ±1,084)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
749 Total veterans ±310 736 Male ±313 13 Female ±20

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