Edcouch vs Palmhurst

A side-by-side comparison of Edcouch and Palmhurst: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edcouch has the higher population (2,729 vs 2,595 in Palmhurst). Palmhurst has the higher median household income ($82,629 vs $33,258 in Edcouch). Palmhurst has the higher median home value ($266,700 vs $72,500 in Edcouch).

Population, income & housing

	Edcouch	Palmhurst
Population	2,729	2,595
Median age	39.4 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,258	$82,629
Median home value	$72,500	$266,700
Median gross rent	$603	$816
Housing units	1,129	928
Homeownership rate	49.3%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edcouch	Palmhurst
Population	3,327 → 2,729 (-18.0%)	2,713 → 2,595 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$32,308 → $33,258 (+2.9%)	$77,692 → $82,629 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$51,400 → $72,500 (+41.1%)	$262,700 → $266,700 (+1.5%)
Median gross rent	$476 → $603 (+26.7%)	$1,004 → $816 (-18.7%)

Edcouch

Population

3,3272,729

Median household income

$32,308$33,258

Median home value

$51,400$72,500

Median gross rent

$476$603

Palmhurst

Population

2,7132,595

Median household income

$77,692$82,629

Median home value

$262,700$266,700

Median gross rent

$1,004$816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edcouch	Palmhurst
Under 5	5.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	25.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	8.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.3%
75 and over	8.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edcouch	Palmhurst
White (non-Hispanic)	1.9%	16.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	98.1%	78.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edcouch	Palmhurst
No high school diploma	32.2%	11.0%
High school graduate	45.2%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edcouch	Palmhurst
Drove alone	87.6%	75.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	13.3%
Other means	5.3%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edcouch	Palmhurst
1-unit, detached	78.7%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Edcouch	Palmhurst
Poverty rate	27.8%	8.9%
Average household size	2.55	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1987	1997