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El Paso, TX

678,422 Population
258.4 square miles 2,625.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 33.1 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$25,670 ±$854 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: $24,274 ±$758
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $34,717 ±$230
$51,241 ±$1,687 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: $51,002 ±$1,518
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $66,963 ±$513

19.1% ±1.7% (128,239  ±11,631) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 20.1% 172,512 (±1.9% / ±15,843)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,122,538 (±0.3% / ±79,332)

23.8 minutes ±0.9 (6,302,705  ±306,653) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 24.6 8,286,865 (±1 / ±398,692)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 25.9 295,281,060 (±0.2 / ±2,182,981)

Families

242,529 ±3,601 Number of households
  • the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 299,177 ±2,547
  • Texas: 10,796,247 ±19,104
2.8 ±0 (672,754  ±2,139) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 2.9 858,153 (±0 / ±2,366)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,965,772

6.8% ±1.4% (11,296  ±2,295) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 7.1% † 15,043 (±1.3% / ±2,692)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6% 434,357 (±0.2% / ±16,121)

Housing

261,779 ±2,871 Number of housing units
  • the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 322,343 ±873
  • Texas: 11,867,820 ±1,642

$152,800 ±$4,099 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: $148,000 ±$3,972
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $237,400 ±$1,389

13.4% ±1.6% (89,810  ±10,405.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 12.6% † 108,003 (±1.3% / ±10,917.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,083,551 (±0.2% / ±68,340.6)

Social

82.1% ±2.7% (357,293  ±12,259.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 81.2% 443,095 (±2.4% / ±13,184.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.4% 16,415,784 (±0.4% / ±81,190.8)
28% ±1.5% (121,615  ±6,671.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 26% 141,783 (±1.3% / ±7,244.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,366,437 (±0.3% / ±48,097.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

22.4% ±1.2% (151,762  ±7,862) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 23% 200,878 (±1% / ±8,945)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 17.3% 5,092,132 (±0.2% / ±51,263)

8.3% ±0.8% (41,179  ±3,926) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 7.8% 48,466 (±0.7% / ±4,197)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,464 (±0.1% / ±23,343)
41,179 Total veterans ±3,926 36,502 Male ±3,454 4,677 Female ±1,153

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