Edinburg vs Pharr

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

Edinburg and Pharr 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 79,809 in Pharr). Edinburg has the higher median household income ($57,789 vs $49,884 in Pharr). Edinburg has the higher median home value ($174,800 vs $111,500 in Pharr).

Population, income & housing

	Edinburg	Pharr
Population	102,561	79,809
Median age	29.9 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,789	$49,884
Median home value	$174,800	$111,500
Median gross rent	$968	$990
Housing units	38,107	26,519
Homeownership rate	52.5%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edinburg	Pharr
Population	95,847 → 102,561 (+7.0%)	78,073 → 79,809 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$48,673 → $57,789 (+18.7%)	$39,884 → $49,884 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $174,800 (+43.4%)	$80,900 → $111,500 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $968 (+21.9%)	$752 → $990 (+31.6%)

Edinburg

Population

95,847102,561

Median household income

$48,673$57,789

Median home value

$121,900$174,800

Median gross rent

$794$968

Pharr

Population

78,07379,809

Median household income

$39,884$49,884

Median home value

$80,900$111,500

Median gross rent

$752$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edinburg	Pharr
Under 5	7.5%	8.3%
5 to 17	20.1%	24.6%
18 to 24	13.5%	11.1%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.6%	7.1%
65 to 74	5.7%	5.9%
75 and over	3.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edinburg	Pharr
White (non-Hispanic)	9.3%	4.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	85.8%	95.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edinburg	Pharr
No high school diploma	19.3%	30.1%
High school graduate	23.2%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edinburg	Pharr
Drove alone	72.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	11.4%	11.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	6.2%
Other means	3.3%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edinburg	Pharr
1-unit, detached	57.7%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	22.1%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	4.5%
20 or more units	3.7%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Edinburg	Pharr
Poverty rate	25.7%	29.8%
Average household size	2.82	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	2003	2001