Elm CreekTX
A town of 3,680.
Is Elm Creek a good place to live?
Elm Creek grades D overall, 525th among Texas's 640 graded towns, mostly because of health and incomes. Residents are less healthy than 84% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The median household income is $52K, and 14% of residents live below the poverty line. What it does well: natural-hazard risk is low. Elm Creek’s trail density is 1.9 miles per square mile, above both the Texas town median (0.3) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 98% of U.S. towns.
What makes Elm Creek stand out
Where Elm Creek beats most towns.
Elm Creek has grown 17% from 2010 to 2020
2,469 counted in 2010 and 2,884 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Elm Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Elm Creek is from typical.
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Moving to Elm Creek: who provides what
Elm Creek is unincorporated, so Maverick County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Elm Creek.
Elm Creek has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sends most of its workers to Eagle Pass and beyond.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools in Elm Creek fall behind 58% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Eagle Pass ISD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gallego ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades 1–6 | Grades 1–6 | 327 | D− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Elm Creek earns a C− for health
Against the 6,548 U.S. towns with household incomes like Elm Creek’s, it is less healthy than 64%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
33% of Elm Creek adults worry about having enough food, above both Texas’ towns (20%) and U.S. towns (14%). 39% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Elm Creek. Elm Creek beats the Texas average on 3 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 13.
| Elm Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 20% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Elm Creek | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.7% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.6% | 5.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 38.7% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very low risk in Elm Creek, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Elm Creek
Elm Creek has 49 jobs for its 854 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Elm Creek for work: only 1% work in town. Elm Creek’s average trip to work is 29 minutes. The top destinations are Eagle Pass (26%), Eidson Road (12%) and San Antonio (11%).
| Elm Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical July afternoon in Elm Creek is hotter than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
The Eagle Pass 3n weather station records that about 151 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. January nights average 40.9°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 98.4°.
The July high in Elm Creek is 98°F. Elm Creek has warm winters and hot summers, with very little rain. The January low in Elm Creek is 41°F.
| Elm Creek | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 98°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 41°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Elm Creek sells for about $280K
The median property tax bill is $1,792, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
89% of Elm Creek households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Elm Creek
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Elm Creek; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Elm Creek residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
99% of working residents leave Elm Creek for work
Where Elm Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Elm Creek
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Elm Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maverick County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,884 as of the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 2.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 751 ft
Questions about Elm Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Elm Creek, TX a good place to live?
Elm Creek grades D overall, better than 8% of U.S. towns and #525 of 640 in Texas. It grades C− for health and C+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Elm Creek, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $170,000, 43% below the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.