Harlingen vs Primera

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

Harlingen and Primera 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 5,282 in Primera). Primera has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $55,891 in Harlingen). Primera has the higher median home value ($147,200 vs $125,700 in Harlingen).

Population, income & housing

	Harlingen	Primera
Population	71,669	5,282
Median age	33.2 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,891	$77,500
Median home value	$125,700	$147,200
Median gross rent	$893	$1,113
Housing units	29,487	1,805
Homeownership rate	57.4%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harlingen	Primera
Population	65,129 → 71,669 (+10.0%)	4,872 → 5,282 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$39,752 → $55,891 (+40.6%)	$46,636 → $77,500 (+66.2%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $125,700 (+43.7%)	$89,300 → $147,200 (+64.8%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $893 (+21.2%)	$754 → $1,113 (+47.6%)

Harlingen

Population

65,12971,669

Median household income

$39,752$55,891

Median home value

$87,500$125,700

Median gross rent

$737$893

Primera

Population

4,8725,282

Median household income

$46,636$77,500

Median home value

$89,300$147,200

Median gross rent

$754$1,113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harlingen	Primera
Under 5	7.5%	8.9%
5 to 17	21.5%	22.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	4.9%
75 and over	7.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harlingen	Primera
White (non-Hispanic)	14.5%	14.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.1%
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%	84.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harlingen	Primera
No high school diploma	21.4%	23.7%
High school graduate	27.5%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harlingen	Primera
Drove alone	78.8%	87.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	3.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	7.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harlingen	Primera
1-unit, detached	59.7%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	8.1%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Harlingen	Primera
Poverty rate	24.5%	17.0%
Average household size	2.73	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1987	2001