Hidalgo vs Mercedes

A side-by-side comparison of Hidalgo and Mercedes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mercedes has the higher population (16,449 vs 14,250 in Hidalgo). Hidalgo has the higher median household income ($53,667 vs $41,753 in Mercedes). Hidalgo has the higher median home value ($156,400 vs $107,700 in Mercedes).

Population, income & housing

	Hidalgo	Mercedes
Population	14,250	16,449
Median age	31.5 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,667	$41,753
Median home value	$156,400	$107,700
Median gross rent	$849	$676
Housing units	4,141	6,114
Homeownership rate	78.9%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hidalgo	Mercedes
Population	13,884 → 14,250 (+2.6%)	16,564 → 16,449 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$33,576 → $53,667 (+59.8%)	$34,677 → $41,753 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $156,400 (+54.7%)	$71,000 → $107,700 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $849 (+25.8%)	$574 → $676 (+17.8%)

Hidalgo

Population

13,88414,250

Median household income

$33,576$53,667

Median home value

$101,100$156,400

Median gross rent

$675$849

Mercedes

Population

16,56416,449

Median household income

$34,677$41,753

Median home value

$71,000$107,700

Median gross rent

$574$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hidalgo	Mercedes
Under 5	7.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	21.1%	24.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	11.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.2%	6.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.7%
75 and over	4.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hidalgo	Mercedes
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	7.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.0%	92.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hidalgo	Mercedes
No high school diploma	29.8%	30.1%
High school graduate	23.2%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hidalgo	Mercedes
Drove alone	80.1%	72.4%
Carpooled	12.6%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.8%
Other means	0.7%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hidalgo	Mercedes
1-unit, detached	86.7%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	2.5%
20 or more units	3.8%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Hidalgo	Mercedes
Poverty rate	24.6%	31.5%
Average household size	3.66	3.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	2003	1988