Mission vs Pharr

A side-by-side comparison of Mission and Pharr: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mission has the higher population (86,234 vs 79,809 in Pharr). Mission has the higher median household income ($60,813 vs $49,884 in Pharr). Mission has the higher median home value ($160,800 vs $111,500 in Pharr).

Population, income & housing

	Mission	Pharr
Population	86,234	79,809
Median age	34.8 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,813	$49,884
Median home value	$160,800	$111,500
Median gross rent	$931	$990
Housing units	32,586	26,519
Homeownership rate	71.5%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission	Pharr
Population	83,567 → 86,234 (+3.2%)	78,073 → 79,809 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$48,815 → $60,813 (+24.6%)	$39,884 → $49,884 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$112,400 → $160,800 (+43.1%)	$80,900 → $111,500 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $931 (+13.7%)	$752 → $990 (+31.6%)

Mission

Population

83,56786,234

Median household income

$48,815$60,813

Median home value

$112,400$160,800

Median gross rent

$819$931

Pharr

Population

78,07379,809

Median household income

$39,884$49,884

Median home value

$80,900$111,500

Median gross rent

$752$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mission	Pharr
Under 5	7.5%	8.3%
5 to 17	21.5%	24.6%
18 to 24	9.3%	11.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	7.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	5.9%
75 and over	6.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission	Pharr
White (non-Hispanic)	8.7%	4.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	88.2%	95.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission	Pharr
No high school diploma	23.3%	30.1%
High school graduate	23.6%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission	Pharr
Drove alone	75.1%	77.8%
Carpooled	12.8%	11.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	6.2%
Other means	1.8%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission	Pharr
1-unit, detached	68.1%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	4.5%
20 or more units	2.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Mission	Pharr
Poverty rate	17.7%	29.8%
Average household size	3.06	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	2000	2001