Texas · Census place 4865360

San Elizario, Texas

San Elizario is a city in El Paso County, Texas with an estimated 10,128 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 251st largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,128
#251 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+11 people
Land area
6.9 sq mi
Density
1,468 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: San Elizario. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

San Elizario population, 2020 to 2024

San Elizario added 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -10. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 303rd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so San Elizario is 66% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,116. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

San Elizario covers 6.90 square miles of land, for 1,468 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so San Elizario is close to the typical town.

What county San Elizario is in

All of San Elizario's residents live in El Paso County, which had 875,784 residents in 2024. San Elizario holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in San Elizario

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps San Elizario by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79849. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where San Elizario is

The Census internal point of San Elizario is at 31.578400, -106.262000. Austin, the capital, is 512.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Socorro, TX (38,642 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is El Paso, TX, 21.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.578400, -106.262000
DMS
31°34'42.24"N 106°15'43.20"W
UTM
13N 380250.7E 3494396.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
853MHPHQ+96

Daylight in San Elizario

At 31.58° N, San Elizario gets about 14 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near San Elizario

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Clint, 2.1 miles away, with 1,069 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of San Elizario, TX?

10,128 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 11 (0.1%) from 10,117 in July 2020.

What county is San Elizario in?

El Paso County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover San Elizario?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79849.

How far is San Elizario from Austin?

512.9 miles (825.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from San Elizario.

What is the nearest larger city to San Elizario?

Socorro, TX, with 38,642 residents, 4.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.