Eagle Pass vs Elm Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Eagle Pass and Elm Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Eagle Pass and Elm Creek are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Eagle Pass has the higher population (28,186 vs 3,730 in Elm Creek). Elm Creek has the higher median household income ($62,331 vs $54,952 in Eagle Pass). Eagle Pass has the higher median home value ($192,600 vs $116,500 in Elm Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Pass	Elm Creek
Population	28,186	3,730
Median age	30.3 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,952	$62,331
Median home value	$192,600	$116,500
Median gross rent	$794	—
Housing units	10,341	1,140
Homeownership rate	59.3%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	1.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Pass	Elm Creek
Population	29,348 → 28,186 (-4.0%)	3,590 → 3,730 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$42,901 → $54,952 (+28.1%)	$47,048 → $62,331 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$128,200 → $192,600 (+50.2%)	$56,700 → $116,500 (+105.5%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $794 (+27.2%)	$931 → $660 (-29.1%)

Eagle Pass

Population

29,34828,186

Median household income

$42,901$54,952

Median home value

$128,200$192,600

Median gross rent

$624$794

Elm Creek

Population

3,5903,730

Median household income

$47,048$62,331

Median home value

$56,700$116,500

Median gross rent

$931$660

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Pass	Elm Creek
Under 5	10.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	19.6%	29.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	10.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	19.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	6.5%
55 to 64	9.5%	9.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	4.9%
75 and over	5.2%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Pass	Elm Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	3.5%	5.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	95.5%	94.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Pass	Elm Creek
No high school diploma	23.0%	45.0%
High school graduate	26.8%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Pass	Elm Creek
Drove alone	83.1%	82.4%
Carpooled	8.9%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	15.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Pass	Elm Creek
1-unit, detached	70.5%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Pass	Elm Creek
Poverty rate	21.5%	19.2%
Average household size	2.91	3.66
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1989	2003