Bastrop vs Elgin

A side-by-side comparison of Bastrop and Elgin: population, income, housing, and more.

Bastrop and Elgin are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elgin has the higher population (10,996 vs 10,484 in Bastrop). Elgin has the higher median household income ($85,666 vs $70,625 in Bastrop). Bastrop has the higher median home value ($308,300 vs $267,900 in Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Bastrop	Elgin
Population	10,484	10,996
Median age	38.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$85,666
Median home value	$308,300	$267,900
Median gross rent	$1,387	$1,289
Housing units	4,792	4,475
Homeownership rate	49.1%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bastrop	Elgin
Population	8,776 → 10,484 (+19.5%)	10,064 → 10,996 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$56,425 → $70,625 (+25.2%)	$58,816 → $85,666 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$196,400 → $308,300 (+57.0%)	$155,900 → $267,900 (+71.8%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,387 (+43.0%)	$948 → $1,289 (+36.0%)

Bastrop

Population

8,77610,484

Median household income

$56,425$70,625

Median home value

$196,400$308,300

Median gross rent

$970$1,387

Elgin

Population

10,06410,996

Median household income

$58,816$85,666

Median home value

$155,900$267,900

Median gross rent

$948$1,289

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bastrop	Elgin
Under 5	8.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	6.3%	9.7%
75 and over	7.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bastrop	Elgin
White (non-Hispanic)	57.3%	31.5%
Black or African American	7.0%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.8%	44.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bastrop	Elgin
No high school diploma	10.5%	18.3%
High school graduate	32.3%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bastrop	Elgin
Drove alone	73.0%	71.3%
Carpooled	12.7%	9.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	18.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bastrop	Elgin
1-unit, detached	66.6%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.9%
20 or more units	8.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Bastrop	Elgin
Poverty rate	12.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1998	1979