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El Paso, TX (Texas) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2021: $152,800 (it was $69,900 in 2000)
El Paso:

$152,800
Texas:

$237,400
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $110,600 - $214,900

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $187,761
Here:

$187,761
State:

$313,123

Townhouses or other attached units: $149,459
Here:

$149,459
State:

$292,523

In 2-unit structures: $1,621,828
Here:

$1,621,828
State:

$481,694

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $75,782
Here:

$75,782
State:

$258,339

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $266,003
Here:

$266,003
State:

$352,681

Mobile homes: $43,095
Here:

$43,095
State:

$105,980

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $9,296
Here:

$9,296
State:

$88,261

Total population: 679,036 (Urban population: 557,950, Rural population: 6,330 (109 farm, 6,221 nonfarm))

Houses: 261,779 (242,529 occupied: 147,788 owner occupied, 94,741 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

39%
State:

37%

Housing density: 1,051 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2021: $227,007.

Median contract rent in 2021: $775 (lower quartile is $583, upper quartile is $979)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2021: $570


Median gross rent in El Paso, TX in 2021: $904

Housing units in El Paso with a mortgage: 84,973 (3,635 second mortgage, 250 home equity loan, 2,956 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,889

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $74,665

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $52,954

Median monthly housing costs: $939

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El Paso, Texas Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1985

Median year apartment built: 1982

Household type by relationship:

Households: 678,422
  • Male householders: 118,956 (29,173 living alone), Female householders: 123,573 (28,858 living alone)
  • 107,582 spouses (105,268 opposite-sex spouses), 13,861 unmarried partners, (13,225 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 233,505 children (219,699 natural, 1,785 adopted, 12,021 stepchildren), 21,818 grandchildren, 11,597 brothers or sisters, 12,040 parents, 347 foster children, 17,237 other relatives, 12,238 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 5,668

Size of family households: 63,172 2-persons, 44,652 3-persons, 37,700 4-persons, 18,463 5-persons, 6,013 6-persons, 3,994 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 58,031 1-person, 8,816 2-persons, 666 3-persons, 929 4-persons, 93 5-persons.

86,782 married couples with children.
59,684 single-parent households (11,425 men, 48,259 women).

32.8% of residents of El Paso speak English at home.
65.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 151,762 (22.4%)
(51.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.2
State:

6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.3
State:

4.0

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in El Paso, Texas
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in El Paso, Texas
  • 2,093no bedroom
  • 9841 bedroom
  • 10,6982 bedrooms
  • 81,9173 bedrooms
  • 44,3184 bedrooms
  • 7,7785+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in El Paso, Texas
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in El Paso, Texas
  • 4,835no bedroom
  • 19,1611 bedroom
  • 32,7892 bedrooms
  • 30,3923 bedrooms
  • 7,0924 bedrooms
  • 4725+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in El Paso in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in El Paso in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 3,155no vehicle
  • 37,9521 vehicle
  • 54,0502 vehicles
  • 34,6803 vehicles
  • 12,8494 vehicles
  • 5,1025+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in El Paso in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in El Paso in renter-occupied apartments
  • 13,943no vehicle
  • 45,6361 vehicle
  • 26,6452 vehicles
  • 6,5233 vehicles
  • 1,5254 vehicles
  • 4695+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in El Paso, Texas
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in El Paso, Texas
  • 1,5211 room
  • 4712 rooms
  • 2,6293 rooms
  • 9,8784 rooms
  • 33,4665 rooms
  • 39,2426 rooms
  • 26,7787 rooms
  • 19,0208 rooms
  • 14,7839+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in El Paso, Texas
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in El Paso, Texas
  • 4,6861 room
  • 6,6692 rooms
  • 16,7883 rooms
  • 23,2084 rooms
  • 19,6265 rooms
  • 13,2386 rooms
  • 5,9867 rooms
  • 2,7678 rooms
  • 1,7739+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2021 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in El Paso, TX
  • El Paso, TX household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in El Paso, TX in 2021
  • 21,408Less than $10,000
  • 25,612$10,000 to $19,999
  • 24,726$20,000 to $29,999
  • 24,571$30,000 to $39,999
  • 21,858$40,000 to $49,999
  • 22,291$50,000 to $59,999
  • 25,007$60,000 to $74,999
  • 23,514$75,000 to $99,999
  • 18,902$100,000 to $124,999
  • 12,094$125,000 to $149,999
  • 11,557$150,000 to $199,999
  • 10,989$200,000 or more
  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2021 in El Paso, TX

