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Eldorado, Texas.

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What it costs per month · Eldorado $1,556/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$751 (+93%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Texas $1,556 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Texas$1,556
  • United States$1,922

Living in Eldorado, Schleicher County, Texas

Eldorado is a city of 1,574 people in Schleicher County. Half its households earn more than $68,882 a year and half less, against $86,694 across Schleicher County; 14% of its people live below the poverty line. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. Unemployment in Schleicher County was 4.7% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most residents work in farming, then schools and health care.

People 1,574 in the 2020 census; median age 36.8
Household income $68,882 the median, give or take $16,980 · Schleicher County: $86,694
Unemployment 4.7% Schleicher County, August 2026; 5.0% a year before
Homes 84% lived in by their owners; 16% rented

Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Eldorado is a small city in West Texas, the seat of Schleicher County. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many places. The town's household incomes run below the county's, and winters are mild and cool, with very little snow, while summers turn hot and the year brings modest rainfall.

Work. Residents work mainly in farming, forestry and mining, in schools, hospitals and social care, in the building trades, and in transport, warehouses and utilities. Across Schleicher County, the largest workplaces include Schleicher ISD, Schleicher County Medical Center and SouthWest Texas EC, which builds transmission and distribution lines. Hardly anyone works from home, and the county's job count held about level over the past year.

Things to do. The Caverns of Sonora, a protected cave area, is a longer drive away. Fort McKavett, an old military fort, is also a longer drive from town.

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  • 684households
  • 13%of adults have a degree
  • 14%below the poverty line
  • 2%work from home

What residents work in

  • Farming, forestry and mining20%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care18%
  • Building trades14%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities11%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Professional and business services8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Schleicher County had 711 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 58° and 32°; warmest in August, 93° and 68° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 32° F M A M J J A 93° 68° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 58° and 32°; warmest in August, 93° and 68° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 32° F M A M J J A 93° 68° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 32°; warmest in August, with highs near 93° and lows near 68°. About 1 inches of snow and 22 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Eldorado weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Schleicher County

  1. Schleicher ISDSchool district97FTE
  2. Christoval ISDSchool district88FTE
  3. SouthWest Texas ECTransmission and distribution line construction52
  4. Schleicher County Medical CenterCritical access hospital44FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 109 people in all across the county; Eldorado has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HailVery high
  2. LightningVery high
  3. DroughtRelatively high
  4. WildfireRelatively high
  5. Strong windRelatively high
  6. Winter weatherRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Eldorado’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out.

Eldorado home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Eldorado address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Eldorado — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.