Mercedes vs San Juan

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

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

San Juan has the higher population (35,674 vs 16,449 in Mercedes). San Juan has the higher median household income ($53,440 vs $41,753 in Mercedes). San Juan has the higher median home value ($118,200 vs $107,700 in Mercedes).

Population, income & housing

	Mercedes	San Juan
Population	16,449	35,674
Median age	31.4 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,753	$53,440
Median home value	$107,700	$118,200
Median gross rent	$676	$937
Housing units	6,114	10,971
Homeownership rate	64.4%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercedes	San Juan
Population	16,564 → 16,449 (-0.7%)	36,744 → 35,674 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$34,677 → $41,753 (+20.4%)	$40,773 → $53,440 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$71,000 → $107,700 (+51.7%)	$90,300 → $118,200 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $676 (+17.8%)	$742 → $937 (+26.3%)

Mercedes

Population

16,56416,449

Median household income

$34,677$41,753

Median home value

$71,000$107,700

Median gross rent

$574$676

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)

	Mercedes	San Juan
Under 5	7.6%	9.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	23.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	11.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	6.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.1%
75 and over	7.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercedes	San Juan
White (non-Hispanic)	7.6%	2.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	92.2%	96.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercedes	San Juan
No high school diploma	30.1%	36.3%
High school graduate	28.4%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercedes	San Juan
Drove alone	72.4%	83.1%
Carpooled	10.8%	10.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	5.2%
Other means	6.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercedes	San Juan
1-unit, detached	60.6%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Mercedes	San Juan
Poverty rate	31.5%	24.5%
Average household size	3.27	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1988	1999