Elgin vs Wyldwood

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

Elgin and Wyldwood 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 5,436 in Wyldwood). Elgin has the higher median household income ($85,666 vs $85,216 in Wyldwood). Elgin has the higher median home value ($267,900 vs $151,500 in Wyldwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Wyldwood
Population	10,996	5,436
Median age	40.4 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,666	$85,216
Median home value	$267,900	$151,500
Median gross rent	$1,289	$1,363
Housing units	4,475	1,550
Homeownership rate	68.4%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Wyldwood
Population	10,064 → 10,996 (+9.3%)	2,430 → 5,436 (+123.7%)
Median household income	$58,816 → $85,666 (+45.7%)	$57,474 → $85,216 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$155,900 → $267,900 (+71.8%)	$149,200 → $151,500 (+1.5%)
Median gross rent	$948 → $1,289 (+36.0%)	$1,144 → $1,363 (+19.1%)

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

Wyldwood

Population

2,4305,436

Median household income

$57,474$85,216

Median home value

$149,200$151,500

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,363

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Wyldwood
Under 5	4.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	30.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	6.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	19.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	16.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	5.0%
75 and over	4.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Wyldwood
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	34.5%
Black or African American	19.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	63.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Wyldwood
No high school diploma	18.3%	33.5%
High school graduate	32.3%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Wyldwood
Drove alone	71.3%	75.2%
Carpooled	9.8%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	10.3%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Wyldwood
1-unit, detached	82.6%	42.1%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	57.9%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Wyldwood
Poverty rate	6.4%	8.4%
Average household size	2.48	3.55
Mean commute (minutes)	34	39
Median year structure built	1979	1990