Escobares vs Rio Grande City

A side-by-side comparison of Escobares and Rio Grande City: population, income, housing, and more.

Escobares and Rio Grande City are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rio Grande City has the higher population (15,258 vs 2,563 in Escobares). Rio Grande City has the higher median household income ($41,369 vs $29,420 in Escobares). Rio Grande City has the higher median home value ($113,400 vs $56,700 in Escobares).

Population, income & housing

	Escobares	Rio Grande City
Population	2,563	15,258
Median age	30.9 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$29,420	$41,369
Median home value	$56,700	$113,400
Median gross rent	$781	$742
Housing units	934	5,187
Homeownership rate	66.9%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escobares	Rio Grande City
Population	2,551 → 2,563 (+0.5%)	14,408 → 15,258 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$23,438 → $29,420 (+25.5%)	$33,084 → $41,369 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$61,500 → $56,700 (-7.8%)	$72,100 → $113,400 (+57.3%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $781 (+15.9%)	$643 → $742 (+15.4%)

Escobares

Population

2,5512,563

Median household income

$23,438$29,420

Median home value

$61,500$56,700

Median gross rent

$674$781

Rio Grande City

Population

14,40815,258

Median household income

$33,084$41,369

Median home value

$72,100$113,400

Median gross rent

$643$742

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Escobares	Rio Grande City
Under 5	10.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	26.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	9.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	6.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	5.4%
75 and over	7.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escobares	Rio Grande City
White (non-Hispanic)	0.9%	2.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	99.1%	96.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escobares	Rio Grande City
No high school diploma	48.2%	31.2%
High school graduate	23.7%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escobares	Rio Grande City
Drove alone	78.5%	78.2%
Carpooled	1.1%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	7.0%
Other means	8.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escobares	Rio Grande City
1-unit, detached	86.5%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Escobares	Rio Grande City
Poverty rate	47.6%	33.9%
Average household size	3.44	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1989	1992