Camp Swift vs Elgin

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

Camp Swift 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 7,505 in Camp Swift). Elgin has the higher median household income ($85,666 vs $63,316 in Camp Swift). Elgin has the higher median home value ($267,900 vs $171,800 in Camp Swift).

Population, income & housing

	Camp Swift	Elgin
Population	7,505	10,996
Median age	33.4 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,316	$85,666
Median home value	$171,800	$267,900
Median gross rent	$1,065	$1,289
Housing units	2,234	4,475
Homeownership rate	74.5%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camp Swift	Elgin
Population	6,244 → 7,505 (+20.2%)	10,064 → 10,996 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$51,274 → $63,316 (+23.5%)	$58,816 → $85,666 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$133,400 → $171,800 (+28.8%)	$155,900 → $267,900 (+71.8%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,065 (+22.0%)	$948 → $1,289 (+36.0%)

Camp Swift

Population

6,2447,505

Median household income

$51,274$63,316

Median home value

$133,400$171,800

Median gross rent

$873$1,065

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)

	Camp Swift	Elgin
Under 5	5.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	11.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	7.4%	16.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.7%
75 and over	4.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camp Swift	Elgin
White (non-Hispanic)	34.2%	31.5%
Black or African American	6.1%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	56.3%	44.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camp Swift	Elgin
No high school diploma	19.0%	18.3%
High school graduate	42.8%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camp Swift	Elgin
Drove alone	65.5%	71.3%
Carpooled	21.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	18.4%
Other means	5.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camp Swift	Elgin
1-unit, detached	52.8%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	46.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Camp Swift	Elgin
Poverty rate	13.8%	6.4%
Average household size	3.11	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	39	34
Median year structure built	1995	1979