Cedar Creek vs Elgin

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

Cedar Creek 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 4,026 in Cedar Creek). Cedar Creek has the higher median household income ($93,304 vs $85,666 in Elgin). Elgin has the higher median home value ($267,900 vs $255,200 in Cedar Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Creek	Elgin
Population	4,026	10,996
Median age	18.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$93,304	$85,666
Median home value	$255,200	$267,900
Median gross rent	$2,053	$1,289
Housing units	950	4,475
Homeownership rate	77.1%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Creek	Elgin
Population	3,427 → 4,026 (+17.5%)	10,064 → 10,996 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$99,000 → $93,304 (-5.8%)	$58,816 → $85,666 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$232,300 → $255,200 (+9.9%)	$155,900 → $267,900 (+71.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$948 → $1,289 (+36.0%)

Cedar Creek

Population

3,4274,026

Median household income

$99,000$93,304

Median home value

$232,300$255,200

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)

	Cedar Creek	Elgin
Under 5	14.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	36.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	5.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	2.2%	16.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	9.7%
75 and over	1.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Creek	Elgin
White (non-Hispanic)	10.5%	31.5%
Black or African American	19.7%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	69.0%	44.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Creek	Elgin
No high school diploma	38.9%	18.3%
High school graduate	26.6%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Creek	Elgin
Drove alone	74.0%	71.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	9.8%
Public transit	2.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	18.4%
Other means	4.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Creek	Elgin
1-unit, detached	19.6%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	80.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Creek	Elgin
Poverty rate	25.2%	6.4%
Average household size	4.24	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	49	34
Median year structure built	1999	1979