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Population (year 2000): 2,422. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,588 (+6.9% change)
Males: 1,289 (53.2%), Females: 1,133 (46.8%)
Cameron County
Zip code:
78597
Median resident age: 46.7 years
Median household income: $45,417 (year 2000)
Median house value: $175,400 (year 2000)
Races in South Padre Island:
- White Non-Hispanic (75.0%)
- Hispanic (22.8%)
- Other race (2.8%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Black (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: English (16.6%), Irish (12.6%),
German (11.6%), United States (5.8%), French (4.8%), Italian
(4.0%).
Land area: 1.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in South Padre Island
- High school or higher: 92.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 35.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 16.7%
- Unemployed: 3.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in South Padre Island town
- Never married: 22.9%
- Now married: 56.0%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 4.6%
- Divorced: 14.9%
13.7% Foreign born (8.9% Latin America, 1.6%
Asia, 1.6% North America, 1.5% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +749 (+44.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near South Padre Island:
- BROWNSVILLE SURGICAL HOSPITAL (about 23 miles;
BROWNSVILLE, TX)
- VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 23 miles;
BROWNSVILLE, TX)
- BROWNSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER (about 28 miles;
BROWNSVILLE, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
South Padre Island:
- BROWNSVILLE/SOUTH PADRE ISLAND INT'L (about 23
miles; BROWNSVILLE, TX; ID: BRO)
- VALLEY INTL (about 34 miles; HARLINGEN, TX; ID: HRL)
- MC ALLEN MILLER INTL (about 74 miles; MC ALLEN, TX;
ID: MFE)
Other public-use airports nearest to South Padre Island:
- PORT ISABEL-CAMERON COUNTY (about 12 miles; PORT
ISABEL, TX; ID: PIL)
- CHARLES R JOHNSON (about 36 miles; PORT MANSFIELD,
TX; ID: T05)
- MID VALLEY (about 56 miles; WESLACO, TX; ID: T65)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
South Padre Island:
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE (about 28
miles; BROWNSVILLE, TX; Full-time enrollment: 6,044)
- TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE (about 28 miles;
BROWNSVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,556)
- TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-HARLINGEN (about 37
miles; HARLINGEN, TX; FT enrollment: 2,167)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN (about 72
miles; EDINBURG, TX; FT enrollment: 9,651)
- SOUTH TEXAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 75 miles;
MCALLEN, TX; FT enrollment: 7,142)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE (about 107 miles;
KINGSVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 4,860)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY-CORPUS CHRISTI (about 111
miles; Corpus Christi, TX; FT enrollment: 5,282)
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