The median owner-occupied home in El Paso County had a real-estate tax bill of $3,490 (± $69) a year, compared with $4,111 in Texas and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $167,300 (± $2,016), compared with $260,400 in Texas and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | El Paso County | Texas | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 866,275 | 29,640,343 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $3,490 ± $69 | $4,111 ± $16 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $167,300 ± $2,016 | $260,400 ± $738 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $58,859 ± $1,208 | $76,292 ± $265 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 2.09% ± 0.05 points | 1.58% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 63.7% ± 0.7 points | 62.6% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 27.9% ± 0.6 points | 27.7% ± 0.2 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 24.6% ± 1.1 points | 21.9% ± 0.1 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in El Paso County (7)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
Census-designated places in El Paso County (9)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
- Agua Dulce (census-designated place)
- Canutillo
- Fabens
- Homestead Meadows North
- Homestead Meadows South
- Prado Verde
- Sparks
- Tornillo
- Westway
Recognized by the Census Bureau, but no property tax figure published (3)
These places appear in the Census Bureau’s list of places and governmental units in El Paso County, but its 2019–2023 survey publishes no median property tax bill for them (usually because too few households were sampled). They are listed here so that no place is overlooked. The county figures above are the closest available estimate.
- Butterfield CDP
- Fort Bliss CDP
- Morning Glory CDP
Other named communities in El Paso County (220)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Adobe Colonia
- Aero Vista
- Agua Dulce Colonia
- Agua Dulce Number 2 Colonia
- Agua Dulce Number 3 Colonia
- Agua Dulce Number 4 Colonia
- Agua Dulce Number 5 Colonia
- Alameda Estates Colonia
- Alamo Alto
- Aldama Estates Colonia
- Alfalfa
- Algodon Colonia
- Aljo Estates Colonia
- Alvarez Colonia
- Angie Colonia
- Ascencion Park Estates Colonia
- Athena West Colonia
- Bagge Estates Colonia
- Bauman Estates Colonia
- Bauman Estates Number 2 Colonia
- Bauman Estates Number 3 Colonia
- Bejar Estates Colonia
- Belen
- Belen Plaza Colonia
- Borderland
- Bosque Bonito Number 1 Colonia
- Bosque Bonito Number 2 Colonia
- Bovee Road Colonia
- Brinkman Addition Colonia
- Britton Davis
- Buena Vista
- Buford
- Buford View Estates Colonia
- Burbridge Acres Colonia
- Butterfield City Number 1 Colonia
- Butterfield City Number 2 Colonia
- Butterfield City Number 3 Colonia
- Butterfield City Number 4 Colonia
- Calcutta Colonia
- Camino Barrial Colonia
- Campo Bello Estates Colonia
- Cattleman's North Ranchos Colonia
- Cattleman's North Ranchos Number 2 Colonia
- Cattleman's North Ranchos Number 3 Colonia
- Cielo Vista
- College Park Addition Colonia
- Colonia de las Azaleas
- Colonia de las Azaleas Number 2
- Colonia de las Azaleas Number 3
- Colonia de las Dalias
- Colonia de las Dalias Number 2
- Colonia del Rio Number 1
- Colonia del Rio Number 2
- Colonia del Rio Number 3
- Connington Colonia
- Coronado Hills
- Corpus Christi de la Isleta (historical)
- Cotton Valley Estates Colonia
- Country Green Addition Colonia
- Courchesne
- Cuadrilla
- Cuna del Valle Colonia
- Dairyland Colonia
- Deerfield Park Colonia
- Del Norte Acres
- Del Norte Heights
- Delip Colonia
- Desert Glen Colonia
- Dindinger Road Colonia
- East Clint Estates Colonia
- East Wind Estates Colonia
- El Campestre Colonia
- El Gran Valle Colonia
- El Gran Valle Number 2 Colonia
- Ellen Park Colonia
- Fern Village Number 1 Colonia
