Moving to Socorro, Texas

About Socorro, Texas
Socorro

Socorro is a city in El Paso County, Texas, United States. It is located on the north bank of the Rio Grande southeast of El Paso, and on the border of Mexico. El Paso adjoins it on the west and the smaller city of San Elizario on the southeast; small unincorporated areas of El Paso County separate it from the nearby municipalities of Horizon City to the north and Clint to the east. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 34,306. By the 2010 census, the number had grown to 32,013. As of July 1, 2019, the population estimate for the city from the U.S. Census was 34,370. It is part of the El Paso Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is El Paso County's second-largest municipality, after El Paso. It has a council-manager type of government with five city council members.

Gender
Gender Socorro Texas Country
Female 54.1% 50.3% 50.8%
Male 45.9% 49.7% 49.2%
Gender

Household Income


Income Socorro Texas Country
Less than $10,000 11.8% 6% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 6.6% 3.9% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 13.1% 8.4% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 12% 8.9% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 18.5% 12.3% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 15.9% 17.6% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 12% 12.5% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 6.8% 15.6% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 2.7% 7% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 0.5% 7.8% 8.3%
Education


Education Socorro Texas Country
< 9th Grade 22% 7% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 15% 8% 7.0%
High School or GED 29% 25% 27.0%
Other College 16% 22% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 11% 7% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 6% 20% 20.0%
Master's Degree 1% 8% 9.0%
Professional Degree 0% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 0% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
Education
Race / Ethnicity


Ethnicity Socorro Texas Country
White 2.3% 41.4% 60.1%
African American 0% 11.8% 12.2%
American Indian 0.8% 0.2% 0.6%
Asian 0.1% 4.9% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0.1% 0.2%
Other 0% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 0.1% 2% 2.8%
Hispanic 96.6% 39.4% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity