What is the population of Mission city?

Mission city has 86,234 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #47 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Mission city?

Median household income in Mission city is $60,813 a year, 22.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mission city?

Median gross rent is $931 a month and the median home value is $160,800, so rent absorbs about 18.4% of median household income.

Is Mission city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mission city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Mission, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Mission, Texas (Mission, TX — Census place “Mission city”) is 86,234 residents, ranking #47 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $60,813, the median home is worth $160,800 and median gross rent runs $931 a month. Looking for the Mission Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Mission, TX: 78572.

Population: 86,234Mission city residents
Median household income: $60,813Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $160,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $931Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.5%Owner-occupied households

Mission ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Mission.

The Mission TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

78572

What the numbers mean in Mission city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Mission city median would spend about 18.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.7% of residents and 71.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Mission city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Mission city is a small city in Texas, with 86,234 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #47 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 34.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Mission city earn a median of $60,813 a year, 22.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 17.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Mission city is valued at $160,800, 47% below the national figure and 10% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $931 a month, 33.8% below the national figure, or roughly $11,172 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Mission city?: Mission city has 86,234 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #47 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Mission city?: Median household income in Mission city is $60,813 a year, 22.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mission city?: Median gross rent is $931 a month and the median home value is $160,800, so rent absorbs about 18.4% of median household income.
Is Mission city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mission city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Mission city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.