Donna vs San Juan

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

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

San Juan has the higher population (35,674 vs 16,774 in Donna). San Juan has the higher median household income ($53,440 vs $38,082 in Donna). San Juan has the higher median home value ($118,200 vs $68,500 in Donna).

Population, income & housing

	Donna	San Juan
Population	16,774	35,674
Median age	28.1 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$38,082	$53,440
Median home value	$68,500	$118,200
Median gross rent	$734	$937
Housing units	5,926	10,971
Homeownership rate	58.2%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donna	San Juan
Population	16,409 → 16,774 (+2.2%)	36,744 → 35,674 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$29,724 → $38,082 (+28.1%)	$40,773 → $53,440 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$59,500 → $68,500 (+15.1%)	$90,300 → $118,200 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $734 (+29.0%)	$742 → $937 (+26.3%)

Donna

Population

16,40916,774

Median household income

$29,724$38,082

Median home value

$59,500$68,500

Median gross rent

$569$734

San Juan

Population

36,74435,674

Median household income

$40,773$53,440

Median home value

$90,300$118,200

Median gross rent

$742$937

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donna	San Juan
Under 5	8.7%	9.0%
5 to 17	28.3%	23.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	11.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.3%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.1%
75 and over	7.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donna	San Juan
White (non-Hispanic)	7.1%	2.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	92.5%	96.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donna	San Juan
No high school diploma	36.6%	36.3%
High school graduate	26.3%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donna	San Juan
Drove alone	81.5%	83.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	10.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	5.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donna	San Juan
1-unit, detached	60.8%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Donna	San Juan
Poverty rate	40.4%	24.5%
Average household size	3.33	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1988	1999