Fort Bliss vs Horizon City

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Bliss and Horizon City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Horizon City has the higher population (23,069 vs 12,009 in Fort Bliss). Horizon City has the higher median household income ($65,702 vs $55,267 in Fort Bliss). Since 2019, Horizon City's population has grown faster (+18.6% vs +5.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Bliss	Horizon City
Population	12,009	23,069
Median age	21.7 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,267	$65,702
Median home value	—	$154,200
Median gross rent	$1,624	$1,239
Housing units	2,508	7,121
Homeownership rate	0.0%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Bliss	Horizon City
Population	11,427 → 12,009 (+5.1%)	19,459 → 23,069 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$54,707 → $55,267 (+1.0%)	$60,431 → $65,702 (+8.7%)
Median home value	—	$121,500 → $154,200 (+26.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,408 → $1,624 (+15.3%)	$1,043 → $1,239 (+18.8%)

Fort Bliss

Population

11,42712,009

Median household income

$54,707$55,267

Median gross rent

$1,408$1,624

Horizon City

Population

19,45923,069

Median household income

$60,431$65,702

Median home value

$121,500$154,200

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,239

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Bliss	Horizon City
Under 5	13.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	22.3%	27.4%
18 to 24	27.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	21.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	19.9%
45 to 54	3.5%	9.7%
55 to 64	0.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	0.1%	4.0%
75 and over	0.0%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Bliss	Horizon City
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	8.3%
Black or African American	17.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	88.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Bliss	Horizon City
No high school diploma	3.3%	12.9%
High school graduate	17.3%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	49.0%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Bliss	Horizon City
Drove alone	61.3%	74.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	15.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	20.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	9.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Bliss	Horizon City
1-unit, detached	29.9%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	46.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Bliss	Horizon City
Poverty rate	15.1%	22.6%
Average household size	3.84	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	14	28
Median year structure built	2006	2004