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Demographics

People

Total Population	4,742
Male Share of the Population	43%
Female Share of the Population	57%
Senior Citizens	9.8%
Employed Population 16+	1,883
Age of the Population	28

Families

% of people married	53.2%
Average household size	4

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	15%
Median Earnings25+	$26,701
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$21,414
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$20,809

Wealth

Median Family Income	$43,510
% Above Poverty Level	68.2%
% Below Poverty Level	31.8%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	19 minutes
% Working from Home	6.5%
% Walking and Biking to Work	1%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	13.5%
Median Gross Rent	$628
Median House Value	$88,500

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	86.7%
English	1.5%
French Except Basque	1.1%
Irish	0.5%
German	0.2%
Polish	0.1%
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Primera Almanac

Category	Value
County
Phone Area Codes
Time Zone
Approximate Latitude
Approximate Longitude

Primera Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	HARLINGEN
Distance	5.9 miles
Jan Temp	48 to 69 F
Apr Temp	64 to 84 F
Jul Temp	74 to 95 F
Oct Temp	64 to 85 F
Annual Precip	28.1 inches

Station	MCALLEN MILLER INTL AP
Distance	29.7 miles
Jan Temp	50 to 70 F
Apr Temp	66 to 86 F
Jul Temp	76 to 96 F
Oct Temp	66 to 86 F
Annual Precip	22.9 inches

Station	BROWNSVILLE AP
Distance	30.2 miles
Jan Temp	51 to 69 F
Apr Temp	65 to 82 F
Jul Temp	75 to 92 F
Oct Temp	66 to 84 F
Annual Precip	27.5 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Combes	3,031	$52,316
Harlingen	65,449	$42,310
La Feria	7,329	$44,048
Rangerville	47	$0
San Benito	24,466	$31,616
Santa Rosa	2,830	$27,472

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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