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Texas·Hidalgo County
54 tracts·157K people·$190K median·2,516/mi²
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The median home value in McAllen is $190,400 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.4× the US median of $458,812.
McAllen has 145,385 residents across 52 census tracts and 41 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 33.5; the population is 87.0% Hispanic or Latino, 8.5% White, 2.7% Asian, 0.9% Multiracial, 0.6% Black and 0.3% Other; the average household has 3.0 people; 32.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 20.0% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
GONZALEZ EL (77%), RAYBURN EL (66%) and BLANCA E SANCHEZ (59%) lead the elementary schools; MORRIS MIDDLE (70%), MICHAEL E FOSSUM MIDDLE (62%) and SHARYLAND NORTH J H (59%) lead the middle schools; ACHIEVE EARLY COLLEGE H S (93%), IDEA QUEST COLLEGE PREPARATORY (72%) and IDEA MCALLEN COLLEGE PREPARATORY (60%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,049/month, 34% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in McAllen is $61,579 a year, 28% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In McAllen, median rent is $1,049/month and the median home value is $190,400 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
McAllen reported 1.4 violent crimes and 19.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 98°F; winter lows average 52°F; there are 93 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 23 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in McAllen are cold wave (89), hail (84) and drought (74), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.06g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In McAllen, 1% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).