Fort Bliss vs Socorro

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

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

Socorro has the higher population (36,237 vs 12,009 in Fort Bliss). Fort Bliss has the higher median household income ($55,267 vs $52,100 in Socorro). Since 2019, Socorro's population has grown faster (+7.3% vs +5.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Bliss	Socorro
Population	12,009	36,237
Median age	21.7 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,267	$52,100
Median home value	—	$131,200
Median gross rent	$1,624	$1,036
Housing units	2,508	12,008
Homeownership rate	0.0%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Bliss	Socorro
Population	11,427 → 12,009 (+5.1%)	33,778 → 36,237 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$54,707 → $55,267 (+1.0%)	$38,111 → $52,100 (+36.7%)
Median home value	—	$93,200 → $131,200 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,408 → $1,624 (+15.3%)	$726 → $1,036 (+42.7%)

Fort Bliss

Population

11,42712,009

Median household income

$54,707$55,267

Median gross rent

$1,408$1,624

Socorro

Population

33,77836,237

Median household income

$38,111$52,100

Median home value

$93,200$131,200

Median gross rent

$726$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Bliss	Socorro
Under 5	13.9%	7.9%
5 to 17	22.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	27.3%	11.4%
25 to 34	21.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	3.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	0.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	0.1%	7.6%
75 and over	0.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Bliss	Socorro
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	2.0%
Black or African American	17.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	2.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	10.8%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	96.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Bliss	Socorro
No high school diploma	3.3%	30.1%
High school graduate	17.3%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	49.0%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Bliss	Socorro
Drove alone	61.3%	77.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	15.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.9%
Walked	20.9%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	5.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Bliss	Socorro
1-unit, detached	29.9%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	46.5%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Bliss	Socorro
Poverty rate	15.1%	20.1%
Average household size	3.84	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	2006	2000