Edinburg vs San Juan

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

Edinburg and San Juan 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 35,674 in San Juan). Edinburg has the higher median household income ($57,789 vs $53,440 in San Juan). Edinburg has the higher median home value ($174,800 vs $118,200 in San Juan).

Population, income & housing

	Edinburg	San Juan
Population	102,561	35,674
Median age	29.9 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,789	$53,440
Median home value	$174,800	$118,200
Median gross rent	$968	$937
Housing units	38,107	10,971
Homeownership rate	52.5%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edinburg	San Juan
Population	95,847 → 102,561 (+7.0%)	36,744 → 35,674 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$48,673 → $57,789 (+18.7%)	$40,773 → $53,440 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $174,800 (+43.4%)	$90,300 → $118,200 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $968 (+21.9%)	$742 → $937 (+26.3%)

Edinburg

Population

95,847102,561

Median household income

$48,673$57,789

Median home value

$121,900$174,800

Median gross rent

$794$968

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)

	Edinburg	San Juan
Under 5	7.5%	9.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	23.5%
18 to 24	13.5%	11.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.6%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.7%	6.1%
75 and over	3.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edinburg	San Juan
White (non-Hispanic)	9.3%	2.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	0.2%
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%	96.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edinburg	San Juan
No high school diploma	19.3%	36.3%
High school graduate	23.2%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edinburg	San Juan
Drove alone	72.7%	83.1%
Carpooled	11.4%	10.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	5.2%
Other means	3.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edinburg	San Juan
1-unit, detached	57.7%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	22.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Edinburg	San Juan
Poverty rate	25.7%	24.5%
Average household size	2.82	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	2003	1999