Housing in East at a glance
- Population
- about 207,353
- Housing units
- about 73,887
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $191,000El Paso: $184,500 (+3%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,210 a monthEl Paso: $1,073 (+13%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 67.7%El Paso: 60.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 30.5%
- Median year built
- 1990
East has 207,353 residents, more than any neighbour listed, and its housing is recent: only 30.5% of units predate 1980, the lowest share of the five El Paso sectors, and the median build year is 1990. Owners are 67.7% of households, the highest, 6.9 points above the El Paso rate. Values of $191,000 and rent of $1,210 both rank second, a little above the $184,500 and $1,073 for the city. Mission Valley has far lower values, $119,000, Central has $133,000 and 41% owners, while Northeast values homes at $161,000. East lies on the eastern side of the city, and it is the owner-led end of the El Paso range. Of 73,887 housing units, 48,091 households own and 22,919 rent. Value sits 3% above El Paso's $184,500 and rent 13% above $1,073. Mission Valley's pre-1980 share is 59.1%, Central's is 78.1%, so East stands apart from both.
Questions about East
What is the median home value in East, El Paso?
$191,000 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 East?
$1,210 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 East own or rent?
Most own: 67.7% 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 40 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.
East is one of the 5 planning areas of El Paso: estimated population about 207,353 (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 East
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 East. 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 East? Ask for your spot.