What is the population of El Paso, Texas?

The population of El Paso, Texas is 648,561.

What is the median household income in El Paso, Texas?

The median household income in El Paso, Texas is $57,158, compared to the U.S. median of $78,145.

The median home price in El Paso, Texas is $194,669, compared to the U.S. median of $242,182.

The unemployment rate in El Paso, Texas is 6.1%.

Key statistics on population, economy, housing, and commuting compared to state and national averages. Explore interactive maps for deeper analysis.

Health C

Income D

Education D

Metric	El Paso	Texas Avg	U.S. Average
Population	648,561	30,143,883	334,821,731
Population density (per sq mi)	2500.7	112.1	85.8
Population growth (%/yr)	0.01%	1.36%	0.57%
Median age	33.2	35.8	37.1
Households	233,369	10,745,192	128,459,983

Year	El Paso

Group	Share

El Paso has a the economy index of D, which means it is barely prosperous.

Metric	El Paso	Texas Avg	U.S. Average
Median household income	$57,158	$76,510	$78,145
Income growth (%/yr)	4.48%	4.76%	5.07%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.1%	5.2%

Metric	El Paso	Texas Avg	U.S. Average
Median home price	$194,669	$248,418	$242,182
Median rent	$1,030	$1,338	$1,342
Homeownership rate	59.3%	62.6%	65.1%

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM , followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM .

Metric	El Paso	Texas Avg	U.S. Average
Average commute time (min)	21.3	22.7	22.5
Work from home	7.9%	12.8%	13.4%

El Paso has a education index of D, which means it is barely educated.

Metric	El Paso	Texas Avg	U.S. Average
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	29.3%	31.6%
Average household size	2.75	2.70	2.54

El Paso has a health index of C, which means it is somewhat healthy.

Metric	El Paso	Texas Avg	U.S. Average
Life expectancy (years)	78.6	78.0	78.3
Self-rated poor health	24.8%	21.1%	16.3%
Smokers	15.9%	19.9%	19.0%