Pharr.
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Texas·Hidalgo County
20 tracts·77K people·$122K median·3,240/mi²
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The median home value in Pharr is $121,900 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.3× the US median of $458,812.
Pharr has 80,333 residents across 18 census tracts and 18 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 29.7; the population is 94.7% Hispanic or Latino, 4.5% White, 0.5% Asian, 0.2% Black, 0.1% Multiracial and 0.1% Other; the average household has 3.4 people; 18.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 27.6% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
HIDALGO PARK EL (68%), JC KELLY EL (64%) and AIDA C ESCOBAR EL (62%) lead the elementary schools; VALLEY VIEW J H (48%), LYNDON B JOHNSON MIDDLE (44%) and KENNEDY MIDDLE (43%) lead the middle schools; PSJA THOMAS JEFFERSON T-STEM EARLY COLLEGE H S (73%), PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H S (55%) and PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S (47%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,037/month, 34% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Pharr is $52,814 a year, 39% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Pharr, median rent is $1,037/month and the median home value is $121,900 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Pharr reported 2.5 violent crimes and 14.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 97°F; winter lows average 52°F; there are 94 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 23 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Pharr are cold wave (99), drought (96) and hail (92), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.06g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Pharr, 1.1% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).