Harlingen vs La Feria

A side-by-side comparison of Harlingen and La Feria: population, income, housing, and more.

Harlingen and La Feria 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 6,821 in La Feria). Harlingen has the higher median household income ($55,891 vs $42,992 in La Feria). Harlingen has the higher median home value ($125,700 vs $99,100 in La Feria).

Population, income & housing

	Harlingen	La Feria
Population	71,669	6,821
Median age	33.2 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,891	$42,992
Median home value	$125,700	$99,100
Median gross rent	$893	$1,010
Housing units	29,487	3,164
Homeownership rate	57.4%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harlingen	La Feria
Population	65,129 → 71,669 (+10.0%)	7,267 → 6,821 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$39,752 → $55,891 (+40.6%)	$32,011 → $42,992 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $125,700 (+43.7%)	$55,600 → $99,100 (+78.2%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $893 (+21.2%)	$704 → $1,010 (+43.5%)

Harlingen

Population

65,12971,669

Median household income

$39,752$55,891

Median home value

$87,500$125,700

Median gross rent

$737$893

La Feria

Population

7,2676,821

Median household income

$32,011$42,992

Median home value

$55,600$99,100

Median gross rent

$704$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harlingen	La Feria
Under 5	7.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	21.5%	24.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	7.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	14.6%
55 to 64	9.3%	8.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.1%
75 and over	7.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harlingen	La Feria
White (non-Hispanic)	14.5%	7.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	82.2%	91.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harlingen	La Feria
No high school diploma	21.4%	26.7%
High school graduate	27.5%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harlingen	La Feria
Drove alone	78.8%	89.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	2.3%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harlingen	La Feria
1-unit, detached	59.7%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	3.2%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	27.7%

Poverty & households

	Harlingen	La Feria
Poverty rate	24.5%	28.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1987	1987