Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in El Paso County, TX

Discover affordable housing in El Paso County where there are 206+ housing opportunities based on income and household needs like accessible units for seniors or persons with disabilities. Find and apply to these low income apartments now.

Tropicana Palms

3710 Lee Blvd, El Paso, Texas 79936

Homestead Palms II

3604 Krag Street, El Paso, Texas 79938

Keystone Place

1331 Pullman Dr, El Paso, Texas 79936

Sun Plaza

1221 E San Antonio, El Paso, Texas 79912

Father Pinto Apartments

1001 S Ochoa St, El Paso, Texas 79901

Sandoval West Apartments

5353 Ridge St, El Paso, Texas 79932

Valle Verde Crest

224 S Ascarate St, El Paso, Texas 79905

Tays North

2114 Magoffin Ave , El Paso, Texas 79901

Chase E. Graham Apartments

8720 Independence Dr, El Paso, Texas 79907

Juan Hart Apartments

4861 Atlas Ave, El Paso, Texas 79904

Woodrow Bean Apartments

1313 N Saint Vrain St, El Paso, Texas 79902

Alvarez Apartments

8247 N Loop Dr, El Paso, Texas 79907

Anderson Apartments

741 Lafayette, El Paso, Texas 79907

Sherman Ridge

4528 Blanco Ave, El Paso, Texas 79905

Baines Plaza

10661 Vista Del Sol Drive, El Paso, Texas 79925

Henderson Heights

9401 Stonewall Rd, El Paso, Texas 79924

Hervey Heights

4949 Alps Dr, El Paso, Texas 79904

Artcraft Palms

6137 Will Jordan Place, El Paso, Texas 79932

Anthony Palms

120 Sandia Rd, Anthony, Texas 79821

Guillen Meadows Apartments

621 E 9th Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79901

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In El Paso County, Texas
$21.78/hour
$14.53 (+200%) more than Texas minimum wage and $14.53 (+200%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve El Paso County, Texas?

Public Housing Agencies operate federally assisted affordable housing programs at local levels on behalf of HUD. Notably, housing agencies are responsible for managing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Public Housing, and Project-Based Voucher waiting lists within their jurisdiction.

Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) programs for El Paso County, Texas.
Operates the Public Housing programs for El Paso County, Texas.

Go to the Texas Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near El Paso County.

How many renters live in El Paso County, Texas?

The County of El Paso County has 868,763 people living in 300,636 households.

There are 294,184 renters living in 112,345 renter households in this County. Renters make up 33.86 percent of the population living in El Paso County.

What is the rental market like in El Paso County, Texas?

There are an estimated 323,951 housing units in the El Paso County area. Of these, 119,197 units are rental homes, making up 37 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in El Paso County, Texas, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in El Paso County?

The rental vacancy rate in El Paso County is 5 percent. This is a lower than average vacancy rate. When rental vacancy rates are low there are fewer available units. Rents tend to be higher as more people compete for scarce housing.

How many rental units are in El Paso County for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in El Paso County
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
6,218 20,987 42,661 32,513 9,312
Occupied Rental Units by Size in El Paso County

A large number of apartments in El Paso County have two or fewer bedrooms. Seniors and young professionals especially may have more success finding an apartment that meets their needs.

How many renter households in El Paso County are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 53 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 28 percent of households are extremely rent overburdened. When renters pay too much for their housing, it leaves little money for other necessities like food, clothes, or medicine.

The federal government says that renters are cost-burdened if they pay more than a third of their monthly income for rent and utilities.

How Much Is Rent in El Paso County

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $804 to $1,952. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $804
One BR $980
Two BR $1,150
Three BR $1,594
Four BR $1,952
2024 Fair Market Rents in El Paso County, Texas

How many units are rented at Fair Market Rent (FMR) in El Paso County?

Renters with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher must select a home that is at or below the area’s Fair Market Rent. Markets with a large share of units above FMR tend to have longer search times to find a qualified unit, while those with a large share of units below FMR tend to have more choices and shorter search times. The share below FMR can vary by size of unit, as shown in the table below.

These are the approximate number of units renting below the FMR in this market:

Unit Size Count of Units Below FMR Percentage of Total Units Below FMR
Studio 3,630 58 percent
One BR 15,083 72 percent
Two BR 28,691 67 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in El Paso County, Texas

How many affordable rental units are in El Paso County?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in El Paso County, Texas including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 10,422
Public Housing 253
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 6,994
Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 245
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities 57
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 24
USDA Section 514 Farm Labor Housing 86
Tracked Units by Federal Program in El Paso County, Texas

Rental units may be funded in part by multiple federal programs.

Income Based Apartments in El Paso County, Texas

El Paso County features 9,038 income based apartments. Tenants of income based apartments typically pay no more than 30% of their income towards rent and utilities.

Low Rent Apartments in El Paso County, Texas

There are 6,551 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in El Paso County.

Housing Choice Vouchers in El Paso County, Texas

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay El Paso County landlords $600 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $300 towards rent in El Paso County.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in El Paso County, Texas for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,035 and $1,265.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.