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Elgin, TX
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Living in Elgin



Elgin is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 11,359 people and four associated neighborhoods, Elgin is the 253rd largest community in Texas.

Elgin real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Elgin house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Elgin has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.71% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Elgin is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Elgin, the average commute to work is 33.46 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Elgin is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

In terms of college education, Elgin is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.03% of adults 25 and older in Elgin have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Elgin in 2018 was $33,552, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,208 for a family of four. However, Elgin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Elgin is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Elgin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Elgin, accounting for 52.81% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Elgin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Elgin include German, Irish, English, Northern European, and Italian.

Elgin also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 16.30%.

The most common language spoken in Elgin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.


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