Primera, Texas

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

ALMANAC

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.3% to the 1,798 homes here.

5–6

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count.Sources: Computed by the Almanac

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Population

Growing. Up 3.8% since 2020.

5,478

people, the 368th-largest of Texas's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Texas's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

95.0%

of 482 jobs located in Primera are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
Rent

Median rent is up 72% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,293

a month. Texas's median is $1,403.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $1,138 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Cameron County.
- $784 Tract 126.15
- $1,922 Tract 144.02
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Room to build

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

$961–$1,441

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,293 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
Building

42% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 121 homes permitted, 2022–2025
- 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 42% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.3% to the 1,798 homes here.

5–6

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
Home value

A median home costs 43% less than Texas's.

$160,900

median home value in Primera.
- $160,900 Primera
- $283,800 Texas
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Primera, Texas

Primera,
Texas.

Growing. Up 3.8% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 72% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

42% of the housing here was built before 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.3% to the 1,798 homes here.

A median home costs 43% less than Texas's.

Every number came from a public source, with its date.

Growing. Up 3.8% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 72% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.

42% of the housing here was built before 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.3% to the 1,798 homes here.

A median home costs 43% less than Texas's.

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