Falcon Mesa vs Zapata

A side-by-side comparison of Falcon Mesa and Zapata: population, income, housing, and more.

Falcon Mesa and Zapata are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Zapata has the higher population (4,879 vs 423 in Falcon Mesa). Falcon Mesa has the higher median household income ($75,848 vs $37,653 in Zapata). Since 2019, Falcon Mesa's population has grown faster (+154.8% vs -14.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Falcon Mesa	Zapata
Population	423	4,879
Median age	22.0 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,848	$37,653
Median home value	—	$104,300
Median gross rent	—	$482
Housing units	349	2,486
Homeownership rate	100.0%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	68.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falcon Mesa	Zapata
Population	166 → 423 (+154.8%)	5,717 → 4,879 (-14.7%)
Median household income	—	$31,864 → $37,653 (+18.2%)
Median home value	—	$92,000 → $104,300 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$539 → $482 (-10.6%)

Falcon Mesa

Population

166423

Zapata

Population

5,7174,879

Median household income

$31,864$37,653

Median home value

$92,000$104,300

Median gross rent

$539$482

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falcon Mesa	Zapata
Under 5	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.9%	22.6%
18 to 24	30.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	18.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	11.1%
75 and over	12.3%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falcon Mesa	Zapata
White (non-Hispanic)	20.8%	5.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	79.2%	90.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falcon Mesa	Zapata
No high school diploma	18.6%	26.5%
High school graduate	12.9%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falcon Mesa	Zapata
Drove alone	100.0%	77.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falcon Mesa	Zapata
1-unit, detached	5.7%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	75.6%	18.7%

Poverty & households

	Falcon Mesa	Zapata
Poverty rate	9.5%	30.3%
Average household size	2.69	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	49	18
Median year structure built	1992	1992