Population
143,789
0.49% of Texas
Median household income
$60,165
23% below US
Median home value
$173,800
43% below US
Median rent
$1,017/mo
25% below US
Median age
34
US 38.7
Homeownership
59%
US 65%
Nearby cities are other Local City Network guides in Texas, nearest first.
A DRIVE AROUND TOWN
Mileage Mike Travels’ recorded May 2023 drive through McAllen, with sampled scenes on Jackson Avenue and South and North 10th Street. It is not a live traffic camera; streets and businesses may have changed.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
The Ef’n Sonny Show visits McAllen Heritage Center, with sampled exterior, exhibit and museum-shop scenes. It is a creator’s museum visit, not a complete documentary or a claim that past exhibits remain on display.
Watch on YouTube ↗About 143,789 people, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2019–2023 5-year estimates).
$60,165, 21% below the Texas median and 23% below the national median.
The median value of owner-occupied homes is $173,800; median gross rent is $1,017 a month.
About 59% of households own their home (Texas: 63%, US: 65%).
34 years (Texas: 35.5, US: 38.7).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates. Estimates have margins of error; dollar figures are in 2023 dollars.