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El Lago city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
El Lago city is a Census city of 2,997 people across 0.64 square miles of land, in Harris County. Median household income is $95,625, 79.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $30,000.
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El Lago
What El Lago is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.64 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,654
- County holding the largest share of its areaHarris County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Lago
How many people live in El Lago
- Population2,997
- Median age43.9
- Population under 18651 plus or minus 208
- Share under 1821.7 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Population 65 and over551 plus or minus 155
- Share 65 and over18.4 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Households1,246
- Family households785
- Share of households that are families63.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Lago
Income and work in El Lago
- Median household income$95,625 plus or minus $22,207
- Per capita income$51,033
- Civilian labor force1,616
- Employed1,560
- Unemployed56 plus or minus 50
- Unemployment rate3.5 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over2,006
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher51.9 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.3 percent plus or minus 7.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Lago
Housing in El Lago
- Housing units1,268
- Occupied units1,246
- Vacant units22 plus or minus 38
- Vacancy rate1.7 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Owner occupied991
- Renter occupied255 plus or minus 176
- Ownership rate79.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$320,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,374
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.2 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Single family units911
- Share single family71.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more357 plus or minus 211
- Share in buildings of two or more28.2 percent plus or minus 16.5
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1977
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Lago
How El Lago gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,363 plus or minus 284
- Commuting under 15 minutes67 plus or minus 52
- Share commuting under 15 minutes4.9 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more599 plus or minus 243
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more43.9 percent plus or minus 15.3
- Drove alone64.1 percent
- Carpooled19.3 percent plus or minus 19.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.1 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home13.0 percent plus or minus 7.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Lago
SBA 7(a) lending to El Lago borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$30,000
- Average approval$30,000
- Median approval$30,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$30,000
- Largest approval$30,000
- Jobs supported1
- Jobs per approval1.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
El Lago
Flood programme status in El Lago
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 7
- NFIP community number485466
- Currently effective map date01/06/17
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Harris County, not El Lago
Harris County context, not El Lago figures
These are Harris County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as El Lago measurements.
- Establishments in Harris County111,215
- Employment at those establishments, Harris County2,182,164
- Covered employment, Harris County2,445,972
- Average annual pay, Harris County$88,554
- Average weekly wage, Harris County$1,703
- Housing units permitted, Harris County29,936
- Of those, single family, Harris County20,087
- County product, 2024, Harris County$592,750,582,000
- County product change over the prior year, Harris County5.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Harris County$73,835
Every figure in this section is published for Harris County as a whole and is not a measurement of El Lago. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
El Lago questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in El Lago, Texas?
2,997, in 1,246 households. El Lago city covers 0.64 square miles of land, which is 4,654 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is El Lago in?
Harris County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in El Lago?
$95,625. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $320,900. Median gross rent is $1,374 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to El Lago businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $30,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $30,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in El Lago, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to El Lago borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for El Lago. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is El Lago in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. El Lago appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 485466, carrying Community Rating System class 7, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page El Lago figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Harris County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of El Lago.
Is zoning published for El Lago?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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