Burke vs Diboll

A side-by-side comparison of Burke and Diboll: population, income, housing, and more.

Burke and Diboll are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Diboll has the higher population (4,531 vs 605 in Burke). Burke has the higher median household income ($57,969 vs $55,326 in Diboll). Burke has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $82,400 in Diboll).

Population, income & housing

	Burke	Diboll
Population	605	4,531
Median age	32.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,969	$55,326
Median home value	$112,500	$82,400
Median gross rent	$863	$704
Housing units	246	1,637
Homeownership rate	85.5%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	12.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burke	Diboll
Population	761 → 605 (-20.5%)	5,266 → 4,531 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $57,969 (+40.5%)	$39,750 → $55,326 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$104,300 → $112,500 (+7.9%)	$80,700 → $82,400 (+2.1%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $863 (+30.2%)	$433 → $704 (+62.6%)

Burke

Population

761605

Median household income

$41,250$57,969

Median home value

$104,300$112,500

Median gross rent

$663$863

Diboll

Population

5,2664,531

Median household income

$39,750$55,326

Median home value

$80,700$82,400

Median gross rent

$433$704

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burke	Diboll
Under 5	11.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.4%	17.4%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.2%
75 and over	3.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burke	Diboll
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	26.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	28.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	23.6%	42.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burke	Diboll
No high school diploma	8.7%	23.6%
High school graduate	42.3%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burke	Diboll
Drove alone	86.5%	85.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	6.3%
Other means	1.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burke	Diboll
1-unit, detached	60.2%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Burke	Diboll
Poverty rate	9.4%	17.5%
Average household size	2.92	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1991	1975