Mikes vs Rio Grande City

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

Mikes 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 1,676 in Mikes). Rio Grande City has the higher median home value ($113,400 vs $97,000 in Mikes). Since 2019, Mikes's population has grown faster (+86.8% vs +5.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Mikes	Rio Grande City
Population	1,676	15,258
Median age	33.7 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$41,369
Median home value	$97,000	$113,400
Median gross rent	$495	$742
Housing units	506	5,187
Homeownership rate	85.2%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mikes	Rio Grande City
Population	897 → 1,676 (+86.8%)	14,408 → 15,258 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$20,481 → $19,167 (-6.4%)	$33,084 → $41,369 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$38,100 → $97,000 (+154.6%)	$72,100 → $113,400 (+57.3%)
Median gross rent	$581 → $495 (-14.8%)	$643 → $742 (+15.4%)

Mikes

Population

8971,676

Median household income

$20,481$19,167

Median home value

$38,100$97,000

Median gross rent

$581$495

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)

	Mikes	Rio Grande City
Under 5	3.9%	8.0%
5 to 17	28.6%	26.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	4.9%	6.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	5.4%
75 and over	9.9%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mikes	Rio Grande City
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	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	100.0%	96.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mikes	Rio Grande City
No high school diploma	44.6%	31.2%
High school graduate	42.2%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mikes	Rio Grande City
Drove alone	95.5%	78.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mikes	Rio Grande City
1-unit, detached	87.0%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Mikes	Rio Grande City
Poverty rate	27.8%	33.9%
Average household size	3.64	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1992	1992