Código postal 78503 — Mcallen, TX

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El código postal 78503 cubre Mcallen, Texas, con una población de unos 22,566 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $48,765.

Población: 22,5661,175 per square mile
Edad media: 32.16.6 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $48,76536% below the Texas median
Tasa de pobreza: 26.7%14.3 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $180,637up 28.8% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,08719% below the Texas median
Título universitario o superior: 24.6%10.4 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 58.4%6.6 points below the US average
Zona horaria: Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 1,016

Dónde está 78503

Mcallen, Texas — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	22,566
Edad media	32.1
Hogares familiares	73.1%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	28.9%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	87.1%
Blanca (no hispana)	3.4%
Negra (no hispana)	0%
Asiática (no hispana)	1.1%
Hispana o latina	92.2%
Veteranos	2.2%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$48,765
Ingreso por persona	$26,093
Tasa de pobreza	26.7%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	24.3%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	8.3%
$10–15k	5.7%
$15–20k	8.7%
$20–25k	6.2%
$25–30k	4.8%
$30–35k	5.0%
$35–40k	4.1%
$40–45k	3.2%
$45–50k	5.1%
$50–60k	5.6%
$60–75k	6.8%
$75–100k	11.2%
$100–125k	6.7%
$125–150k	7.3%
$150–200k	5.6%
$200k or more	5.6%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	9,440
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$62,097
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	3.8%
Returns, under $25k	44.7%
Returns, $25k–$50k	26.8%
Returns, $50k–$75k	11.4%
Returns, $75k–$100k	6.5%
Returns, $100k–$200k	6.8%
Returns, $200k or more	3.8%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$130,100
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,087
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	27.3%
Ocupada por su propietario	58.4%
Viviendas vacías	13.1%
Año medio de construcción	1998

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	64.7%
Casa adosada	7.1%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	12.6%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	10.2%
20 o más viviendas	5.5%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$180,637as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 0.5%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 28.8%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 82.4%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$1,270as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	up 3.4%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$87,862 in 2007 to $180,637 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	5.2%
Licenciatura o superior	24.6%
Bachillerato o superior	70.7%
Trabaja desde casa	11.4%
Conduce solo al trabajo	74.8%
Usa el transporte público	0.1%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	4.6%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	43.3% 9.9 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	18.3% 6.3 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	12.3% 0.9 pts below the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	34.6% 0.5 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	33% 12.7 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	35.3% 24 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	19.4% 2.5 pts below the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	36.7% 11.3 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	21.5% 3.6 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	16.1% same as the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	75.9% 1.2 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	4.9% 2.8 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	8.6% 1.8 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	7.1% 0.9 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	73.2% 3.5 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	82.3% 3.6 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	18.5% 3.7 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	51.9% 12.4 pts below the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	5.9% 0.7 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	44% 17.3 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	38.9% 8.2 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Discapacidad auditiva	8.5% 1.8 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	36.6% same as the national average of 36.2%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	11.3% 2.9 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Mamografía	70.1% 5.8 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	17% same as the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	20.1% 6.1 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	16.6% 3.1 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	6.8% 2.8 pts above the national average of 4%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	39% 2.6 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	3.9% 0.5 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	18.4% 5.4 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	11.6% 6 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	1,016
Personas empleadas	20,861
Nómina anual	$888,016,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 66.4% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Very Low to Relatively High en los 12 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	57 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	0.4 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Huracán	92.9Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	90.3Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	85.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	78.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	74Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	65.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	52.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	48.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	42.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	30.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	28.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	27.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	21.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	12.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Texas y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Texas	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$48,765	$76,292	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$26,093	$39,446	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	26.7%	13.8%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$130,100	$260,400	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,087	$1,339	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	58.4%	62.6%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	24.6%	33.1%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	5.2%	5.1%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	11.4%	12.8%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	28.9%	17.2%	13.9%
Edad media	32.1	35.5	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP, TX US0.8 km away
Lluvia al año	22 in

Average high and low by month

enero	72.8°F / 52.7°F0.77 in rain
febrero	77.4°F / 56.9°F0.72 in rain
marzo	83.2°F / 62.7°F1.38 in rain
abril	88.4°F / 68.4°F1.43 in rain
mayo	93.1°F / 74.1°F2.03 in rain
junio	97.4°F / 78°F3.05 in rain
julio	98.5°F / 78.8°F2.03 in rain
agosto	99.6°F / 78.9°F1.81 in rain
septiembre	94.3°F / 75.6°F4.61 in rain
octubre	89.3°F / 68.7°F2.1 in rain
noviembre	80.2°F / 60.1°F1.17 in rain
diciembre	73.8°F / 54.1°F1.06 in rain

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	72% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	100% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	52% of this ZIP code's area

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 5 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

McAllen Independent School District	54.9% de la superficie de este código postal
Hidalgo Independent School District	17.9% de la superficie de este código postal
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District	11.4% de la superficie de este código postal
Sharyland Independent School District	9.2% de la superficie de este código postal
Valley View Independent School District	6.5% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	75más vulnerable que el 75% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	78más vulnerable que el 78% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	83más vulnerable que el 83% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	96más vulnerable que el 96% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	34más vulnerable que el 34% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	6.9 out of 20Below average

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

78505 Mcallen, TX	a 3.7 km
78501 Mcallen, TX	a 4.6 km
78577 Pharr, TX	a 6.5 km
78557 Hidalgo, TX	a 8.3 km
78572 Mission, TX	a 8.5 km
78504 Mcallen, TX	a 9 km
78589 San Juan, TX	a 10.3 km
78502 Mcallen, TX	a 10.3 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Hidalgo County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Central (UTC-06:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	19.21 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.17 sq mi
Densidad de población	1,175 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	26.1771, -98.2520

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.