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Notable location: El Campo Museum of Art, History, and Natural Science (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Swedish Cemetery (1), Saint Phillips Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in El Campo include: Ricebird Stadium (1), Friendship Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attractions: El Campo Museum (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 2350 North Mechanic Street), American Legion Recreation Center (Amusement & Theme Parks; Highway 71 South).
Hotels: Budget Inn (405 West Jackson Street), Best Western Executive Inn (1022 Highway 59 West).
Court: El Campo City - City Hall- Administration Utility Billing (315 East Jackson Street).
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Wharton County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in El Campo and their reported violations in the past:
ARROWHEAD LAKE & FRONTIER LAKE (Population served: 675, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In NOV-2000, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- Notification, Public - In NOV-2000, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
PRASEKS HILLJE SMOKEHOUSE INC (Population served: 300, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Notification, Public - In MAY-2001, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- One routine major monitoring violation
STAR JET TRUCK STOP (Population served: 250, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-02-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-02-2004)
Past monitoring violations:
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between APR-2006 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between MAR-2006 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between FEB-2006 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between JAN-2006 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between DEC-2005 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 19 routine major monitoring violations
- 2 minor monitoring violations
- 15 other older monitoring violations
BERNARD ACRES (Population served: 195, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Average - Between APR-2006 and JUN-2006, Contaminant: TTHM
MAURITZ & COUEY PETROLEUM-TRAVEL MART (Population served: 150, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Notification, Public - Between APR-2001 and JUN-2001, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- Notification, Public - Between JUL-1999 and SEP-1999, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- 4 routine major monitoring violations
- One minor monitoring violation
NICKS GROCERY 3 (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between JUL-2003 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between MAY-2003 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Notification, Public - In AUG-2002, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In JUL-2002, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- Notification, Public - In JUL-2002, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- 7 routine major monitoring violations
- One minor monitoring violation
- 4 other older monitoring violations
ASHLEY OAKS MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY (Population served: 81, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2003 and JUL-23-2004, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUN-18-2004), St Compliance achieved (JUL-23-2004)
CALICO FARMS SUBDIVISION (Population served: 69, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-2000, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
- Notification, Public - In NOV-2000, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JAN-1995 and DEC-1995, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (DEC-30-1995)
Drinking water stations with addresses in El Campo that have no violations reported:
- CENTENNIAL PLACE (Population served: 54, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 20.5%
(6.7% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 50.9% for Black residents, 25.6% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 22.9% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.7 people | | Texas: | 2.7 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 71.5% | | Whole state: | 71.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 4.2% | | Whole state: | 4.4% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in El Campo, TX
People in group quarters in El Campo:
- 111 people in nursing homes
- 27 people in other group homes
- 25 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
El Campo compared to Texas state average:
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Median age below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
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Banks with branches in El Campo (2011 data):
- NewFirst National Bank: Detached Drive-In Facility, Newfirst National Bank, El Campo North Branch. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $40.0 mil, Deposits: $35.9 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 10 total offices, Holding Company: Newfirst Financial Group, Inc.
- The First State Bank: El Campo Branch at 1808 West Loop, branch established on 02/02/1987. Info updated 05/27/2010: Bank assets: $26.1 mil, Deposits: $23.7 mil, headquarters in Louise, TX, positive income, 9 total offices, Holding Company: Louise Bancshares, Inc.
- First National Bank Texas: El Campo Banking Center - Rc 855 at 3413 W. Loop St., branch established on 03/17/2004. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $97.2 mil, Deposits: $86.5 mil, headquarters in Killeen, TX, positive income, 217 total offices, Holding Company: First Community Bancshares, Inc.
- International Bank of Commerce: Heb Instore - El Campo Branch at 306 N. Mechanic St., branch established on 10/29/2007. Info updated 03/28/2007: Bank assets: $10,009.2 mil, Deposits: $6,203.7 mil, headquarters in Laredo, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 260 total offices, Holding Company: International Bancshares Corporation
- Prosperity Bank: at 1301 North Mechanic Street, branch established on 09/13/1949. Info updated 05/06/2010: Bank assets: $9,232.9 mil, Deposits: $7,495.6 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 190 total offices, Holding Company: Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.
