Cameron Park vs Harlingen

A side-by-side comparison of Cameron Park and Harlingen: population, income, housing, and more.

Cameron Park and Harlingen are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harlingen has the higher population (71,669 vs 6,180 in Cameron Park). Harlingen has the higher median household income ($55,891 vs $37,140 in Cameron Park). Harlingen has the higher median home value ($125,700 vs $75,500 in Cameron Park).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron Park	Harlingen
Population	6,180	71,669
Median age	29.8 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,140	$55,891
Median home value	$75,500	$125,700
Median gross rent	$758	$893
Housing units	1,646	29,487
Homeownership rate	61.3%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron Park	Harlingen
Population	6,241 → 6,180 (-1.0%)	65,129 → 71,669 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$31,583 → $37,140 (+17.6%)	$39,752 → $55,891 (+40.6%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $75,500 (+13.9%)	$87,500 → $125,700 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $758 (+12.5%)	$737 → $893 (+21.2%)

Cameron Park

Population

6,2416,180

Median household income

$31,583$37,140

Median home value

$66,300$75,500

Median gross rent

$674$758

Harlingen

Population

65,12971,669

Median household income

$39,752$55,891

Median home value

$87,500$125,700

Median gross rent

$737$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cameron Park	Harlingen
Under 5	6.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	23.6%	21.5%
18 to 24	13.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	9.7%	9.3%
65 to 74	7.0%	9.4%
75 and over	2.8%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron Park	Harlingen
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	14.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	96.8%	82.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron Park	Harlingen
No high school diploma	57.4%	21.4%
High school graduate	22.1%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron Park	Harlingen
Drove alone	69.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	16.4%	9.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	1.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.1%	9.1%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron Park	Harlingen
1-unit, detached	79.3%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Cameron Park	Harlingen
Poverty rate	40.6%	24.5%
Average household size	3.89	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1988	1987