Housing in Central at a glance
- Population
- about 100,365
- Housing units
- about 46,540
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $133,000El Paso: $184,500 (-28%)
- Median gross rent
- $790 a monthEl Paso: $1,073 (-26%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 41%El Paso: 60.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 78.1%
- Median year built
- 1957
Central is El Paso's lowest-rent and lowest-ownership sector: gross rent of $790, 26% below the $1,073 for El Paso, and 41% of households owning against 60.8% for the whole city. The stock is the oldest among the five sectors, with 78.1% of units predating 1980 and the typical home dating from 1957. Home values, $133,000, rank fourth of five. Mission Valley next door is lower at $119,000 yet has 61.6% owners; Northeast values homes at $161,000 with 60.8% owners; Northwest, at $265,000, is well above them both. Central lies in the south-west of the city, with 100,365 residents. Among 46,540 housing units, 16,429 households own and 23,679 rent. Value lies 28% beneath El Paso's $184,500, and ownership is 19.8 points under the city rate. Mission Valley and Northeast both have owner shares at or near the city rate, which makes Central's renter lean the exception.
Questions about Central
What is the median home value in Central, El Paso?
$133,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $184,500 for El Paso as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Central?
$790 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,073 in El Paso (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Central own or rent?
Most rent: 41% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 60.8% in El Paso (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 32 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Central is one of the 5 planning areas of El Paso: estimated population about 100,365 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of El Paso GIS, Planning Areas (PlanArea), consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for El Paso as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Central
The closest sectors of El Paso, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of El Paso
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Central. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Central? Ask for your spot.