El Paso

Data as of · Metro Power Rankings

#503

Global Rank

4.9

Power Score

Emerging Metro

% of Country Score

0.2%


Share

United States • North America • Language power • Time zone America/Denver UTC−7 (MST) (observes summer time)

Population
879K
GDP
$49B
GDP per capita
$55,276
Land area
1,954 km² (755 mi²)
Density
450/km² (1,165/mi²)

Primary city El Paso

State / province Texas

Language English

El Paso metro area

31.76, -106.48
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Sport

Dimension Breakdown

Value and global rank across all 16 dimensions

Stands out for Cultural Events.

World #1Top 5Outside top 5

Most similar metros

Closest profiles across all 16 dimensions

Sports

5 teams

Other Teams

Football/Soccer Teams1 team

Football/Soccer • United States

El Paso Locomotive FC

El Paso • Level: 2

Other Men’s Teams1 team

Baseball • Pacific Coast League

El Paso Chihuahuas

El Paso

Other College Teams1 team

Championship History

1 titles

Every major championship won by a team while it represented El Paso, across all sports, newest first. 1 in total. Each links to the team and the competition's full honour roll.

House Prices

FHFA to 2026 Q2

FHFA purchase-only index for El Paso, TX, since 1991. Real terms in 2024 dollars. Full history and the year-by-year table.

real, 2024 dollarsnominalindex, first quarter = 100 · shaded: 2007 to 2012
050100150200250300350400200020102020

One year
One year +6.2%
nominal
Ten years
Ten years +46.5%
real, 2024 $
Since 2000
Since 2000 +65.9%
real, 2024 $
2007 to 2012
2007 to 2012 −22.1%
2007Q2 to 2012Q1

Cultural Assets

Cultural Events

Notable One-off Events

First Atomic Bomb Test / Trinity (1945)

Alamogordo • Historical Event

Languages of El Paso

English first in Texas; 2 languages share it.

LanguageShare
English64.9%
Spanish28.1%
Vietnamese0.9%
Mandarin Chinese0.7%
Hindi0.4%
English reach, Texas
93%
Tier 1 census

Texas on the languages board · Language power

Sound of El Paso

#100 by artist origin · combined 28.3 (US 1.7 / UK 1.1) · signature decade 2010s · Full sound profile →

Top artists: Khalid, Cigarettes After Sex

Number-one singles by El Paso artists2

Screen of El Paso

#347 by film pedigree · score 8 · 3 people in a century of top-grossing films and Oscar nominations · Full screen profile →

Leading figures: Debbie Reynolds, Guy Kibbee, Alan Tudyk

Art of El Paso

#245 for celebrated art · 1 canon work in its museums

The Art hub →

Leading museums: El Paso Museum of Art

Education & Research

Top 2000 Universities1 entry
#1113

University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso, United States

Notable Infrastructure

Airport1 entry

El Paso International Airport

El Paso • 4 - Regional

Metro System (27 stations)1 entry

El Paso Streetcar

El Paso • 27 stations