Falcon Mesa is home to 426 people in Texas. Owners hold 89% of the housing stock. The median age is 46.0, about 7 years above the US median. The typical home is worth $154,200, having more than tripled since 2000. 99% were living in the same home a year earlier. That trails the Texas median by roughly 20%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $62,589, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 46.0
US median: 38.9
Average education
35% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 192%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Falcon Mesa
What changed most since 2000
Hispanic share30.6% → 80.5%(+49.9 pts)US over the same years: +6.3 pts
White share67.8% → 19.5%(−48.3 pts)US over the same years: −11.3 pts
Median age62.2 → 46.0(−16.2 years)US over the same years: +3.7 years
Falcon Mesa's population equals 3.1% of Zapata County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 0.8% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 6.6% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.8%(3)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era0%(0)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War43.8%(7)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 16 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Falcon Mesa, decade by decade
Falcon Mesa population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
506
$45,162
$52,828
9.0%
55.8
2010
405
$42,211
$77,827
0.0%
62.4
2020
523
–
–
35.1%
48.8
2024
426
$62,589
$154,200
34.9%
39.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