  • Distribution of house value in El Paso, TX in 2021
  • 1,948Less than $10,000
  • 1,270$10,000 to $14,999
  • 1,617$15,000 to $19,999
  • 554$20,000 to $24,999
  • 69$25,000 to $29,999
  • 227$30,000 to $34,999
  • 235$35,000 to $39,999
  • 499$40,000 to $49,999
  • 1,122$50,000 to $59,999
  • 1,806$60,000 to $69,999
  • 3,413$70,000 to $79,999
  • 5,219$80,000 to $89,999
  • 8,299$90,000 to $99,999
  • 25,263$100,000 to $124,999
  • 19,885$125,000 to $149,999
  • 21,764$150,000 to $174,999
  • 13,101$175,000 to $199,999
  • 15,256$200,000 to $249,999
  • 8,284$250,000 to $299,999
  • 10,743$300,000 to $399,999
  • 2,784$400,000 to $499,999
  • 2,550$500,000 to $749,999
  • 837$750,000 to $999,999
  • 547$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
  • 151$1,500,000 to $1,999,999
  • 345$2,000,000 or more
  • Rent paid by renters in 2021 in El Paso, TX

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in El Paso, TX in 2021
  • 756Less than $100
  • 1,069$100 to $149
  • 1,162$150 to $199
  • 1,899$200 to $249
  • 2,207$250 to $299
  • 1,075$300 to $349
  • 1,861$350 to $399
  • 3,045$400 to $449
  • 2,915$450 to $499
  • 3,663$500 to $549
  • 4,582$550 to $599
  • 4,617$600 to $649
  • 7,711$650 to $699
  • 6,190$700 to $749
  • 5,192$750 to $799
  • 12,234$800 to $899
  • 10,036$900 to $999
  • 11,799$1,000 to $1,249
  • 4,793$1,250 to $1,499
  • 3,429$1,500 to $1,999
  • 424$2,000 to $2,499
  • 105$2,500 to $2,999
  • 3,977No cash rent
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2021

Percentage of workers working in this county: 93.8%
Number of people working at home: 29,842 (10.1% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2021

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 4,956
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 23,218
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 32,240
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 52,785
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 48,955
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 24,884
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 36,391
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 6,985
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 12,097
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 11,050
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 5,865
  • 90 or more minutes: 5,268
Means of transportation to work in 2021 - El Paso

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 223,040 (75.0%)
  • Carpooled: 29,875 (10.0%)
  • Bus: 3,473 (1.2%)
  • Taxi: 5,954 (2.0%)
  • Bicycle: 900 (0.3%)
  • Walked: 4,273 (1.4%)
  • Worked at home: 29,842 (10.0%)
Class of Workers in 2021
  • Unemployment by race in 2021
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 5.6%Males
  • 8.4%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 26.2%Males
  • 31.5%Females
  • Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
  • 4.2%Males
  • 7.4%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Asian residents
  • 2.6%Males
  • 3.7%Females
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 9.3%Males
  • 8.9%Females
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 7.1%Males
  • 8.2%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 7.3%Males
  • 7.6%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in El Paso, Texas
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in El Paso, Texas
  • 32,7392010 or later
  • 27,0562000 to 2009
  • 27,4421990 to 1999
  • 37,8261980 to 1989
  • 28,7181970 to 1979
  • 36,286Before 1970
Ancestries in El Paso, TX

First ancestries reported:

