San Benito.
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Texas·Cameron County
10 tracts·20K people·$85K median·1,255/mi²
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The median home value in San Benito is $85,300 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.2× the US median of $458,812.
San Benito has 24,709 residents across 6 census tracts and 9 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 33.8; the population is 92.9% Hispanic or Latino, 6.4% White, 0.2% Black, 0.2% Multiracial, 0.2% Asian and 0.1% Other; the average household has 2.9 people; 14.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 29.7% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
IDEA ACADEMY SAN BENITO (55%), RAUL GARZA JR STEAM ACADEMY (52%) and DOWNS FINE ARTS ACADEMY (51%) lead the elementary schools; SOUTH TEXAS ISD RISING SCHOLARS ACADEMY (79%), BERTA CABAZA MIDDLE (26%) and MILLER JORDAN MIDDLE (19%) lead the middle schools; IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY SAN BENITO (63%), TRIUMPH PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS-SAN BENITO (34%) and SAN BENITO H S (18%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $839/month, 47% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in San Benito is $43,639 a year, 49% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In San Benito, median rent is $839/month and the median home value is $85,300 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
San Benito reported 3.1 violent crimes and 32.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 95°F; winter lows average 52°F; there are 106 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 28 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in San Benito are cold wave (97), heat wave (83) and hail (83), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.04g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In San Benito, 0.8% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).