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Texas·Hidalgo County
4 tracts·10K people·$112K median·859/mi²
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Mercedes is $111,800 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.2× the US median of $458,812.
Mercedes has 16,733 residents across 2 census tracts and 3 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 33.2; the population is 92.1% Hispanic or Latino, 7.1% White, 0.4% Black, 0.3% Multiracial, 0.1% Asian and 0.0% Other; the average household has 3.2 people; 15.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 28.6% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
RUBEN HINOJOSA EL (33%), TRAVIS EL (30%) and TAYLOR EL (27%) lead the elementary schools; SGT MANUEL CHACON MIDDLE (22%) and SGT WILLIAM G HARRELL MIDDLE (17%) lead the middle schools; SOUTH TEXAS ISD HEALTH PROFESSIONS (77%), SOUTH TEXAS ISD SCIENCE ACADEMY (71%) and SOUTH TEXAS ISD VIRTUAL ACADEMY (59%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $812/month, 49% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Mercedes is $46,904 a year, 45% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Mercedes, median rent is $812/month and the median home value is $111,800 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Mercedes reported 5.5 violent crimes and 33.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 96°F; winter lows average 52°F; there are 97 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 26 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Mercedes are cold wave (98), hail (93) and drought (90), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.04g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Mercedes, 0.7% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).