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Weslaco Independent School District, TX

75,655 Population
54.1 square miles 1,398.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Hidalgo County: 30.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,882 ±$2,373 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Hidalgo County: $22,546 ±$1,002
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$55,252 ±$7,488 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hidalgo County: $53,661 ±$2,030
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

18.6% ±4.7% (14,015  ±3,738) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hidalgo County: 27.2% 241,645 (±1.6% / ±14,262)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

26.8 minutes ±2.8 (673,000  ±84,467) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hidalgo County: 22.9 7,038,570 (±0.4 / ±154,218)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

25,393 ±2,088 Number of households
  • Hidalgo County: 277,001 ±3,011
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
3 ±0.3 (75,192  ±5,999) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hidalgo County: 3.2 890,971 (±0 / ±269)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096

5.9% ±3% (1,129  ±603) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Hidalgo County: 6.2% † 13,743 (±0.7% / ±1,654)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

29,953 ±2,416 Number of housing units
  • Hidalgo County: 314,617 ±106
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$148,000 ±$33,913 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Hidalgo County: $151,200 ±$6,011
  • about half the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

7.3% ±3.9% (5,449  ±2,928.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hidalgo County: 9.2% † 81,874 (±1% / ±9,017.3)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

75.2% ±5% (35,577  ±3,852.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hidalgo County: 71% 371,491 (±2% / ±10,380.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
19.4% ±3.6% (9,163  ±1,889.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hidalgo County: 20.7% 108,050 (±1.1% / ±5,707.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)

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

19% ±3.5% (14,347  ±2,901) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hidalgo County: 25.9% 232,219
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292

3.8% ±1.7% (2,061  ±923) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hidalgo County: 3.3% † 20,626 (±0.4% / ±2,523)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
2,061 Total veterans ±923 2,010 Male ±914 51 Female ±86

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