Fort Bliss vs San Elizario

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

Fort Bliss and San Elizario 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 10,123 in San Elizario). Fort Bliss has the higher median household income ($55,267 vs $47,946 in San Elizario). Since 2019, San Elizario's population has grown faster (+10.9% vs +5.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Bliss	San Elizario
Population	12,009	10,123
Median age	21.7 yrs	29.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,267	$47,946
Median home value	—	$106,500
Median gross rent	$1,624	$874
Housing units	2,508	3,257
Homeownership rate	0.0%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Bliss	San Elizario
Population	11,427 → 12,009 (+5.1%)	9,126 → 10,123 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$54,707 → $55,267 (+1.0%)	$36,213 → $47,946 (+32.4%)
Median home value	—	$80,500 → $106,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,408 → $1,624 (+15.3%)	$762 → $874 (+14.7%)

Fort Bliss

Population

11,42712,009

Median household income

$54,707$55,267

Median gross rent

$1,408$1,624

San Elizario

Population

9,12610,123

Median household income

$36,213$47,946

Median home value

$80,500$106,500

Median gross rent

$762$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Bliss	San Elizario
Under 5	13.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	22.3%	24.0%
18 to 24	27.3%	11.7%
25 to 34	21.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	3.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	0.5%	8.4%
65 to 74	0.1%	7.6%
75 and over	0.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Bliss	San Elizario
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	2.2%
Black or African American	17.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
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%	97.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Bliss	San Elizario
No high school diploma	3.3%	38.9%
High school graduate	17.3%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	49.0%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Bliss	San Elizario
Drove alone	61.3%	75.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	12.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	20.9%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.4%	7.3%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Bliss	San Elizario
1-unit, detached	29.9%	49.3%
1-unit, attached	46.5%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Bliss	San Elizario
Poverty rate	15.1%	26.2%
Average household size	3.84	3.49
Mean commute (minutes)	14	35
Median year structure built	2006	2003