Mercedes vs Palmview

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

Mercedes and Palmview 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 15,650 in Palmview). Palmview has the higher median household income ($46,274 vs $41,753 in Mercedes). Palmview has the higher median home value ($109,400 vs $107,700 in Mercedes).

Population, income & housing

	Mercedes	Palmview
Population	16,449	15,650
Median age	31.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$41,753	$46,274
Median home value	$107,700	$109,400
Median gross rent	$676	$689
Housing units	6,114	5,943
Homeownership rate	64.4%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercedes	Palmview
Population	16,564 → 16,449 (-0.7%)	5,733 → 15,650 (+173.0%)
Median household income	$34,677 → $41,753 (+20.4%)	$29,419 → $46,274 (+57.3%)
Median home value	$71,000 → $107,700 (+51.7%)	$89,900 → $109,400 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $676 (+17.8%)	$713 → $689 (-3.4%)

Mercedes

Population

16,56416,449

Median household income

$34,677$41,753

Median home value

$71,000$107,700

Median gross rent

$574$676

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)

	Mercedes	Palmview
Under 5	7.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	24.1%	21.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	11.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	6.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.0%
75 and over	7.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercedes	Palmview
White (non-Hispanic)	7.6%	7.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	92.2%	92.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercedes	Palmview
No high school diploma	30.1%	33.5%
High school graduate	28.4%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercedes	Palmview
Drove alone	72.4%	85.5%
Carpooled	10.8%	5.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.8%	6.8%
Other means	6.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercedes	Palmview
1-unit, detached	60.6%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	4.6%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Mercedes	Palmview
Poverty rate	31.5%	27.1%
Average household size	3.27	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1988	1995