Código postal 78550 — Harlingen, TX

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El código postal 78550 cubre Harlingen, Texas, con una población de unos 54,169 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $51,524.

Población: 54,169575 per square mile
Edad media: 33.65.1 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $51,52432% below the Texas median
Tasa de pobreza: 24.3%11.9 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $179,935up 11.4% in five years
Alquiler medio: $86336% below the Texas median
Título universitario o superior: 21.7%13.3 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 52.7%12.3 points below the US average
Zona horaria: Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 1,391

Dónde está 78550

Harlingen, 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	54,169
Edad media	33.6
Hogares familiares	67.7%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	13.6%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	49.1%
Blanca (no hispana)	13.9%
Negra (no hispana)	1.3%
Asiática (no hispana)	0.9%
Hispana o latina	82.8%
Veteranos	6%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$51,524
Ingreso por persona	$25,182
Tasa de pobreza	24.3%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	23.6%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	5.8%
$10–15k	6.7%
$15–20k	6.7%
$20–25k	6.7%
$25–30k	4.5%
$30–35k	5.6%
$35–40k	5.6%
$40–45k	3.1%
$45–50k	4.2%
$50–60k	6.3%
$60–75k	11.9%
$75–100k	11.8%
$100–125k	8.8%
$125–150k	4.8%
$150–200k	3.9%
$200k or more	3.5%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	21,320
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$49,236
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	2.1%
Returns, under $25k	41.5%
Returns, $25k–$50k	28.8%
Returns, $50k–$75k	13.5%
Returns, $75k–$100k	6.2%
Returns, $100k–$200k	8.0%
Returns, $200k or more	2.1%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$120,500
Alquiler bruto medio	$863
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	29.2%
Ocupada por su propietario	52.7%
Viviendas vacías	12.1%
Año medio de construcción	1984

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	57.9%
Casa adosada	2.7%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	13.9%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	14%
20 o más viviendas	5.3%
Casa móvil	6.1%

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	$179,935as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 3%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 11.4%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 45.5%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$1,053as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	up 2.8%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$111,423 in 2001 to $179,935 in 2026.

Alquiler típico solicitado

$904 in 2022 to $1,053 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	5%
Licenciatura o superior	21.7%
Bachillerato o superior	76.6%
Trabaja desde casa	8.9%
Conduce solo al trabajo	77.5%
Usa el transporte público	0.1%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	6.5%

Salud

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

Obesidad	40.4% 7 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	18.8% 6.8 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	13.6% same as the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	35.5% 1.4 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	31% 10.7 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	33.7% 22.4 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	19.5% 2.4 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	21.8% 3.3 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	15.1% 0.9 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	77.2% 2.5 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	5.6% 2.1 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	9% 1.4 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	7.6% 1.4 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	72.8% 3.9 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	83.5% 2.4 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	18.1% 3.3 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	53.8% 10.5 pts below the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	7% same as the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	48.2% 13.1 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	37.2% 6.5 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Discapacidad auditiva	8.5% 1.8 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	37.5% 1.3 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	11.4% 3 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Mamografía	72% 3.9 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	16.6% same as the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	19.6% 5.6 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	6.6% 2.6 pts above the national average of 4%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	39.7% 3.3 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	4.2% 0.8 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	17.1% 4.1 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	11.3% 5.7 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	1,391
Personas empleadas	30,032
Nómina anual	$1,063,933,000

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% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Very Low to Relatively High en los 22 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	51.9 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	2.6 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	93.1Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	92.3Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	86.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	71.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación costera	66.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	63.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	60Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	51.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	43.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	40.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	38Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	37.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	33Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	27.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	9Very 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	$51,524	$76,292	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$25,182	$39,446	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	24.3%	13.8%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$120,500	$260,400	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$863	$1,339	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	52.7%	62.6%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	21.7%	33.1%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	5%	5.1%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	8.9%	12.8%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	13.6%	17.2%	13.9%
Edad media	33.6	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	HARLINGEN, TX US1.8 km away
Lluvia al año	28 in
Nieve al año	0 in

Average high and low by month

enero	71.7°F / 51.1°F1.22 in rain
febrero	76°F / 54.8°F1.19 in rain
marzo	81°F / 60°F1.49 in rain
abril	86.4°F / 65.9°F2.29 in rain
mayo	91.1°F / 71.8°F2.73 in rain
junio	95.4°F / 75.9°F2.37 in rain
julio	96.6°F / 76.9°F2.44 in rain
agosto	97.8°F / 76.8°F2.07 in rain
septiembre	93.1°F / 73.6°F5.76 in rain
octubre	88°F / 66.8°F3.06 in rain
noviembre	79.7°F / 58.8°F2 in rain
diciembre	73.2°F / 52.5°F1.58 in rain, 0.1 in snow

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	21% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	21% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	31% 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 3 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Rio Hondo Independent School District	50.2% de la superficie de este código postal
Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District	44.3% de la superficie de este código postal
Lyford Consolidated Independent School District	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	76más vulnerable que el 76% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	64más vulnerable que el 64% 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	88más vulnerable que el 88% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	60más vulnerable que el 60% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	4.2 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

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

78553 Harlingen, TX	a 0.9 km
78552 Harlingen, TX	a 5.9 km
78551 Harlingen, TX	a 6.4 km
78535 Combes, TX	a 7.6 km
78586 San Benito, TX	a 8.1 km
78559 La Feria, TX	a 14 km
78583 Rio Hondo, TX	a 14.4 km
78568 Lozano, TX	a 14.6 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.

Cameron County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Central (UTC-06:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	94.19 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.83 sq mi
Densidad de población	575 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	26.1951, -97.6890

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.