Pharr vs San Juan

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

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

Pharr has the higher population (79,809 vs 35,674 in San Juan). San Juan has the higher median household income ($53,440 vs $49,884 in Pharr). San Juan has the higher median home value ($118,200 vs $111,500 in Pharr).

Population, income & housing

	Pharr	San Juan
Population	79,809	35,674
Median age	29.5 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,884	$53,440
Median home value	$111,500	$118,200
Median gross rent	$990	$937
Housing units	26,519	10,971
Homeownership rate	58.7%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pharr	San Juan
Population	78,073 → 79,809 (+2.2%)	36,744 → 35,674 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$39,884 → $49,884 (+25.1%)	$40,773 → $53,440 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$80,900 → $111,500 (+37.8%)	$90,300 → $118,200 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $990 (+31.6%)	$742 → $937 (+26.3%)

Pharr

Population

78,07379,809

Median household income

$39,884$49,884

Median home value

$80,900$111,500

Median gross rent

$752$990

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)

	Pharr	San Juan
Under 5	8.3%	9.0%
5 to 17	24.6%	23.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	11.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	7.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.9%	6.1%
75 and over	4.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pharr	San Juan
White (non-Hispanic)	4.6%	2.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	0.1%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	95.0%	96.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pharr	San Juan
No high school diploma	30.1%	36.3%
High school graduate	27.2%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pharr	San Juan
Drove alone	77.8%	83.1%
Carpooled	11.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	5.2%
Other means	3.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pharr	San Juan
1-unit, detached	58.2%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Pharr	San Juan
Poverty rate	29.8%	24.5%
Average household size	3.43	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	2001	1999