Rio Grande City vs Roma

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

Rio Grande City and Roma 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 11,543 in Roma). Rio Grande City has the higher median household income ($41,369 vs $27,741 in Roma). Rio Grande City has the higher median home value ($113,400 vs $87,700 in Roma).

Population, income & housing

	Rio Grande City	Roma
Population	15,258	11,543
Median age	28.5 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,369	$27,741
Median home value	$113,400	$87,700
Median gross rent	$742	$552
Housing units	5,187	4,122
Homeownership rate	69.5%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rio Grande City	Roma
Population	14,408 → 15,258 (+5.9%)	11,397 → 11,543 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$33,084 → $41,369 (+25.0%)	$23,763 → $27,741 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $113,400 (+57.3%)	$73,700 → $87,700 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $742 (+15.4%)	$498 → $552 (+10.8%)

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

Roma

Population

11,39711,543

Median household income

$23,763$27,741

Median home value

$73,700$87,700

Median gross rent

$498$552

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rio Grande City	Roma
Under 5	8.0%	11.5%
5 to 17	26.5%	21.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	6.7%
55 to 64	6.3%	10.9%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.1%
75 and over	4.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rio Grande City	Roma
White (non-Hispanic)	2.6%	3.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	96.6%	96.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rio Grande City	Roma
No high school diploma	31.2%	42.2%
High school graduate	29.0%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rio Grande City	Roma
Drove alone	78.2%	60.2%
Carpooled	12.7%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	15.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rio Grande City	Roma
1-unit, detached	70.9%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	7.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Rio Grande City	Roma
Poverty rate	33.9%	34.2%
Average household size	3.33	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1992	1990