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Socorro, TX

37,123 Population
22 square miles 1,684 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 33.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,099 ±$1,479 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: $28,456 ±$446
  • about half the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,744 ±$5,159 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: $59,751 ±$1,132
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.7% ±3.6% (7,647  ±1,322) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 18.7% 161,105 (±0.6% / ±5,225)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.8 minutes ±1.9 (394,780  ±34,434) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 24.1 8,530,145 (±0.3 / ±147,795)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,396 ±445 Number of households
  • the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 300,479 ±1,061
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.3 ±0.1 (37,045  ±40) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 2.9 859,709 (±0 / ±346)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±2.4% (679  ±239) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 6.3% 13,381 (±0.5% / ±1,096)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,052 ±470 Number of housing units
  • the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 324,704 ±170
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$144,500 ±$8,991 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: $180,200 ±$2,427
  • about half the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.3% ±2.7% (3,039  ±997.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 11.9% 102,367 (±0.5% / ±4,638.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

70.6% ±4.4% (15,668  ±1,150.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 81% 446,407 (±1.1% / ±6,101)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.8% ±2.1% (2,832  ±467.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 25.9% 142,695 (±0.6% / ±3,434.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

32.3% ±3% (11,988  ±1,114) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 23.1% 202,154
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.2% ±0.9% (846  ±233) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the El Paso, TX Metro Area: 7.6% 47,842 (±0.3% / ±2,122)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
846 Total veterans ±233 799 Male ±236 47 Female ±47

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