  • American: 10,011 (2.0%)
  • German: 7,379 (1.5%)
  • English: 5,252 (1.1%)
  • Irish: 4,012 (0.8%)
  • European: 1,915 (0.4%)
  • Italian: 1,558 (0.3%)
  • African: 1,271 (0.3%)
  • Polish: 801 (0.2%)
  • Scottish: 791 (0.2%)
  • Jamaican: 665 (0.1%)
  • French: 555 (0.1%)
  • Nigerian: 536 (0.1%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 446 (0.09%)
  • Armenian: 337 (0.07%)
  • Norwegian: 310 (0.06%)
  • Russian: 267 (0.05%)
  • Danish: 267 (0.05%)
  • British: 262 (0.05%)
  • Portuguese: 256 (0.05%)
  • Syrian: 247 (0.05%)
  • Greek: 229 (0.05%)
  • French Canadian: 224 (0.05%)
  • Iranian: 209 (0.04%)
  • Lebanese: 194 (0.04%)
  • Turkish: 189 (0.04%)
  • Dutch: 187 (0.04%)
  • Canadian: 177 (0.04%)
  • Austrian: 177 (0.04%)
  • Scandinavian: 177 (0.04%)
  • Welsh: 174 (0.04%)
  • Basque: 172 (0.03%)
  • Finnish: 170 (0.03%)
  • Ghanaian: 152 (0.03%)
  • Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 150 (0.03%)
  • Czech: 123 (0.02%)
  • Hungarian: 122 (0.02%)
  • Northern European: 117 (0.02%)
  • Eastern European: 95 (0.02%)
  • West Indian: 87 (0.02%)
  • Haitian: 84 (0.02%)
  • Swedish: 83 (0.02%)
  • Moroccan: 74 (0.01%)
  • Ethiopian: 72 (0.01%)
  • Czechoslovakian: 70 (0.01%)
  • Afghan: 70 (0.01%)
  • Ukrainian: 65 (0.01%)
  • Cajun: 62 (0.01%)
  • Swiss: 61 (0.01%)
  • German Russian: 54 (0.01%)
  • Barbadian: 53 (0.01%)
  • Yugoslavian: 52 (0.01%)
  • Arab: 46 (0.01%)
  • Jordanian: 44 (0.01%)
  • Egyptian: 36 (0.01%)
  • British West Indian: 25 (0.01%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico
El Paso:

85.3% (136,638)
Texas:

49.6% (2,434,661)

Germany
El Paso:

1.7% (2,705)
Texas:

0.8% (36,960)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 398,474
  • Other state: 112,039
  • Northeast: 12,432
  • Midwest: 21,120
  • South: 27,553
  • West: 50,934

85.5% of El Paso residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 42.1% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 34.4% lived in Texas.


El Paso:

85.5%
State average:

85.1%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 5,188
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 1,236
  • 5th and 6th grade: 5,645
  • 7th and 8th grade: 2,823
  • 9th grade: 3,945
  • 10th grade: 2,489
  • 11th grade: 2,061
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 6,467
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 54,778
  • Less than 1 year of college: 12,032
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 35,410
  • Associate degree: 19,242
  • Bachelor's degree: 37,371
  • Master's degree: 12,630
  • Professional school degree: 4,672
  • Doctorate degree: 2,504
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 9,269
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 4,745
  • 5th and 6th grade: 9,181
  • 7th and 8th grade: 5,146
  • 9th grade: 4,370
  • 10th grade: 3,676
  • 11th grade: 3,681
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 7,905
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 53,012
  • Less than 1 year of college: 13,722
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 27,355
  • Associate degree: 20,127
  • Bachelor's degree: 47,341
  • Master's degree: 13,282
  • Professional school degree: 2,232
  • Doctorate degree: 1,583
Educational Attainment for Females
El Paso marital status for males
El Paso marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 177,199
  • One, attached: 11,467
  • Two: 6,229
  • 3 or 4: 10,672
  • 5 to 9: 15,559
  • 10 to 19: 15,191
  • 20 to 49: 6,353
  • 50 or more: 12,638
  • Mobile homes: 5,986
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 485

Median worth of mobile homes: $16,400

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2021: 2.0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2021: 2.0%

House/condo owner moved in on average 14 years ago

Renter moved in on average 1 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in El Paso
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in El Paso, TX
  • 80.9%Utility gas
  • 17.1%Electricity
  • 1.2%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.4%Solar energy
  • 0.2%No fuel used
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in El Paso, TX
  • 57.9%Utility gas
  • 40.2%Electricity
  • 1.2%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.4%No fuel used
  • 0.2%Solar energy

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8,156
Here:

10.3%
Texas:

9.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2,433
Here:

5.8%
Texas:

8.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4,538
Here:

11.2%
Texas:

17.8%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability