Elgin is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 12,438 people and four associated neighborhoods, Elgin is the 253rd largest community in Texas. Elgin has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Elgin, where the median household income is $85,666.00. 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.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Elgin is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Elgin is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Elgin who work in management occupations (13.99%), teaching (11.84%), and office and administrative support (8.53%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 18.44% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.41 minutes every day commuting to work. 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.The population of Elgin overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Elgin, 22.49% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Elgin in 2022 was $40,935, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $163,740 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 44.06% 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, British, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Elgin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
