Raymondville vs San Perlita

A side-by-side comparison of Raymondville and San Perlita: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Raymondville has the higher population (10,243 vs 457 in San Perlita). San Perlita has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $42,148 in Raymondville). San Perlita has the higher median home value ($55,000 vs $48,200 in Raymondville).

Population, income & housing

	Raymondville	San Perlita
Population	10,243	457
Median age	32.0 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,148	$71,250
Median home value	$48,200	$55,000
Median gross rent	$945	—
Housing units	3,207	169
Homeownership rate	67.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Raymondville	San Perlita
Population	11,021 → 10,243 (-7.1%)	730 → 457 (-37.4%)
Median household income	$29,750 → $42,148 (+41.7%)	$38,000 → $71,250 (+87.5%)
Median home value	$47,000 → $48,200 (+2.6%)	$37,300 → $55,000 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $945 (+40.8%)	—

Raymondville

Population

11,02110,243

Median household income

$29,750$42,148

Median home value

$47,000$48,200

Median gross rent

$671$945

San Perlita

Population

730457

Median household income

$38,000$71,250

Median home value

$37,300$55,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Raymondville	San Perlita
Under 5	6.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	11.6%
18 to 24	12.8%	16.2%
25 to 34	18.3%	19.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	4.8%
45 to 54	9.7%	17.1%
55 to 64	8.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	8.5%
75 and over	5.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Raymondville	San Perlita
White (non-Hispanic)	9.1%	3.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	87.2%	96.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Raymondville	San Perlita
No high school diploma	30.3%	23.8%
High school graduate	39.2%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Raymondville	San Perlita
Drove alone	82.0%	78.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Raymondville	San Perlita
1-unit, detached	76.1%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Raymondville	San Perlita
Poverty rate	31.5%	17.7%
Average household size	3.40	3.97
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1974	1975