Laredo vs Rio Bravo

A side-by-side comparison of Laredo and Rio Bravo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laredo has the higher population (255,949 vs 4,502 in Rio Bravo). Laredo has the higher median household income ($63,264 vs $46,964 in Rio Bravo). Laredo has the higher median home value ($182,400 vs $78,200 in Rio Bravo).

Population, income & housing

	Laredo	Rio Bravo
Population	255,949	4,502
Median age	29.7 yrs	23.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,264	$46,964
Median home value	$182,400	$78,200
Median gross rent	$1,001	$681
Housing units	82,410	1,210
Homeownership rate	63.3%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laredo	Rio Bravo
Population	259,151 → 255,949 (-1.2%)	4,710 → 4,502 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$47,593 → $63,264 (+32.9%)	$23,431 → $46,964 (+100.4%)
Median home value	$129,900 → $182,400 (+40.4%)	$61,500 → $78,200 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$851 → $1,001 (+17.6%)	$655 → $681 (+4.0%)

Laredo

Population

259,151255,949

Median household income

$47,593$63,264

Median home value

$129,900$182,400

Median gross rent

$851$1,001

Rio Bravo

Population

4,7104,502

Median household income

$23,431$46,964

Median home value

$61,500$78,200

Median gross rent

$655$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laredo	Rio Bravo
Under 5	8.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	23.4%	31.1%
18 to 24	11.5%	13.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	9.0%	7.3%
65 to 74	5.8%	8.3%
75 and over	4.1%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laredo	Rio Bravo
White (non-Hispanic)	3.4%	4.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	95.2%	95.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laredo	Rio Bravo
No high school diploma	29.5%	55.2%
High school graduate	22.1%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laredo	Rio Bravo
Drove alone	79.3%	85.7%
Carpooled	11.4%	10.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.3%
Walked	1.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.8%
Other means	1.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laredo	Rio Bravo
1-unit, detached	67.7%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Laredo	Rio Bravo
Poverty rate	20.8%	31.1%
Average household size	3.32	4.26
Mean commute (minutes)	21	37
Median year structure built	1996	1992