Elmo vs Oak Ridge

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

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

Elmo has the higher population (1,377 vs 811 in Oak Ridge). Oak Ridge has the higher median household income ($92,750 vs $36,923 in Elmo). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($318,400 vs $173,000 in Elmo).

Population, income & housing

	Elmo	Oak Ridge
Population	1,377	811
Median age	46.2 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,923	$92,750
Median home value	$173,000	$318,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,054
Housing units	499	259
Homeownership rate	62.3%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmo	Oak Ridge
Population	1,391 → 1,377 (-1.0%)	698 → 811 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$77,786 → $36,923 (-52.5%)	$86,250 → $92,750 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $173,000 (+97.7%)	$189,300 → $318,400 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$794 → $1,054 (+32.7%)

Elmo

Population

1,3911,377

Median household income

$77,786$36,923

Median home value

$87,500$173,000

Oak Ridge

Population

698811

Median household income

$86,250$92,750

Median home value

$189,300$318,400

Median gross rent

$794$1,054

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmo	Oak Ridge
Under 5	3.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	27.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	7.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	3.3%	16.3%
45 to 54	30.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	3.4%	7.6%
75 and over	8.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmo	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	49.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	9.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	36.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmo	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	18.8%	12.2%
High school graduate	49.5%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmo	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	77.6%	70.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmo	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	47.1%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	52.9%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Elmo	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	0.8%	2.5%
Average household size	2.87	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	38	42
Median year structure built	1986	2000