Texas · Census place 22864
El Campo, TX population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of El Campo, Texas (El Campo, TX — Census place “El Campo city”) is 12,220 residents, ranking #234 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $67,356, the median home is worth $183,400 and median gross rent runs $973 a month. Looking for the El Campo Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve El Campo, TX: 77437.
- Population
- 12,220El Campo city residents
- Median household income
- $67,356Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $183,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $973Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 37.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 60%Owner-occupied households
El Campo ZIP codes (Texas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps El Campo.
The El Campo TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in El Campo city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the El Campo city median would spend about 17.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.9% of residents and 60% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
El Campo city, TX in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
El Campo city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 12,220 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #234 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 37.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in El Campo city earn a median of $67,356 a year, 14.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 15.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in El Campo city is valued at $183,400, 39.6% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $973 a month, 30.8% below the national figure, or roughly $11,676 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 60% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Texas.
- Richmond city 12,117
- Webster city 12,283
- Hornsby Bend CDP 12,021
- Borger city 12,398
- Fort Bliss CDP 12,009
- Levelland city 12,565
- Granbury city 11,665
- Lantana CDP 12,583
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of El Campo city?
- El Campo city has 12,220 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #234 of 1,863 in Texas.
- What is the median household income in El Campo city?
- Median household income in El Campo city is $67,356 a year, 14.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in El Campo city?
- Median gross rent is $973 a month and the median home value is $183,400, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.
- Is El Campo city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so El Campo city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this El Campo city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.