Fort Bliss vs Homestead Meadows North

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Bliss and Homestead Meadows North: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Bliss and Homestead Meadows North are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Bliss has the higher population (12,009 vs 5,987 in Homestead Meadows North). Homestead Meadows North has the higher median household income ($55,559 vs $55,267 in Fort Bliss). Since 2019, Homestead Meadows North's population has grown faster (+16.8% vs +5.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Bliss	Homestead Meadows North
Population	12,009	5,987
Median age	21.7 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,267	$55,559
Median home value	—	$170,300
Median gross rent	$1,624	$824
Housing units	2,508	1,798
Homeownership rate	0.0%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Bliss	Homestead Meadows North
Population	11,427 → 12,009 (+5.1%)	5,126 → 5,987 (+16.8%)
Median household income	$54,707 → $55,267 (+1.0%)	$35,871 → $55,559 (+54.9%)
Median home value	—	$103,300 → $170,300 (+64.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,408 → $1,624 (+15.3%)	$752 → $824 (+9.6%)

Fort Bliss

Population

11,42712,009

Median household income

$54,707$55,267

Median gross rent

$1,408$1,624

Homestead Meadows North

Population

5,1265,987

Median household income

$35,871$55,559

Median home value

$103,300$170,300

Median gross rent

$752$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Bliss	Homestead Meadows North
Under 5	13.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	22.3%	25.8%
18 to 24	27.3%	13.3%
25 to 34	21.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	3.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	0.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	0.1%	10.2%
75 and over	0.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Bliss	Homestead Meadows North
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	6.1%
Black or African American	17.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	93.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Bliss	Homestead Meadows North
No high school diploma	3.3%	34.0%
High school graduate	17.3%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	49.0%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Bliss	Homestead Meadows North
Drove alone	61.3%	66.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	20.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	20.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.4%	10.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Bliss	Homestead Meadows North
1-unit, detached	29.9%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	46.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	39.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Bliss	Homestead Meadows North
Poverty rate	15.1%	22.9%
Average household size	3.84	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	14	32
Median year structure built	2006	1995