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El Paso, TX

678,945 Population
258.8 square miles 2,623.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 33.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,153 ±$1,128 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: $27,745 ±$868
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$57,317 ±$2,420 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: $59,037 ±$2,523
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

18% ±1.8% (120,990  ±11,882) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 18.5% 158,271 (±1.6% / ±13,802)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

24 minutes ±0.8 (6,863,020  ±303,555) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 24.5 8,959,515 (±0.6 / ±309,386)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 27.2 347,514,080 (±0.1 / ±2,192,679)

Families

249,362 ±3,143 Number of households
  • the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 301,927 ±3,312
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
2.7 ±0 (672,363  ±785) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 2.8 857,344 (±0 / ±1,640)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 † 29,898,096 (±49.3 / ±-555,555,600)

6.2% ±1.3% (10,233  ±2,150) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 6.5% † 13,826 (±1.2% / ±2,507)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

270,846 ±2,417 Number of housing units
  • the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 327,232 ±512
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$194,100 ±$5,903 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: $191,000 ±$5,689
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

12.7% ±1.3% (84,769  ±8,862.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 12.3% 105,724 (±1.1% / ±9,499.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

82.7% ±2.4% (368,589  ±11,393.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 81.1% 450,042 (±2.2% / ±12,308.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
28.5% ±1.5% (126,859  ±6,676.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 25.9% 143,770 (±1.2% / ±6,918.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

21.7% ±1% (147,100  ±7,008) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 22.5% 196,407 (±0.8% / ±6,940)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17.9% † 5,455,292 (±,325.7% / ±65,136)

7.7% ±0.7% (38,943  ±3,567) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 7.3% 46,017 (±0.6% / ±3,789)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
38,943 Total veterans ±3,567 34,544 Male ±3,497 4,399 Female ±1,229

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