Housing in Northwest at a glance
- Population
- about 129,425
- Housing units
- about 53,645
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $265,000El Paso: $184,500 (+43%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,220 a monthEl Paso: $1,073 (+14%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 61.1%El Paso: 60.8%
- Homes built before 1980
- 32.4%
- Median year built
- 1989
Northwest is the priciest sector in El Paso, and the margin is wide. Owners give their homes a typical value of $265,000, which is 43% higher than the citywide $184,500 and tops all five sectors with data. Tenants also pay the most, at $1,220 every month, 14% over the city. Look next door and the contrast sharpens: Central's owners say $133,000, Northeast's say $161,000, and Mission Valley's say $119,000. The housing is on the newer side, because only 32.4% of it predates 1980 and the typical house was put up in 1989. On tenure the sector hardly departs from El Paso, since 61.1% of households own, a hair above the 60.8% for the whole city, so the premium comes from price and not from who occupies the homes. The sector lies west of the city's population centre, and none of the other four reaches its rent.
Questions about Northwest
What is the median home value in Northwest, El Paso?
$265,000 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 Northwest?
$1,220 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 Northwest own or rent?
Most own: 61.1% 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 26 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.
Northwest is one of the 5 planning areas of El Paso: estimated population about 129,425 (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 Northwest
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 Northwest. 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 Northwest? Ask for your spot.