El Paso

Population & Demographics

El Paso, TX

El Paso is home to 680,130 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 279,523 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
680,130
people
Population

680,130 residents

Median age 34.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

El Paso population & demographics

Who lives in El Paso — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
680,130
Median age
34.5yrs
Median household income
$59,745
Median home value
$184,500
Median gross rent
$1,073/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
28.1%
Poverty rate
18.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in El Paso

How El Paso breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino81.2%
White12.0%
Black3.2%
Two or more races1.6%
Asian1.3%
Some other race0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%

Race across El Paso

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across El Paso.

El Paso at a glance
Employed Residents
279,523
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
14.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
79.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Fort Bliss
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for El Paso proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How El Paso commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

62 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

El Paso

279,523 commutes, one dot at a time

El Paso

Where 279,523 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in El Paso, by worker count.

1El Paso0.0 mi220,847
2Fort Bliss1.0 mi2,940
3San Antonio496.7 mi2,761
4Horizon City14.8 mi2,590
5Socorro13.3 mi2,200
6Las Cruces41.7 mi2,050
7Houston669.4 mi1,690
8Midland253.1 mi1,306

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into El Paso.

1El Paso0.0 mi220,847
2Socorro13.3 mi10,331
3Horizon City14.8 mi6,652
4Sunland Park11.7 mi3,956
5Las Cruces41.7 mi2,404
6San Elizario17.2 mi2,303
7Homestead Meadows South13.9 mi1,950
8Canutillo13.9 mi1,869

Top industries

The sectors that employ El Paso’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.3%
RTRetail Trade12.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services12.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services9.0%
EDEducational Services8.9%
TRTransportation and Warehousing5.5%
MFManufacturing5.2%
COConstruction4.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for El Paso

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps93%
5 Gbps93%
8 Gbps
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