
Texas · FIPS 48141
El Paso ZIP codes — El Paso County, Texas
Quick answer
El Paso County is home to 866,275 residents with a median household income of $58,859 and a median home value of $167,300. 63.7% of households own their home and 18.9% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a El Paso ZIP code? 31 ZIP code areas fall inside El Paso County, Texas, listed in full below.
- Population
- 866,275El Paso County residents
- Median household income
- $58,859Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $167,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,045Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 33.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 63.7%Owner-occupied households
El Paso County, TX in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
El Paso County is a major city in Texas, with 866,275 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 33.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.
Households in El Paso County earn a median of $58,859 a year, 25.1% below the national figure of $78,538. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 18.9% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in El Paso County is valued at $167,300, 44.9% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,045 a month, 25.7% below the national figure, or roughly $12,540 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 63.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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.
ZIP codes in El Paso County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in El Paso County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in Texas
Largest Census places in Texas by population.
- Houston city 2,300,419
- San Antonio city 1,458,954
- Dallas city 1,299,553
- Austin city 967,862
- Fort Worth city 941,311
- El Paso city 678,147
- Arlington city 394,769
- Corpus Christi city 317,383
- Plano city 287,339
- Lubbock city 261,078
- Laredo city 255,949
- Irving city 255,036
Nearby counties
Other counties in Texas.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of El Paso County?
- El Paso County has 866,275 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in El Paso County?
- Median household income in El Paso County is $58,859 a year, 25.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in El Paso County?
- Median gross rent is $1,045 a month and the median home value is $167,300, so rent absorbs about 21.3% of median household income.
- Is El Paso County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so El Paso County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this El Paso County data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.