- Frank Colonia
- Frank-Anita Estates Colonia
- Friedman Estates Number 1 Colonia
- Friedman Estates Number 2 Colonia
- Gloria Elena Colonia
- Glorieta Addition Colonia
- Gonzalez Colonia
- Green Acres Colonia
- Grijalva Gardens Colonia
- Gurdev Colonia
- Hacienda Heights
- Hacienda Real Colonia
- Haciendas del Valle Number 1 Colonia
- Haciendas del Valle Number 2 Colonia
- Hermosa Vista Addition Colonia
- Hillcrest Manor Colonia
- Homestead Homes Colonia
- Homestead Meadows
- Homestead Meadows South Number 1 Colonia
- Homestead Meadows South Number 2 Colonia
- Homestead Meadows South Number 3 Colonia
- Homestead Meadows South Number 4 Colonia
- Homestead Meadows South Number 5 Colonia
- Homestead Meadows South Number 6 Colonia
- Hueco Mountain Estates Number 1 Colonia
- Hueco Mountain Estates Number 2 Colonia
- Hueco Mountain Estates Number 3 Colonia
- Hueco Mountain Estates Number 4 Colonia
- Hueco Mountain Estates Number 5 Colonia
- Hueco Mountain Estates Number 6 Colonia
- Hueco Mountain Estates Number 7 Colonia
- Hueco Mountain Estates Number 8 Colonia
- Hueco Mountain Estates Number 9 Colonia
- Isla
- La Fuente Colonia
- La Guna
- La Jolla Colonia
- La Junta Addition Colonia
- La Tuna
- La Union Estates Colonia
- Lakeside
- Las Aves Colonia
- Las Casitas Number 1 Colonia
- Las Casitas Number 2 Colonia
- Las Casitas Number 3 Colonia
- Las Milpas Addition Colonia
- Las Milpas Number 2 Colonia
- Las Palmas Colonia
- Las Palmas Number 2 Colonia
- Las Pampas Number 1 Colonia
- Las Pampas Number 2 Colonia
- Las Pampas Number 3 Colonia
- Las Pampas Number 4 Colonia
- Las Quintas Colonia
- Las Quintas Number 2 Colonia
- Lewis Colonia
- Loma Terrace
- Lordsville Colonia
- Lynn Park Replat Colonia
- Madrilena Colonia
- Mary Lou Park Colonia
- McAdoo Acres Colonia
- McCracken Estates Colonia
- Melton Place Addition Colonia
- Mesa Verde Colonia
- Mission Hills
- Mission Trail Estates Colonia
- Montana Land Estates Colonia
- Monterosales Colonia
- Montoya
- Moon Addition Colonia
- Moon Addition Number 2 Colonia
- Moon Addition Number 3 Colonia
- Moon Addition Number 4 Colonia
- Morning Glory Manor Colonia
- Mountain Meadows Estates Colonia
- Mountain View
- Newman
- North Loop Acres Colonia
- Nuway
- Nuway Addition Colonia
- Paso View Colonia
- Paso View Number 2 Colonia
- Paso View West Colonia
- Paso del Rey Colonia
- Paso del Rey Number 2 Colonia
- Paso el Rey Number 3 Colonia
- Planeport
- Plaza Bernal Colonia
- Polkinghorn Addition Colonia
- Poole Colonia
- Prado Verde Addition Number 1 Colonia
- Quail Mesa Colonia
- R W Jones Colonia
- Rancho Miraval Estates Colonia
- Rio Pasado Estates Colonia
- Rio Rancho Estates Colonia
- Rio Vista Addition Colonia
- Roseville Colonia
- San Agustin Colonia
- San Jose
- San Paulo Colonia
- San Ysidro Colonia
- Sanchez Colonia
- Santa Martina Colonia
- Schuman Estates Colonia
- Serene Acres Colonia
- Sierra Meadows Colonia
- Smeltertown
- Socorro Mission Number 1 Colonia
- Socorro Village Addition Colonia
- Spanish Trail Additon Colonia
- Spark's Addition Colonia
- Spark's Addition Number 2 Colonia
- Spark's Addition Number 3 Colonia
- Spark's Addition Number 4 Colonia
- Sunhaven Farms Colonia
- Sunrise Acres
- Sunshine Acres Colonia
- Sunshine Colonia
- Sylvia Andrea Colonia
- Tigua
- Turf Estates Number 1 Colonia
- Valle Real Colonia
- Valle Villa Addition Colonia
- Valle Villa Addition Number 2 Colonia
- Villa Espana Colonia
- Villalobos Estates Colonia
- Vinedo Acres Colonia
- Vinton Acres Number 1 Colonia
- Vista Larga Colonia
- Vista Larga Number 2 Colonia
- Warren Allen Road Colonia
- Westway Number 1 Colonia
- Westway Number 2 Colonia
- Westway Number 3 Colonia
- Westway Number 4 Colonia
- Westway Number 6 Colonia
- Westway Number 7 Colonia
- Wilbourn Addition Colonia
- Wildhorse Valley Colonia
- Wilton Acres Colonia
- Wiseman Estates Colonia
- Ysleta