Combine vs Elmo

A side-by-side comparison of Combine and Elmo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Combine has the higher population (2,780 vs 1,377 in Elmo). Combine has the higher median household income ($92,360 vs $36,923 in Elmo). Combine has the higher median home value ($267,500 vs $173,000 in Elmo).

Population, income & housing

	Combine	Elmo
Population	2,780	1,377
Median age	38.8 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$92,360	$36,923
Median home value	$267,500	$173,000
Median gross rent	$1,663	—
Housing units	889	499
Homeownership rate	91.5%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Combine	Elmo
Population	2,222 → 2,780 (+25.1%)	1,391 → 1,377 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$78,942 → $92,360 (+17.0%)	$77,786 → $36,923 (-52.5%)
Median home value	$180,700 → $267,500 (+48.0%)	$87,500 → $173,000 (+97.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,236 → $1,663 (+34.5%)	—

Combine

Population

2,2222,780

Median household income

$78,942$92,360

Median home value

$180,700$267,500

Median gross rent

$1,236$1,663

Elmo

Population

1,3911,377

Median household income

$77,786$36,923

Median home value

$87,500$173,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Combine	Elmo
Under 5	4.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	22.6%	27.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	6.0%	7.9%
35 to 44	18.8%	3.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	30.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	3.4%
75 and over	3.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Combine	Elmo
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	76.2%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Combine	Elmo
No high school diploma	24.5%	18.8%
High school graduate	30.3%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Combine	Elmo
Drove alone	75.6%	77.6%
Carpooled	13.5%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	13.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Combine	Elmo
1-unit, detached	73.2%	47.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.1%	52.9%

Poverty & households

	Combine	Elmo
Poverty rate	7.7%	0.8%
Average household size	3.34	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	44	38
Median year structure built	1991	1986