Demographics of Weslaco city, Texas

Weslaco city, Texas had 44,203 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +3,578 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Weslaco city, in four figures

44,203
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 42,229 ±55.; +8.8%
Change since July 2020: +3,578 people.; 31.1 ±1.1
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $59,551 ±$5,836
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Weslaco city, Texas's population grew 8.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Weslaco city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Weslaco city, Texas's population grew 8.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Weslaco city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	40,625	100.0	100.0
2021	41,005	100.9	100.2
2022	42,271	104.1	100.7
2023	43,212	106.4	101.6
2024	43,839	107.9	102.5
2025	44,203	108.8	103.1

Population of Weslaco city, Texas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	40,625	—
2021	41,005	+380
2022	42,271	+1,266
2023	43,212	+941
2024	43,839	+627
2025	44,203	+364

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 31.1 ±1.1: for men 30.5 ±1.9 and for women 31.6 ±1.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Weslaco city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Texas	United States
Under 5	2,923 ±491	6.9% ±1.2	6.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	9,824 ±937	23.3% ±2.2	18.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	4,211 ±608	10.0% ±1.4	9.7% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	11,552 ±927	27.4% ±2.2	28.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	7,807 ±719	18.5% ±1.7	23.3% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,912 ±590	14.0% ±1.4	13.4% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $59,551 ±$5,836, and income per person $25,807 ±$1,576, in 2024 dollars. The median is $78,476 ±$263 in Texas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Weslaco city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Texas	United States
Under $25,000	3,476 ±572	24.4% ±3.9	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,621 ±465	18.4% ±3.2	17.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,437 ±398	17.1% ±2.7	16.1% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,876 ±394	13.2% ±2.7	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,156 ±372	15.2% ±2.5	17.3% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,099 ±340	7.7% ±2.4	9.5% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	553 ±173	3.9% ±1.2	12.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Weslaco city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Texas	United States
All ages	9,701 ±1,471	23.2% ±3.5	13.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	3,963 ±719	31.3% ±4.9	18.7% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	4,182 ±737	18.8% ±3.1	12.2% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,556 ±352	22.8% ±4.6	12.0% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Weslaco city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Weslaco city	Texas	United States
Housing units	17,372 ±599	12,128,515 ±1,574	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	81.8% ±1.6	90.6% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	18.2% ±2.3	9.4% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	56.4% ±3.5	62.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	43.6% ±4.4	37.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$140,000 ±$15,597	$283,800 ±$738	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$967 ±$47	$1,403 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1995 ±3	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Weslaco city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Texas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	37,110 ±650	87.9% ±1.5	39.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	4,552 ±676	10.8% ±1.6	39.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	79 to 449	0.2% to 1.1%	11.9% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	12 to 170	< 0.1% to 0.4%	5.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 59	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 31	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	27 to 295	0.1% to 0.7%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	0 to 64	0% to 0.2%	3.1% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Weslaco city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Texas	United States
Born in the state	29,447 ±1,078	69.7% ±2.6	58.3% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,162 ±824	12.2% ±2.0	22.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	733 ±295	1.7% ±0.7	1.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	6,887 ±955	16.3% ±2.3	17.6% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	2,263 ±484	5.4% ±1.1	7.4% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	4,624 ±745	10.9% ±1.8	10.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Weslaco city among the places of Texas

86th of 428 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Texas page.

Places of Texas near Weslaco city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Haltom City city	45,767 ±46
The Colony city	45,454 ±50
Waxahachie city	45,347 ±68
Schertz city	44,050 ±819
Channelview CDP	43,605 ±4,250
Weslaco city	42,229 ±55
Coppell city	42,154 ±388
Friendswood city	41,030 ±44
Lancaster city	40,820 ±75
Rosenberg city	40,646 ±39
Hurst city	39,861 ±41

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Weslaco city, Texas

Rankings this appears in

No. 7 Places in Texas by poverty rate
No. 30 Places in Texas by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 63 Places by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 68 Places in Texas by foreign-born share
No. 186 Places in Texas by median household income
No. 228 Places in Texas by homeownership rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026