El Paso vs Las Vegas
El Paso, TX compared with Las Vegas, NV · 589 miles apart
El Paso has 683,012 residents to Las Vegas’s 679,817. El Paso comes out ahead on median rent, homeownership, average commute. Las Vegas does better on median household income, poverty rate.
| El Paso, TX | Las Vegas, NV | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 683,012 | 679,817 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 2,639 | 4,792 |
| Median household income | $59,745 | $73,877 |
| Median home value | $184,500 | $427,900 |
| Median rent | $1,073 | $1,563 |
| Homeownership | 60.8% | 56.6% |
| Average commute | 23.4 min | 25.7 min |
| Median age | 34.5 | 38.6 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 28.1% | 27.7% |
| Poverty rate | 18.4% | 14% |
| Unemployment | 6% | 7.4% |
| Price to income | 3.1× | 5.8× |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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