Harlingen vs Los Fresnos

A side-by-side comparison of Harlingen and Los Fresnos: population, income, housing, and more.

Harlingen and Los Fresnos 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 8,174 in Los Fresnos). Los Fresnos has the higher median household income ($64,048 vs $55,891 in Harlingen). Harlingen has the higher median home value ($125,700 vs $123,300 in Los Fresnos).

Population, income & housing

	Harlingen	Los Fresnos
Population	71,669	8,174
Median age	33.2 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,891	$64,048
Median home value	$125,700	$123,300
Median gross rent	$893	$876
Housing units	29,487	2,547
Homeownership rate	57.4%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harlingen	Los Fresnos
Population	65,129 → 71,669 (+10.0%)	7,738 → 8,174 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$39,752 → $55,891 (+40.6%)	$45,677 → $64,048 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $125,700 (+43.7%)	$105,400 → $123,300 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $893 (+21.2%)	$863 → $876 (+1.5%)

Harlingen

Population

65,12971,669

Median household income

$39,752$55,891

Median home value

$87,500$125,700

Median gross rent

$737$893

Los Fresnos

Population

7,7388,174

Median household income

$45,677$64,048

Median home value

$105,400$123,300

Median gross rent

$863$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harlingen	Los Fresnos
Under 5	7.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	21.5%	29.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	15.3%	6.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	10.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	4.3%
75 and over	7.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harlingen	Los Fresnos
White (non-Hispanic)	14.5%	11.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	82.2%	88.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harlingen	Los Fresnos
No high school diploma	21.4%	25.8%
High school graduate	27.5%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harlingen	Los Fresnos
Drove alone	78.8%	79.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	16.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	4.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harlingen	Los Fresnos
1-unit, detached	59.7%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	5.7%
20 or more units	4.8%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Harlingen	Los Fresnos
Poverty rate	24.5%	33.1%
Average household size	2.73	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1987	1999