Harlingen.
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Texas·Cameron County
27 tracts·56K people·$141K median·1,388/mi²
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The median home value in Harlingen is $140,600 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.3× the US median of $458,812.
Harlingen has 72,087 residents across 18 census tracts and 18 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 33.4; the population is 82.3% Hispanic or Latino, 13.9% White, 1.5% Black, 1.0% Asian, 0.7% Multiracial and 0.5% Other; the average household has 2.7 people; 22.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 25.1% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
LEE H MEANS EL (69%), BOWIE EL (59%) and STUART PLACE EL (48%) lead the elementary schools; GUTIERREZ MIDDLE (49%), MOISES VELA MIDDLE (49%) and MEMORIAL MIDDLE (43%) lead the middle schools; HARLINGEN SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS (82%), HARLINGEN COLLEGIATE H S (77%) and HARLINGEN H S - SOUTH (36%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $928/month, 41% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Harlingen is $53,645 a year, 38% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Harlingen, median rent is $928/month and the median home value is $140,600 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Harlingen reported 3.1 violent crimes and 27.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 95°F; winter lows average 52°F; there are 105 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 28 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Harlingen are cold wave (90), drought (77) and hail (70), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.04g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Harlingen, 1.6% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).