Mercedes vs Weslaco

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

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

Weslaco has the higher population (41,437 vs 16,449 in Mercedes). Weslaco has the higher median household income ($54,995 vs $41,753 in Mercedes). Weslaco has the higher median home value ($119,200 vs $107,700 in Mercedes).

Population, income & housing

	Mercedes	Weslaco
Population	16,449	41,437
Median age	31.4 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,753	$54,995
Median home value	$107,700	$119,200
Median gross rent	$676	$942
Housing units	6,114	16,681
Homeownership rate	64.4%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercedes	Weslaco
Population	16,564 → 16,449 (-0.7%)	40,464 → 41,437 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$34,677 → $41,753 (+20.4%)	$45,060 → $54,995 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$71,000 → $107,700 (+51.7%)	$83,900 → $119,200 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $676 (+17.8%)	$709 → $942 (+32.9%)

Mercedes

Population

16,56416,449

Median household income

$34,677$41,753

Median home value

$71,000$107,700

Median gross rent

$574$676

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)

	Mercedes	Weslaco
Under 5	7.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	24.1%	25.4%
18 to 24	11.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	14.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	6.4%	7.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.7%
75 and over	7.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercedes	Weslaco
White (non-Hispanic)	7.6%	10.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	92.2%	87.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercedes	Weslaco
No high school diploma	30.1%	22.3%
High school graduate	28.4%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercedes	Weslaco
Drove alone	72.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	10.8%	8.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	7.5%
Other means	6.0%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercedes	Weslaco
1-unit, detached	60.6%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	8.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Mercedes	Weslaco
Poverty rate	31.5%	25.0%
Average household size	3.27	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1988	1994