El Paso Move Guide

The Move Guide Blog

Home of the Month — one El Paso home each month that's genuinely worth your attention, with the numbers to prove it — plus seven area guides, PCS tips and market notes without the sales fluff.

El Paso, area by area

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East El Paso at dusk, looking west across the city toward the Franklin Mountains.
Area guide 1 of 7

East El Paso

A large share of the city's newer subdivisions and retail, and the shortest drive to the East Bliss gates of any area in this series.

19 min Downtown · 10 min nearest Fort Bliss gate

 548 Paseo De La Reina St, a new Diamond Homes build in Paseo Del Este, Horizon City.
Area guide 2 of 7

Horizon City & the Far East

Its own city with its own council and utility district, almost all new construction, and where most of the homes on this site actually sit. Honest about the longer drive.

29 min Downtown · 27 min nearest Fort Bliss gate

 Mexican gold poppies blooming below the Franklin Mountains in Northeast El Paso.
Area guide 3 of 7

Northeast El Paso

The older side of town wrapped around the main cantonment: 1950s-to-1980s stock, larger lots in places, the shortest drives to the Cassidy, Chaffee and Pershing gates, and new building returning along the northern edge.

21 min Downtown · 10 min nearest Fort Bliss gate

 Aerial view of West El Paso neighborhoods below the snow-dusted Franklin Mountains.
Area guide 4 of 7

West Side

The hillside and Mesa Street corridor: a very wide price range, from 1950s ranch homes to hillside builds, a short drive to Downtown and UTEP, and a long one to post.

12 min Downtown · 19 min nearest Fort Bliss gate

 Homes and mature trees around a lake in the Upper Valley of El Paso, with the Franklin Mountains behind.
Area guide 5 of 7

Upper Valley

The one part of the county with mature trees, irrigation canals and larger parcels. Short drives to Downtown and UTEP, the longest run to post, and a longer due-diligence list than the rest of the county.

15 min Downtown · 22 min nearest Fort Bliss gate

 The Socorro Mission on the Mission Trail in Socorro, Texas.
Area guide 6 of 7

Socorro & the Mission Valley

A mix of long-held larger lots and brand-new infill along the Mission Trail, where half of the homes we currently list for lease sit.

24 min Downtown · 23 min nearest Fort Bliss gate

 Sunset over the far Lower Valley at the Fabens airfield, a few miles down the valley from Clint.
Area guide 7 of 7

Clint & the far Lower Valley

The rural end of the county: acreage and manufactured homes alongside site-built, the same due-diligence questions as the Upper Valley, plus distance.

32 min Downtown · 32 min nearest Fort Bliss gate

Home of the Month

925 Pettus Pl, El Paso, Texas — 4 bed, 2 bath, 1,937 sq ft home, sold September 2026
Sold

The finished one in Hillside Park at Mission Ridge

925 Pettus Pl has sold. Kept up for its verified drive times to every Fort Bliss gate and an honest look at what a finished home buys over one still under construction.

August 16, 2026

 13054 Emmarose Way, El Paso, Texas — 4 bed, 2 bath, 1,818 sq ft home
Sold

Finished at $329,000 — or wait until late December

13054 Emmarose Way has sold. Kept up for the drive-time data and the finished-versus-new-build comparison, which still hold.

August 15, 2026
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