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About McAllen
City in Texas, United StatesMcAllen is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located at the southern tip of the state in the Rio Grande Valley, on the Mexican border. The city limits extend south to the Rio Grande, across from the Mexican city of Reynosa. As of the 2025 census estimate, McAllen's population was 150,640, making it the most populous city in Hidalgo County, the second most populous city in the Rio Grande Valley, and the 23rd-most populous city in Texas. The city anchors the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metropolitan area, the fifth largest metropolitan area in the state of Texas, with 921,549 residents as of 2025. The binational Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan area counts a population of more than 1.5 million…
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How McAllen ranks
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Housing in McAllen
The typical McAllen home is worth about $229,000, up 0.5% in a year, 23% below the Texas typical home.
A buyer's market
Safety in McAllen
Safety Grade C+
McAllen reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 59% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 81%.
Work & commute in McAllen
Full picture →About one in 3 of McAllen’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Edinburg (13%), Mission (8%) and Pharr (8%). Half commute less than 5 miles.
Health in McAllen
Health Grade C
Healthier than 28% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Texas
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 15 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in McAllen
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 67% of U.S. communities.
Climate in McAllen
Full climate →McAllen has warm winters and hot summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 97°, a January night drops to 50°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Schools in McAllen
All McAllen schools →School Grade B-
The public schools McAllen’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 51% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within TX. Ratings are from neighbors.
McAllen is a college town
Colleges →of McAllen’s residents are enrolled in college. South Texas College has about 20,017 students on campus.
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