
Elgin at a glance
What makes Elgin different: Officially the 'Sausage Capital of Texas' (and historically the 'Brick Capital of the Southwest'), Elgin is anchored by century-old smokehouses like Southside Market and Meyer's Elgin Smokehouse and is one of the fastest-growing, majority-Hispanic towns in the Austin metro.
- Elgin population
- 12,400
- Bastrop County Medicare
- 19,013
- MA penetration (county)
- 55%
- Spanish-speaking market
- Yes — bilingual