Commercial Real Estate Market in Elsa, TX
Updated monthly: sale, lease, property records, location trend, and more… · Last update: October 31
7 active listings and 280 off-market properties in Elsa, TX.
Market Trends
Elsa, TX spans 6.4 square miles in Hidalgo County, Texas. Figures below refresh monthly; last updated 31 October 2026.
Office
Office vacancy in Elsa, TX runs 20.2% across the South region in 2025, up from 14.4% in 2019.
Retail
Retail vacancy in Elsa, TX runs 5.4% across the South region in 2025, down from 7% in 2020.
Industrial
Industrial vacancy in Elsa, TX runs 7.9% across the South region in 2025, up from 6% in 2019. Nearly 2.3x the 2022 low of 3.5%.
Multifamily
Multifamily vacancy in Elsa, TX runs 11.3% across the South region in 2025, up from 8.5% in 2022.
Zoning & Land Use
Land Use Mix share of zoned land by category
- Residential 73.2%
- Commercial 26.8%
Largest Zones share of zoned land by district
Elsa, TX zones 1,412 acres across 3 districts. Commercial zoning covers 26.8% of zoned land, residential 73.2%. The largest single district is Single Family Residential at 63.5%. For commercial buyers the practical constraint is that only 26.8% of land carries a commercial or industrial designation.
Market overview
Demographics & Economy
Elsa, TX has 7,535 residents in 3,018 households. Density runs 1,185 people per square mile. Median household income here is $47,657 and median gross rent $759 a month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Where does Realmo's Elsa market data come from?
Methodology & data sources
- Asking prices and medians
- There are 5 active for-sale and 2 active for-lease listings in Elsa, TX. The sale figure is the Hidalgo County average, as too few listings here state a price per square foot; too few for-lease listings state a rent per square foot for a rent median. These are ASKING figures from live listings, not closed-transaction prices, and a figure resting on fewer than 10 listings says so where it is quoted.
- Price per square foot
- The county-level $/SF blends closed sales aggregated over the trailing months of available data, not a single day's snapshot — it can differ from any one month's own median.
- Vacancy rates
- Published per-sector market series, taken at the metro level where one exists and otherwise at the Census-region level — a chart reading "in <region> region" is a regional number, not this city's.
- Zoning and land use
- The current municipal zoning release: 1,412 zoned acres across 3 districts. Shares are of zoned land, so parcels the release leaves unclassified are excluded from the mix.
- Refresh
- The monthly aggregates close at the end of the previous month, so 31 October 2026 — not today — is the honest last update.
- Known limitations
- office vacancy is reported at South region level, retail vacancy is reported at South region level and industrial vacancy is reported at South region level.
- Coverage
- Metrics below the 10-observation threshold fall back one geographic level. The geography used is named on each figure.
Compiled by the Realmo Data team · reviewed 31 October 2026 · How Realmo checks market page data · Report a data issue