- Commercial State Bank of El Campo: Commercial State Bank Of El Campo at 401 North Mechanic Street, branch established on 01/01/1921. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $11.4 mil, Deposits: $10.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2 total offices, Holding Company: El Campo Bancshares, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Electricity (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Wharton County Texas:
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Religion statistics for El Campo:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 76.88%
| Here |  | 76.9% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Churches of Christ |
| Adherents | 60.2% | 20.4% | 7.2% | 3.5% | 1.9% |
| Congregations | 16.4% | 24.6% | 14.8% | 6.6% | 6.6% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Lutheran Church | Assemblies of God | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Other |
| Adherents | 1.8% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Congregations | 3.3% | 1.6% | 8.2% | 3.3% | 14.8% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 8 | Wharton County: | 1.96 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 1.47 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 10 | This county: | 2.46 / 10,000 pop. | | Texas: | 1.11 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 30 | Wharton County: | 7.37 / 10,000 pop. | | Texas: | 3.95 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 23 | This county: | 5.65 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.13 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Wharton County: | 10.3% | | Texas: | 8.9% |
Adult obesity rate: | Wharton County: | 30.5% | | State: | 26.6% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
2 | $7,788 | $46,728 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
9 | $30,584 | $40,779 | 7 | $1,400 |
| Judicial and Legal |
4 | $7,754 | $23,262 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
24 | $93,686 | $46,843 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
10 | $22,712 | $27,254 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
14 | $29,350 | $25,157 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
12 | $38,438 | $38,438 | 11 | $2,288 |
| Sewerage |
2 | $5,120 | $30,720 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
7 | $17,208 | $29,499 | 7 | $3,736 |
| Water Supply |
11 | $33,010 | $36,011 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
6 | $18,586 | $37,172 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
101 | $304,236 | $36,147 | 25 | $7,424 |
El Campo government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $95,000 ($8.80)
- Charges - Sewerage: $1,076,000 ($99.68)
Solid Waste Management: $998,000 ($92.45)
All Other: $466,000 ($43.17)
- Construction - General: $394,000 ($36.50)
Water Utilities: $99,000 ($9.17)
Regular Highways: $11,000 ($1.02)
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $1,498,000 ($138.77)
Sewerage: $1,172,000 ($108.57)
Regular Highways: $1,132,000 ($104.86)
Water Utilities: $1,033,000 ($95.69)
Health Services - Other: $492,000 ($45.58)
Parks & Recreation: $426,000 ($39.46)
Central Staff Services: $311,000 ($28.81)
General - Other: $264,000 ($24.46)
Financial Administration: $201,000 ($18.62)
General Public Buildings: $180,000 ($16.67)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $122,000 ($11.30)
Judicial and Legal Services: $101,000 ($9.36)
Fire Protection: $96,000 ($8.89)
Solid Waste Management: $43,000 ($3.98)
- General - Interest on Debt: $185,000 ($17.14)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $2,490,000 ($230.66)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $4,600,000 ($426.12)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $4,300,000 ($398.33)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $2,205,000 ($204.26)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $300,000 ($27.79)
Water Utilities: $285,000 ($26.40)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $430,000 ($39.83)
Interest Earnings: $308,000 ($28.53)
Special Assessments: $24,000 ($2.22)
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $218,000 ($20.19)
Police Protection: $78,000 ($7.23)
Parks & Recreation: $30,000 ($2.78)
Fire Protection: $11,000 ($1.02)
Judicial: $1,000 ($0.09)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $5,650,000 ($523.39)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $1,256,000 ($116.35)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $106,000 ($9.82)
General Support: $102,000 ($9.45)
- Tax - Property: $1,877,000 ($173.88)
Total General Sales: $1,731,000 ($160.35)
Public Utilities: $721,000 ($66.79)
Other Selective Sales: $126,000 ($11.67)
NEC: $52,000 ($4.82)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $3,847,000 ($356.37)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $149,000 ($13.80)
5.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,493 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.03% | | Texas average: | 8.37% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.05% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,616 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.05% | | Texas average: | 7.44% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in El Campo:
- KULP (1390 AM; 1 kW; EL CAMPO, TX; Owner: WHARTON COUNTY RADIO, INC.)
