Mission vs San Juan

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

Mission and San Juan 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 35,674 in San Juan). Mission has the higher median household income ($60,813 vs $53,440 in San Juan). Mission has the higher median home value ($160,800 vs $118,200 in San Juan).

Population, income & housing

	Mission	San Juan
Population	86,234	35,674
Median age	34.8 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,813	$53,440
Median home value	$160,800	$118,200
Median gross rent	$931	$937
Housing units	32,586	10,971
Homeownership rate	71.5%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission	San Juan
Population	83,567 → 86,234 (+3.2%)	36,744 → 35,674 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$48,815 → $60,813 (+24.6%)	$40,773 → $53,440 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$112,400 → $160,800 (+43.1%)	$90,300 → $118,200 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $931 (+13.7%)	$742 → $937 (+26.3%)

Mission

Population

83,56786,234

Median household income

$48,815$60,813

Median home value

$112,400$160,800

Median gross rent

$819$931

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)

	Mission	San Juan
Under 5	7.5%	9.0%
5 to 17	21.5%	23.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	11.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	9.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.1%
75 and over	6.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission	San Juan
White (non-Hispanic)	8.7%	2.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	0.2%
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%	96.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission	San Juan
No high school diploma	23.3%	36.3%
High school graduate	23.6%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission	San Juan
Drove alone	75.1%	83.1%
Carpooled	12.8%	10.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	5.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission	San Juan
1-unit, detached	68.1%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	4.1%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Mission	San Juan
Poverty rate	17.7%	24.5%
Average household size	3.06	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	2000	1999