Mission

Population & Demographics

Mission, TX

Mission is home to 87,038 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 32,723 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
87,038
people
Population

87,038 residents

Median age 34.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Mission population & demographics

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

Population
87,038
Median age
34.9yrs
Median household income
$60,767
Median home value
$175,700
Median gross rent
$950/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
29.4%
Poverty rate
19.4%

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 Mission

How Mission 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 Latino87.8%
White8.9%
Asian1.6%
Black1.2%
Two or more races0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%
Some other race0.0%

Race across Mission

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 Mission.

Mission at a glance
Employed Residents
32,723
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
5.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
21.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
10.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
McAllen
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Mission 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 Mission 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

72 / 100

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

Mission

32,723 commutes, one dot at a time

Mission

Where 32,723 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1McAllen5.3 mi8,510
2Mission0.0 mi7,056
3Edinburg11.5 mi2,996
4Pharr8.7 mi1,993
5La Joya9.9 mi899
6Houston303.0 mi746
7Brownsville55.1 mi542
8San Antonio223.8 mi534

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Mission.

1Mission0.0 mi7,056
2McAllen5.3 mi4,944
3Edinburg11.5 mi1,716
4Pharr8.7 mi1,658
5Alton5.2 mi1,185
6Palmview3.7 mi848
7San Antonio223.8 mi710
8San Juan10.6 mi708

Top industries

The sectors that employ Mission’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 Assistance37.8%
EDEducational Services18.6%
RTRetail Trade11.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.7%
PAPublic Administration2.9%
WSWholesale Trade2.7%
COConstruction2.7%
MFManufacturing2.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Mission

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

6 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps97%
5 Gbps97%
8 Gbps95%
See all internet providers in Mission

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).