Donna vs Mercedes

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

Donna and Mercedes 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 16,449 in Mercedes). Mercedes has the higher median household income ($41,753 vs $38,082 in Donna). Mercedes has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $68,500 in Donna).

Population, income & housing

	Donna	Mercedes
Population	16,774	16,449
Median age	28.1 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$38,082	$41,753
Median home value	$68,500	$107,700
Median gross rent	$734	$676
Housing units	5,926	6,114
Homeownership rate	58.2%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donna	Mercedes
Population	16,409 → 16,774 (+2.2%)	16,564 → 16,449 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$29,724 → $38,082 (+28.1%)	$34,677 → $41,753 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$59,500 → $68,500 (+15.1%)	$71,000 → $107,700 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $734 (+29.0%)	$574 → $676 (+17.8%)

Donna

Population

16,40916,774

Median household income

$29,724$38,082

Median home value

$59,500$68,500

Median gross rent

$569$734

Mercedes

Population

16,56416,449

Median household income

$34,677$41,753

Median home value

$71,000$107,700

Median gross rent

$574$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donna	Mercedes
Under 5	8.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	28.3%	24.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	11.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	15.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	8.3%	6.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.7%
75 and over	7.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donna	Mercedes
White (non-Hispanic)	7.1%	7.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	92.5%	92.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donna	Mercedes
No high school diploma	36.6%	30.1%
High school graduate	26.3%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donna	Mercedes
Drove alone	81.5%	72.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	10.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.9%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	8.8%
Other means	1.1%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donna	Mercedes
1-unit, detached	60.8%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Donna	Mercedes
Poverty rate	40.4%	31.5%
Average household size	3.33	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1988	1988