Edinburg

Population & Demographics

Edinburg, TX

Edinburg is home to 104,550 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 40,117 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
104,550
people
Population

104,550 residents

Median age 30.2 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Edinburg population & demographics

Who lives in Edinburg — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
104,550
Median age
30.2yrs
Median household income
$59,466
Median home value
$189,600
Median gross rent
$996/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
28.4%
Poverty rate
26.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Edinburg

How Edinburg breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino86.7%
White8.6%
Asian2.6%
Black1.4%
Two or more races0.4%
Some other race0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Edinburg

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Edinburg.

Edinburg at a glance
Employed Residents
40,117
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
29.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
10.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
McAllen
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Edinburg proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Edinburg commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

68 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Edinburg

40,117 commutes, one dot at a time

Edinburg

Where 40,117 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Edinburg, by worker count.

1Edinburg0.0 mi11,779
2McAllen6.8 mi8,805
3Pharr8.3 mi3,030
4Mission11.5 mi1,716
5Weslaco14.6 mi1,101
6Houston292.4 mi921
7Harlingen29.8 mi872
8San Antonio218.4 mi688

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Edinburg.

1Edinburg0.0 mi11,779
2McAllen6.8 mi7,607
3Mission11.5 mi2,996
4Pharr8.3 mi2,942
5San Juan7.4 mi1,529
6Brownsville48.9 mi1,301
7Weslaco14.6 mi1,214
8Harlingen29.8 mi725

Top industries

The sectors that employ Edinburg’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance36.1%
EDEducational Services21.4%
RTRetail Trade10.2%
PAPublic Administration6.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services2.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services2.5%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)1.8%
ARArts, Entertainment, and Recreation1.7%
Connectivity

Internet options for Edinburg

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps98%
5 Gbps98%
8 Gbps97%
See all internet providers in Edinburg

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