Hidalgo vs Palmview

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

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

Palmview has the higher population (15,650 vs 14,250 in Hidalgo). Hidalgo has the higher median household income ($53,667 vs $46,274 in Palmview). Hidalgo has the higher median home value ($156,400 vs $109,400 in Palmview).

Population, income & housing

	Hidalgo	Palmview
Population	14,250	15,650
Median age	31.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,667	$46,274
Median home value	$156,400	$109,400
Median gross rent	$849	$689
Housing units	4,141	5,943
Homeownership rate	78.9%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hidalgo	Palmview
Population	13,884 → 14,250 (+2.6%)	5,733 → 15,650 (+173.0%)
Median household income	$33,576 → $53,667 (+59.8%)	$29,419 → $46,274 (+57.3%)
Median home value	$101,100 → $156,400 (+54.7%)	$89,900 → $109,400 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $849 (+25.8%)	$713 → $689 (-3.4%)

Hidalgo

Population

13,88414,250

Median household income

$33,576$53,667

Median home value

$101,100$156,400

Median gross rent

$675$849

Palmview

Population

5,73315,650

Median household income

$29,419$46,274

Median home value

$89,900$109,400

Median gross rent

$713$689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hidalgo	Palmview
Under 5	7.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	21.1%	21.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	11.2%
25 to 34	16.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.0%
75 and over	4.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hidalgo	Palmview
White (non-Hispanic)	0.7%	7.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
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	Palmview
No high school diploma	29.8%	33.5%
High school graduate	23.2%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hidalgo	Palmview
Drove alone	80.1%	85.5%
Carpooled	12.6%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hidalgo	Palmview
1-unit, detached	86.7%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	4.6%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Hidalgo	Palmview
Poverty rate	24.6%	27.1%
Average household size	3.66	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	2003	1995