Housing in Mission Valley at a glance
- Population
- about 89,366
- Housing units
- about 34,703
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $119,000El Paso: $184,500 (-36%)
- Median gross rent
- $890 a monthEl Paso: $1,073 (-17%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 61.6%El Paso: 60.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 59.1%
- Median year built
- 1975
Lowest on price, close to average on tenure: that is the short description of Mission Valley, a south-east sector of El Paso. Owners put their homes at $119,000, the bottom of the five sectors with data and 36% short of the $184,500 for El Paso overall. Rent is gentler, with tenants paying $890 per month, 17% under the city. Ownership stands at 61.6% of households, barely ahead of the 60.8% seen across El Paso. East, the neighbour with the newest stock, reaches $191,000, and Northeast lands at $161,000, while Central, whose housing is the oldest around, sits at $133,000. Here 59.1% of the homes predate 1980, and the typical house rose in 1975, so the age profile falls between those neighbours, nearer to Central than to East, which is mostly newer construction. Put plainly, Mission Valley costs the least to buy into among El Paso's five sectors, while its owner share looks entirely ordinary.
Questions about Mission Valley
What is the median home value in Mission Valley, El Paso?
$119,000 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 Mission Valley?
$890 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 Mission Valley own or rent?
Most own: 61.6% 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 23 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.
Mission Valley is one of the 5 planning areas of El Paso: estimated population about 89,366 (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 Mission Valley
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 Mission Valley. 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 Mission Valley? Ask for your spot.