ElmoTX
A town of 1,379, settled in 1873.
Is Elmo a good place to live?
Elmo’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Elmo’s average trip to work is 39 minutes, above both Texas’ towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). On walkability, just 53 of Texas’ 999 towns do worse. Elmo's public schools trail 73% of Texas towns on state tests and graduation. On the outdoors, just 11 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Elmo has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Elmo stand out
Where Elmo beats most towns.
1,379 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Elmo grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Elmo is from typical.
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Moving to Elmo: who provides what
Elmo is unincorporated, so Kaufman 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 Elmo.
A smaller share of residents live below the poverty line in Elmo than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
0.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Elmo, where Texas’ towns sit at 12% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Jobs based in Elmo grew to 45 in 2023, 21 more than in 2013. 0.2% of Elmo working residents work locally.
| Elmo | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 0.5% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Elmo faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Elmo has mild winters and hot summers
Elmo has mild winters and hot summers. Elmo’s July high is 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Elmo is healthier than 63% of U.S. towns
Elmo beats the Texas average on 7 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of adults binge drink in Elmo.
| Elmo | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 74% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Elmo | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 14.8% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 15.6% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 7.9% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Elmo sell for about $543K
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Elmo
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Elmo
About 3 of every 100 Elmo residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
100% of working residents leave Elmo for work
Where Elmo’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Elmo
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Elmo is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. It is located on U.S. Highway 80, 6 miles (10 km) east of Terrell and 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Kaufman, the county seat. As of the 2020 census, Elmo had a population of 803.
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- Elevation
- 512 ft
- ZIP code
- 75118
- Area code
- 972
Questions about Elmo
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Elmo, TX expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $199,000, 33% 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 A.