El Cenizo vs Laredo

A side-by-side comparison of El Cenizo and Laredo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laredo has the higher population (255,949 vs 2,328 in El Cenizo). Laredo has the higher median household income ($63,264 vs $41,786 in El Cenizo). Laredo has the higher median home value ($182,400 vs $65,700 in El Cenizo).

Population, income & housing

	El Cenizo	Laredo
Population	2,328	255,949
Median age	29.1 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,786	$63,264
Median home value	$65,700	$182,400
Median gross rent	$591	$1,001
Housing units	715	82,410
Homeownership rate	76.3%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Cenizo	Laredo
Population	3,221 → 2,328 (-27.7%)	259,151 → 255,949 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$20,580 → $41,786 (+103.0%)	$47,593 → $63,264 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $65,700 (+31.4%)	$129,900 → $182,400 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$493 → $591 (+19.9%)	$851 → $1,001 (+17.6%)

El Cenizo

Population

3,2212,328

Median household income

$20,580$41,786

Median home value

$50,000$65,700

Median gross rent

$493$591

Laredo

Population

259,151255,949

Median household income

$47,593$63,264

Median home value

$129,900$182,400

Median gross rent

$851$1,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Cenizo	Laredo
Under 5	7.6%	8.3%
5 to 17	20.9%	23.4%
18 to 24	14.7%	11.5%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.2%	5.8%
75 and over	2.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Cenizo	Laredo
White (non-Hispanic)	3.0%	3.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	97.0%	95.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Cenizo	Laredo
No high school diploma	54.9%	29.5%
High school graduate	22.1%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Cenizo	Laredo
Drove alone	88.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.2%	5.4%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Cenizo	Laredo
1-unit, detached	80.0%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	El Cenizo	Laredo
Poverty rate	29.1%	20.8%
Average household size	3.67	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	35	21
Median year structure built	1993	1996