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Mercedes city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Mercedes city is a Census city of 16,733 people across 11.80 square miles of land, in Hidalgo County. Median household income is $46,904, 62.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 17 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $11.8 m.
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Mercedes
What Mercedes is
- Census place typecity
- Land area11.8 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,418
- County holding the largest share of its areaHidalgo County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mercedes
How many people live in Mercedes
- Population16,733
- Median age33.2
- Population under 185,264
- Share under 1831.5 percent
- Population 65 and over2,533
- Share 65 and over15.1 percent
- Households5,205
- Family households3,891
- Share of households that are families74.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mercedes
Income and work in Mercedes
- Median household income$46,904 plus or minus $9,631
- Per capita income$20,044
- Civilian labor force6,903
- Employed6,437
- Unemployed466 plus or minus 234
- Unemployment rate6.8 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over9,895
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher72.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.5 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.6 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mercedes
Housing in Mercedes
- Housing units6,031
- Occupied units5,205
- Vacant units826 plus or minus 215
- Vacancy rate13.7 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Owner occupied3,270
- Renter occupied1,935
- Ownership rate62.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$111,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$812
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.8 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Single family units3,734
- Share single family61.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,356 plus or minus 354
- Share in buildings of two or more22.5 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Mobile homes857 plus or minus 193
- Median year structure built1991
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mercedes
How Mercedes gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,643
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,833
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,145 plus or minus 274
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.3 percent
- Drove alone71.7 percent
- Carpooled13.2 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home9.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Mercedes
SBA 7(a) lending to Mercedes borrowers
- Approvals17
- Gross approval$11,816,800
- Average approval$695,106
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$5,000,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported242
- Jobs per approval14.2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.6 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders11
- Distinct industries by NAICS13
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Mercedes
SBA 504 lending to Mercedes borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$664,000
- Average approval$664,000
- Median approval$664,000
- Largest approval$664,000
- Jobs supported31
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Mercedes
Flood programme status in Mercedes
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480344
- Currently effective map date07/16/79
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Hidalgo County, not Mercedes
Hidalgo County context, not Mercedes figures
These are Hidalgo County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Mercedes measurements.
- Establishments in Hidalgo County13,393
- Employment at those establishments, Hidalgo County227,682
- Covered employment, Hidalgo County291,901
- Average annual pay, Hidalgo County$42,905
- Average weekly wage, Hidalgo County$825
- Housing units permitted, Hidalgo County7,292
- Of those, single family, Hidalgo County4,336
- County product, 2024, Hidalgo County$31,357,426,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hidalgo County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hidalgo County$50,502
Every figure in this section is published for Hidalgo County as a whole and is not a measurement of Mercedes. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Mercedes questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mercedes, Texas?
16,733, in 5,205 households. Mercedes city covers 11.80 square miles of land, which is 1,418 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mercedes in?
Hidalgo County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Mercedes?
$46,904. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $111,800. Median gross rent is $812 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Mercedes businesses?
17 7(a) approvals totalling $11.8 m, across 11 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $664,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mercedes, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Mercedes borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Mercedes. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Mercedes in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Mercedes appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480344, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Mercedes figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hidalgo County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Mercedes.
Is zoning published for Mercedes?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.