Edinburg vs Mission

A side-by-side comparison of Edinburg and Mission: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edinburg has the higher population (102,561 vs 86,234 in Mission). Mission has the higher median household income ($60,813 vs $57,789 in Edinburg). Edinburg has the higher median home value ($174,800 vs $160,800 in Mission).

Population, income & housing

	Edinburg	Mission
Population	102,561	86,234
Median age	29.9 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,789	$60,813
Median home value	$174,800	$160,800
Median gross rent	$968	$931
Housing units	38,107	32,586
Homeownership rate	52.5%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edinburg	Mission
Population	95,847 → 102,561 (+7.0%)	83,567 → 86,234 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$48,673 → $57,789 (+18.7%)	$48,815 → $60,813 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $174,800 (+43.4%)	$112,400 → $160,800 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $968 (+21.9%)	$819 → $931 (+13.7%)

Edinburg

Population

95,847102,561

Median household income

$48,673$57,789

Median home value

$121,900$174,800

Median gross rent

$794$968

Mission

Population

83,56786,234

Median household income

$48,815$60,813

Median home value

$112,400$160,800

Median gross rent

$819$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edinburg	Mission
Under 5	7.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	21.5%
18 to 24	13.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	16.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	8.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	5.7%	7.9%
75 and over	3.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edinburg	Mission
White (non-Hispanic)	9.3%	8.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	85.8%	88.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edinburg	Mission
No high school diploma	19.3%	23.3%
High school graduate	23.2%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edinburg	Mission
Drove alone	72.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	11.4%	12.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	2.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	9.0%
Other means	3.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edinburg	Mission
1-unit, detached	57.7%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	22.1%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	6.3%
20 or more units	3.7%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Edinburg	Mission
Poverty rate	25.7%	17.7%
Average household size	2.82	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	2003	2000