Weslaco.
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Texas·Hidalgo County
11 tracts·36K people·$140K median·2,114/mi²
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The median home value in Weslaco is $140,000 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.3× the US median of $458,812.
Weslaco has 42,229 residents across 8 census tracts and 9 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 31.1; the population is 87.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.8% White, 0.6% Black, 0.4% Other, 0.2% Asian and 0.1% Multiracial; the average household has 2.9 people; 23.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 23.2% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
MEMORIAL EL (65%), CLECKLER/HEALD EL (56%) and RAUL A GONZALEZ JR EL (55%) lead the elementary schools; CENTRAL MIDDLE (53%), BEATRIZ G GARZA MIDDLE (43%) and MARY HOGE MIDDLE (35%) lead the middle schools; IDEA WESLACO PIKE COLLEGE PREPARATORY (52%), WESLACO 21ST CENTURY CTE EARLY COLLEGE H S (47%) and IDEA COLLEGE PREP WESLACO (38%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $967/month, 39% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Weslaco is $59,551 a year, 31% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Weslaco, median rent is $967/month and the median home value is $140,000 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Weslaco reported 3.9 violent crimes and 39.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 96°F; winter lows average 52°F; there are 94 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 25 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Weslaco are cold wave (94), hail (87) and drought (81), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.04g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Weslaco, 2.6% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).