Texas' 16th Congressional District
Texas · TX-16
Texas' 16th Congressional District is one of 38 U.S. House districts in Texas, represented in Congress by Veronica Escobar (Democrat). It is home to roughly 774,607 people, with a median age of 33.5. The population is about 82% Hispanic. The median household income is $58,983, and 26% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the 2024 presidential election it voted solidly Democratic (D+16).
Representative
Current U.S. House member (source: house.gov).
Geography
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Covering 363 square miles, TX-16 is the 334th-largest of the 435 congressional districts by land area. With about 2,134 residents per square mile, it is a largely suburban district. Its shape is fairly compact: the district's Polsby-Popper score of 0.32 ranks 154th of 435 nationally, where 1st is the most compact.
Presidential results
In the 2024 presidential election, 57% of TX-16 voters backed Kamala Harris and 41% Donald Trump — a D+16 margin. That is a 19.0-point shift toward the Republicans from 2020, when the district voted D+35.
Two-party presidential vote by district (source: The Downballot).
Who lives here
The median resident of the district is 33.5 years old, making this one of the youngest districts in the nation by median age; 25.9% of residents are under 18 and 13.2% are 65 or older. About 22.5% of residents were born outside the United States, and 67.1% speak a language other than English at home.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year estimates).
Economy & education
At $58,983, the district's median household income ranks 395th of 435 districts nationwide. The typical owner-occupied home is worth $171,217, and the median rent is $1,050 a month. 18.5% of residents live below the poverty line, and workers average a 24.9-minute commute (7.9% work from home).
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year estimates).