Donna vs Weslaco

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

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

Weslaco has the higher population (41,437 vs 16,774 in Donna). Weslaco has the higher median household income ($54,995 vs $38,082 in Donna). Weslaco has the higher median home value ($119,200 vs $68,500 in Donna).

Population, income & housing

	Donna	Weslaco
Population	16,774	41,437
Median age	28.1 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,082	$54,995
Median home value	$68,500	$119,200
Median gross rent	$734	$942
Housing units	5,926	16,681
Homeownership rate	58.2%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donna	Weslaco
Population	16,409 → 16,774 (+2.2%)	40,464 → 41,437 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$29,724 → $38,082 (+28.1%)	$45,060 → $54,995 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$59,500 → $68,500 (+15.1%)	$83,900 → $119,200 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $734 (+29.0%)	$709 → $942 (+32.9%)

Donna

Population

16,40916,774

Median household income

$29,724$38,082

Median home value

$59,500$68,500

Median gross rent

$569$734

Weslaco

Population

40,46441,437

Median household income

$45,060$54,995

Median home value

$83,900$119,200

Median gross rent

$709$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donna	Weslaco
Under 5	8.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	28.3%	25.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	7.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.7%
75 and over	7.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donna	Weslaco
White (non-Hispanic)	7.1%	10.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	92.5%	87.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donna	Weslaco
No high school diploma	36.6%	22.3%
High school graduate	26.3%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donna	Weslaco
Drove alone	81.5%	75.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	7.5%
Other means	1.1%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donna	Weslaco
1-unit, detached	60.8%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	8.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Donna	Weslaco
Poverty rate	40.4%	25.0%
Average household size	3.33	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1988	1994