
Texas · Census place 26664
Fort Bliss, TX population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Fort Bliss, Texas (Fort Bliss, TX — Census place “Fort Bliss CDP”) is 12,009 residents, ranking #237 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $55,267, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs $1,624 a month. Looking for the Fort Bliss Texas ZIP code list? 4 ZIP codes serve Fort Bliss, TX: 79906, 79908, 79916, 79918.
- Population
- 12,009Fort Bliss CDP residents
- Median household income
- $55,267Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,624Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 21.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 0%Owner-occupied households
Fort Bliss ZIP codes (Texas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fort Bliss.
The Fort Bliss TX ZIP code list below covers 4 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Fort Bliss CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Fort Bliss CDP median would spend about 35.3% 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. Poverty affects 15.1% of residents and 0% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Fort Bliss CDP, TX in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Fort Bliss CDP is a mid-size town in Texas, with 12,009 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #237 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 21.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Fort Bliss CDP earn a median of $55,267 a year, 29.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 15% below the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 15.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Fort Bliss CDP is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $1,624 a month, 15.5% above the national figure, or roughly $19,488 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 35.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. 0% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
A median age of 21.7 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.
The Census withheld home value for Fort Bliss CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Texas.
- Granbury city 11,665
- Hornsby Bend CDP 12,021
- Roma city 11,543
- Richmond city 12,117
- Four Corners CDP 11,490
- El Campo city 12,220
- Town of Pecos city 11,485
- Webster city 12,283
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Fort Bliss CDP?
- Fort Bliss CDP has 12,009 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #237 of 1,863 in Texas.
- What is the median household income in Fort Bliss CDP?
- Median household income in Fort Bliss CDP is $55,267 a year, 29.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fort Bliss CDP?
- Median gross rent is $1,624 a month and the median home value is not published, so rent absorbs about 35.3% of median household income.
- Is Fort Bliss CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Fort Bliss CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Fort Bliss CDP 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.