Elsa vs Progreso

A side-by-side comparison of Elsa and Progreso: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elsa has the higher population (5,688 vs 4,918 in Progreso). Elsa has the higher median household income ($55,519 vs $35,938 in Progreso). Elsa has the higher median home value ($90,600 vs $59,300 in Progreso).

Population, income & housing

	Elsa	Progreso
Population	5,688	4,918
Median age	31.2 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,519	$35,938
Median home value	$90,600	$59,300
Median gross rent	$676	$826
Housing units	1,998	1,352
Homeownership rate	75.9%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elsa	Progreso
Population	7,225 → 5,688 (-21.3%)	5,905 → 4,918 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$35,994 → $55,519 (+54.2%)	$52,500 → $35,938 (-31.5%)
Median home value	$53,300 → $90,600 (+70.0%)	$57,500 → $59,300 (+3.1%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $676 (+21.1%)	$640 → $826 (+29.1%)

Elsa

Population

7,2255,688

Median household income

$35,994$55,519

Median home value

$53,300$90,600

Median gross rent

$558$676

Progreso

Population

5,9054,918

Median household income

$52,500$35,938

Median home value

$57,500$59,300

Median gross rent

$640$826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elsa	Progreso
Under 5	7.3%	9.4%
5 to 17	19.7%	26.7%
18 to 24	14.9%	11.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	17.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	7.5%
65 to 74	8.5%	5.8%
75 and over	2.0%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elsa	Progreso
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	100.0%	99.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elsa	Progreso
No high school diploma	14.7%	45.9%
High school graduate	38.6%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elsa	Progreso
Drove alone	83.2%	85.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	1.8%
Other means	5.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elsa	Progreso
1-unit, detached	80.3%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Elsa	Progreso
Poverty rate	18.8%	29.9%
Average household size	3.09	4.30
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	2000	1993