Edinburg vs Weslaco

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

Edinburg and Weslaco 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 41,437 in Weslaco). Edinburg has the higher median household income ($57,789 vs $54,995 in Weslaco). Edinburg has the higher median home value ($174,800 vs $119,200 in Weslaco).

Population, income & housing

	Edinburg	Weslaco
Population	102,561	41,437
Median age	29.9 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,789	$54,995
Median home value	$174,800	$119,200
Median gross rent	$968	$942
Housing units	38,107	16,681
Homeownership rate	52.5%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edinburg	Weslaco
Population	95,847 → 102,561 (+7.0%)	40,464 → 41,437 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$48,673 → $57,789 (+18.7%)	$45,060 → $54,995 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$121,900 → $174,800 (+43.4%)	$83,900 → $119,200 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $968 (+21.9%)	$709 → $942 (+32.9%)

Edinburg

Population

95,847102,561

Median household income

$48,673$57,789

Median home value

$121,900$174,800

Median gross rent

$794$968

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)

	Edinburg	Weslaco
Under 5	7.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	20.1%	25.4%
18 to 24	13.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	8.6%	7.0%
65 to 74	5.7%	6.7%
75 and over	3.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edinburg	Weslaco
White (non-Hispanic)	9.3%	10.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	85.8%	87.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edinburg	Weslaco
No high school diploma	19.3%	22.3%
High school graduate	23.2%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edinburg	Weslaco
Drove alone	72.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	11.4%	8.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.5%
Other means	3.3%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edinburg	Weslaco
1-unit, detached	57.7%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	22.1%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	8.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Edinburg	Weslaco
Poverty rate	25.7%	25.0%
Average household size	2.82	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	2003	1994