Horizon City vs Socorro

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

Horizon City 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 23,069 in Horizon City). Horizon City has the higher median household income ($65,702 vs $52,100 in Socorro). Horizon City has the higher median home value ($154,200 vs $131,200 in Socorro).

Population, income & housing

	Horizon City	Socorro
Population	23,069	36,237
Median age	31.3 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,702	$52,100
Median home value	$154,200	$131,200
Median gross rent	$1,239	$1,036
Housing units	7,121	12,008
Homeownership rate	84.7%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horizon City	Socorro
Population	19,459 → 23,069 (+18.6%)	33,778 → 36,237 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$60,431 → $65,702 (+8.7%)	$38,111 → $52,100 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$121,500 → $154,200 (+26.9%)	$93,200 → $131,200 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,043 → $1,239 (+18.8%)	$726 → $1,036 (+42.7%)

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

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)

	Horizon City	Socorro
Under 5	5.7%	7.9%
5 to 17	27.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	11.4%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	19.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	8.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	4.0%	7.6%
75 and over	1.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horizon City	Socorro
White (non-Hispanic)	8.3%	2.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	88.7%	96.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horizon City	Socorro
No high school diploma	12.9%	30.1%
High school graduate	26.9%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horizon City	Socorro
Drove alone	74.6%	77.1%
Carpooled	15.4%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	5.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horizon City	Socorro
1-unit, detached	89.1%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Horizon City	Socorro
Poverty rate	22.6%	20.1%
Average household size	3.35	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	2004	2000