Mission vs Weslaco

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

Mission and Weslaco 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 41,437 in Weslaco). Mission has the higher median household income ($60,813 vs $54,995 in Weslaco). Mission has the higher median home value ($160,800 vs $119,200 in Weslaco).

Population, income & housing

	Mission	Weslaco
Population	86,234	41,437
Median age	34.8 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,813	$54,995
Median home value	$160,800	$119,200
Median gross rent	$931	$942
Housing units	32,586	16,681
Homeownership rate	71.5%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission	Weslaco
Population	83,567 → 86,234 (+3.2%)	40,464 → 41,437 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$48,815 → $60,813 (+24.6%)	$45,060 → $54,995 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$112,400 → $160,800 (+43.1%)	$83,900 → $119,200 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $931 (+13.7%)	$709 → $942 (+32.9%)

Mission

Population

83,56786,234

Median household income

$48,815$60,813

Median home value

$112,400$160,800

Median gross rent

$819$931

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)

	Mission	Weslaco
Under 5	7.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	21.5%	25.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	7.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.7%
75 and over	6.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission	Weslaco
White (non-Hispanic)	8.7%	10.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	88.2%	87.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission	Weslaco
No high school diploma	23.3%	22.3%
High school graduate	23.6%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission	Weslaco
Drove alone	75.1%	75.5%
Carpooled	12.8%	8.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	7.5%
Other means	1.8%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission	Weslaco
1-unit, detached	68.1%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	8.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Mission	Weslaco
Poverty rate	17.7%	25.0%
Average household size	3.06	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	2000	1994