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Mission vs Pharr

Mission, TX compared with Pharr, TX · 9 miles apart

Mission has 88,992 residents to Pharr’s 80,830. Mission comes out ahead on median household income, median rent, homeownership. Pharr does better on unemployment, price to income.

Mission, TX Pharr, TX
Population 88,992 80,830
Density (per sq mi) 2,449 3,310
Median household income $60,767 $52,814
Median home value $175,700 $121,900
Median rent $950 $1,037
Homeownership 71.4% 59.1%
Average commute 20.5 min 21.1 min
Median age 34.9 29.7
Bachelor's degree + 29.4% 18.8%
Poverty rate 19.4% 27.6%
Unemployment 7.8% 7.2%
Price to income 2.9× 2.3×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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