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31.65° N · 106.14° W · GEOID 4801390

Agua Dulce

El Paso County, Texas · part of the El Paso, TX metro

Limited data population under 5,000

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The short answer

Agua Dulce is home to 2,697 people. Median household income is $47,200 a year and median rent is $1,084 a month, 27.6% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is moderate. The median home is valued at $120,600, about 2.6x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,084
21% below the median place
Median household income
$47,200
41% below the median place
Median home value
$120,600
62% below the median place
Unemployment
5.4%
10% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Agua Dulce

  • Households average 3.60 people, larger than in 97% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track.
  • After the median rent, and with prices for everything else adjusted to the US average, the median household has about $36,500 a year left, less than in 93% of places its size.
  • 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a smaller share than in 97% of places its size.
  • 36% of residents were born outside the US, more than in 96% of places its size.
  • The median resident is 30.6 years old, younger than in 94% of places its size.
01

Moving to Agua Dulce

El Paso County loses about 5.1 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in29,401
Moved out33,152
Net−3,751

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within Texas, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within TexasOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$54K
Leavers$58K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of El Paso County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
0.0% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 0.0% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into El Paso County report $53,900 a year in income on average; those leaving, $57,800, so leavers earn more than newcomers.
Income you would need
$43,400 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,084 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,145 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $120,600.
Getting to work
30 minutes each way on average; 18.6% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Hudson, TX matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
0.0%
below the median place (median 5.7%)
Moved from another state1
0.0%
below the median place (median 2.0%)
Income of households moving in6
$53,938
24% below the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureAgua DulceAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year10.0%below (median 5.7%)
Moved from another state10.0%below (median 2.0%)
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure-5.1below (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure$53,93824% below
Income of households moving out6County figure$57,83718% below
02

What it costs to live here

Median home value is $120,600, 62% below the median place.

Agua Dulce27.6%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$43,360
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
27.6%
35% above the median place
Home price to income
2.6x
33% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
28%
just under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$36,300
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Agua Dulce, $1,084 a month, and local prices for everything else (93.7 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Agua Dulce, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
Pearsall, TX23.1% vs 27.6%n/aCompare
Yoakum, TX23.9% vs 27.6%n/aCompare
Sinton, TX21.8% vs 27.6%$6,400Compare

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Median home value1
$120,600
62% below the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$1,145
39% below the median place
Homeownership1
86.3%
30% above the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasureAgua DulceAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,08421% below
Rent to income127.6%35% above
Property tax rate11.8%102% above
Home price to income12.6x33% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure89.911% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,14629% below
Property tax paid (median)1$2,21832% below
Median home value1$120,60062% below
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure2.9%11% below
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure56.5%10% above
Homeownership186.3%30% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure53.6%6% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,14539% below
Vacant homes1County figure7.4%5% above
Median year built119991% above
03

Work and pay

Income per person is $19,028, 53% below the median place.

Income per person1
$19,028
53% below the median place
Median household income1
$47,200
41% below the median place
Poverty rate1
20.4%
90% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Mean commute30 min +21%
Works from home18.6% +50%
Unemployment5.4% +10%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureAgua DulceAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$47,20041% below
Income per person1$19,02853% below
Unemployment15.4%10% above
Average annual pay5County figure$51,51522% below
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure2.6%30% below
Jobs5County figure338,016124% above
Poverty rate120.4%90% above
Mean commute130 min21% above
Works from home118.6%50% above
Commutes by transit1County figure0.8%9% below
04

Who lives here

No health insurance is 29.8%, 366% above the median place.

No health insurance1
29.8%
366% above the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
9.3%
71% below the median place
High school or higher1
67.2%
27% below the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Household size3.6 +44%
Born abroad35.9% 4.1×
Median age30.6 −22%
Homes with broadband91.5% −1%
All 8 people measures
MeasureAgua DulceAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population12,6976646th largest
Median age130.622% below
Bachelor's or higher19.3%71% below
High school or higher167.2%27% below
Household size13.644% above
Born abroad135.9%306% above
No health insurance129.8%366% above
Homes with broadband191.5%1% below
05

Life in Agua Dulce

71 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 3 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents7.4 −27%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k3.7 4.3×
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars20.8 +0%
Shops25.6 −16%
Arts, recreation and fitness2.6 −37%
Doctors' offices and clinics18.2 −10%
Child care centers1.8 −22%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Public school students10
165,404
above the median place (median 4,897)
Public schools10
249
above the median place (median 9)
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7
2.6
37% below the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureAgua DulceAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools10County figure249above (median 9)
Public school students10County figure165,404above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher10County figure15.72% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure20.80% above
Shops per 10k7County figure25.616% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure2.637% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure18.210% below
Child care centers per 10k7County figure1.822% below
Parks per 10k87.427% below
Playgrounds per 10k80.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k80.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k80.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k83.7326% above
Named paths and bike trails80.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi80.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings9County figure71above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Annual precipitation is 9.5 in, 78% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Agua Dulce. Larger places are fetched first.

Annual precipitation11
9.5 in
78% below the median place
July average high11
96°F
10% above the median place
Median air quality index13
70
63% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureAgua DulceAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high11County figure96°F10% above
January average low11County figure31°F22% above
Average temperature11County figure64°F17% above
Annual precipitation11County figure9.5 in78% below
Natural hazard risk12County figure95.53% above
Hurricane risk12County figure41.142% below
Tornado risk12County figure34.857% below
Wildfire risk12County figure71.016% above
Heat wave risk12County figure98.710% above
Median air quality index13County figure7063% above
Good air days13County figure18.1%74% below
08

Agua Dulce in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 27% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 28% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,084/mo (2024)$1,390/mo$1,140 to $1,700/mo+4.2%
Median household income$47,200 (2024)$61,000$51,500 to $72,000+4.3%
Median home value$120,600 (2024)$181,000$131,000 to $249,000+7.0%

The median home would be worth 3.0 years of the median income in 2030, against 2.6 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Agua Dulce

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Hudson, TX$1,114$46,406Compare
Reading, PA$1,067$44,091Compare
Pearsall, TX$948$49,198Compare
Cloverleaf, TX$1,155$54,994Compare
Cloverleaf, TXPearsall, TXReading, PAHudson, TXAgua Dulce, TXAgua DulceHudsonReadingPearsallCloverleafAgua DulceHudsonReadingPearsall

Common questions

Is Agua Dulce a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Households average 3.60 people, larger than in 97% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track. After the median rent, and with prices for everything else adjusted to the US average, the median household has about $36,500 a year left, less than in 93% of places its size. On cost, space and class size it scores 72 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Agua Dulce expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 27.6% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $120,600.

What salary do you need to live in Agua Dulce?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $43,360 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Agua Dulce?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Hudson, TX, Reading, PA, Pearsall, TX and Cloverleaf, TX.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  10. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  11. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  12. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  13. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Agua Dulce with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Agua Dulce itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/agua-dulce-el-paso-county-texas

Citytistics. “Agua Dulce, Texas.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/agua-dulce-el-paso-county-texas/

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