Which ZIP code in Hidalgo County has the highest median household income?

78504 (Mcallen), at $81,905 (±$4,178), among 25 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

Richest ZIP codes in Hidalgo County, TX

These are the 25 ZIP codes in Hidalgo County with the highest median household income, out of 25 with at least 1,000 residents. 78504 (Mcallen, $81,905), 78539 (Edinburg, $66,967) and 78557 (Hidalgo, $59,441) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Hidalgo County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Richest ZIP codes in Hidalgo County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median household income	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	78504	Mcallen	$81,905 ±$4,178	63,094	19,697	21,989
2	78539	Edinburg	$66,967 ±$8,809	37,168	14,171	15,145
3	78557	Hidalgo	$59,441 ±$4,786	14,498	3,909	4,121
4	78569	Lyford	$58,950 ±$26,300	4,342	1,283	778
5	78595	Sullivan City	$58,846 ±$18,541	6,118	1,826	1,655
6	78596	Weslaco	$58,411 ±$7,573	39,518	12,731	16,693
7	78599	Weslaco	$58,349 ±$5,176	35,454	9,605	11,234
8	78560	La Joya	$55,721 ±$32,761	4,635	1,467	1,549
9	78542	Edinburg	$55,243 ±$5,787	89,401	23,943	28,029
10	78573	Mission	$55,000 ±$6,502	44,809	12,720	14,794
11	78572	Mission	$54,298 ±$5,527	78,024	26,723	34,542
12	78589	San Juan	$54,285 ±$4,641	40,231	11,709	12,788
13	78503	Mcallen	$53,322 ±$6,379	22,621	7,247	8,804
14	78516	Alamo	$53,229 ±$4,597	34,370	10,045	11,662
15	78541	Edinburg	$52,863 ±$6,397	51,710	16,679	17,705
16	78577	Pharr	$52,770 ±$4,549	80,540	23,957	27,884
17	78574	Mission	$52,393 ±$5,101	62,456	17,078	18,482
18	78576	Penitas	$49,137 ±$15,455	15,484	3,637	3,730
19	78501	Mcallen	$48,071 ±$4,314	58,935	21,734	24,728
20	78543	Elsa	$44,527 ±$10,318	8,400	2,834	—
21	78570	Mercedes	$41,965 ±$7,483	34,348	9,161	10,504
22	78537	Donna	$40,668 ±$2,641	51,426	13,909	16,734
23	78538	Edcouch	$40,399 ±$7,057	11,982	3,556	3,006
24	78562	La Villa	$31,522 ±$19,654	3,211	712	—
25	78579	Progreso	$19,172 ±$18,922	2,039	665	—

How we ranked them

Ranked by median household income (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau caps published medians at $250,000; ZIP codes at the cap are shown as $250,000+ and ordered by population. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 25 of 30 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Higher-income ZIP codes suit offers with a bigger ticket: remodeling, pools, roofing, financial planning, private schools, premium dining. A median describes the middle household, not every door, so the routes inside each ZIP still vary.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 40,886 households, on 63 carrier routes with 43,688 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Hidalgo County has the highest median household income?: 78504 (Mcallen), at $81,905 (±$4,178), among 25 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median household income (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau caps published medians at $250,000; ZIP codes at the cap are shown as $250,000+ and ordered by population.
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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