- KILE (1560 AM; 50 kW; BELLAIRE, TX; Owner: THE RAFTT CORPORATION)
- KTMR (1130 AM; daytime; 10 kW; EDNA, TX; Owner: SIGA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KTRH (740 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KGOL (1180 AM; 50 kW; HUMBLE, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KREH (900 AM; 5 kW; PECAN GROVE, TX)
- KEYH (850 AM; 10 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
- KCTA (1030 AM; 50 kW; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX; Owner: BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF THE SOUTHWEST)
- KTKR (760 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KRTX (980 AM; 5 kW; ROSENBURG/RICHMOND, TX)
- WOAI (1200 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KSEV (700 AM; 15 kW; TOMBALL, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
- DKFCC (1270 AM; 3 kW; BAY CITY, TX; Owner: CHAMELEON RADIO CORPORATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in El Campo:
- K208DK (89.5 FM; EL CAMPO, TX; Owner: PAULINO BERNAL EVANGELISM)
- KIOX-FM (96.9 FM; EL CAMPO, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
- KGUL (96.1 FM; EDNA, TX; Owner: LAGRANGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KXGJ (101.7 FM; BAY CITY, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
- KRBE (104.1 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: KRBE LICO, INC.)
- KBXX (97.9 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
- KHJZ-FM (95.7 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
- KHMX (96.5 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KILT-FM (100.3 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
- KKBQ-FM (92.9 FM; PASADENA, TX; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KLOL (101.1 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KODA (99.1 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KTBZ-FM (94.5 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KKRW (93.7 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KUHF (88.7 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM)
- KHCB-FM (105.7 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: HOUSTON CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- KZRC (92.5 FM; MARKHAM, TX; Owner: LBR ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- KMKS (102.5 FM; BAY CITY, TX; Owner: SANDLIN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- K216EI (91.1 FM; LOUISE, TX; Owner: PAULINO BERNAL EVANGELISM)
TV broadcast stations around El Campo:
- KHOU-TV (Channel 11; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: KHOU-TV, L.P.)
- KPRC-TV (Channel 2; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: POST-NEWSWEEK STATIONS, HOUSTON, LP)
- KTBU (Channel 55; CONROE, TX; Owner: HUMANITY INTERESTED MEDIA, INC.)
- KPXB (Channel 49; CONROE, TX; Owner: PAXSON HOUSTON LICENSE, INC.)
- KTXH (Channel 20; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
- KFTH (Channel 67; ALVIN, TX; Owner: TELEFUTURA HOUSTON LLC)
- KNWS-TV (Channel 51; KATY, TX; Owner: JOHNSON BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KXLN-TV (Channel 45; ROSENBERG, TX; Owner: KXLN LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, L.P.)
- KHWB (Channel 39; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: KHWB, INC.)
- KRIV (Channel 26; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
- KZJL (Channel 61; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: KZJL LICENSE CORP.)
- KETH (Channel 14; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL TV, INC.)
- KTRK-TV (Channel 13; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: KTRK TELEVISION, INC.)
- KUHT (Channel 8; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM)
- KVDO-LP (Channel 69; CLEAR LAKE, TX; Owner: FAR EASTERN TELECASTERS)
- KBPX-LP (Channel 33; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)
See more detailed statistics of El Campo fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Incident types - El Campo
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for El Campo, TX
| Most common first names in El Campo, TX among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| John | 126 | 77.0 years |
| Mary | 120 | 80.6 years |
| Joe | 81 | 76.3 years |
| Frank | 71 | 77.8 years |
| Annie | 62 | 83.1 years |
| James | 56 | 72.6 years |
| Frances | 56 | 85.4 years |
| William | 53 | 77.7 years |
| Charles | 51 | 72.9 years |
| Louis | 51 | 76.4 years |
| Most common last names in El Campo, TX among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Smith | 39 | 77.5 years |
| Williams | 38 | 70.8 years |
| Garcia | 36 | 70.7 years |
| Johnson | 35 | 74.2 years |
| Miller | 34 | 76.0 years |
| Dornak | 34 | 79.9 years |
| Orsak | 29 | 80.5 years |
| Hubenak | 23 | 81.3 years |
| Socha | 23 | 76.6 years |
| Martinez | 21 | 73.5 years |
| Businesses in El Campo, TX |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| AT&T | 2 | | McDonald's | 1 |
| AutoZone | 1 | | Pizza Hut | 1 |
| Best Western | 1 | | RadioShack | 1 |
| Blockbuster | 1 | | SONIC Drive-In | 1 |
| ColorTyme | 1 | | Subway | 3 |
| Cricket Wireless | 1 | | T-Mobile | 1 |
| FedEx | 1 | | U-Haul | 1 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | UPS | 3 |
| KFC | 1 | | Walgreens | 1 |
| Lane Furniture | 1 | | Walmart | 1 |
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