Donna vs Hidalgo

A side-by-side comparison of Donna and Hidalgo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Donna has the higher population (16,774 vs 14,250 in Hidalgo). Hidalgo has the higher median household income ($53,667 vs $38,082 in Donna). Hidalgo has the higher median home value ($156,400 vs $68,500 in Donna).

Population, income & housing

	Donna	Hidalgo
Population	16,774	14,250
Median age	28.1 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,082	$53,667
Median home value	$68,500	$156,400
Median gross rent	$734	$849
Housing units	5,926	4,141
Homeownership rate	58.2%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donna	Hidalgo
Population	16,409 → 16,774 (+2.2%)	13,884 → 14,250 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$29,724 → $38,082 (+28.1%)	$33,576 → $53,667 (+59.8%)
Median home value	$59,500 → $68,500 (+15.1%)	$101,100 → $156,400 (+54.7%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $734 (+29.0%)	$675 → $849 (+25.8%)

Donna

Population

16,40916,774

Median household income

$29,724$38,082

Median home value

$59,500$68,500

Median gross rent

$569$734

Hidalgo

Population

13,88414,250

Median household income

$33,576$53,667

Median home value

$101,100$156,400

Median gross rent

$675$849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donna	Hidalgo
Under 5	8.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	28.3%	21.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	16.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.8%
75 and over	7.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donna	Hidalgo
White (non-Hispanic)	7.1%	0.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	92.5%	99.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donna	Hidalgo
No high school diploma	36.6%	29.8%
High school graduate	26.3%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donna	Hidalgo
Drove alone	81.5%	80.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	12.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donna	Hidalgo
1-unit, detached	60.8%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	4.8%
20 or more units	1.1%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Donna	Hidalgo
Poverty rate	40.4%	24.6%
Average household size	3.33	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1988	2003