Diboll vs Zavalla

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

Diboll and Zavalla 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 598 in Zavalla). Diboll has the higher median household income ($55,326 vs $41,250 in Zavalla). Diboll has the higher median home value ($82,400 vs $67,600 in Zavalla).

Population, income & housing

	Diboll	Zavalla
Population	4,531	598
Median age	40.8 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,326	$41,250
Median home value	$82,400	$67,600
Median gross rent	$704	$856
Housing units	1,637	370
Homeownership rate	72.6%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Diboll	Zavalla
Population	5,266 → 4,531 (-14.0%)	797 → 598 (-25.0%)
Median household income	$39,750 → $55,326 (+39.2%)	$35,750 → $41,250 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$80,700 → $82,400 (+2.1%)	$59,300 → $67,600 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$433 → $704 (+62.6%)	$681 → $856 (+25.7%)

Diboll

Population

5,2664,531

Median household income

$39,750$55,326

Median home value

$80,700$82,400

Median gross rent

$433$704

Zavalla

Population

797598

Median household income

$35,750$41,250

Median home value

$59,300$67,600

Median gross rent

$681$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Diboll	Zavalla
Under 5	5.2%	1.7%
5 to 17	19.7%	15.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	17.4%	19.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.0%
75 and over	3.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Diboll	Zavalla
White (non-Hispanic)	26.4%	86.0%
Black or African American	28.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	42.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Diboll	Zavalla
No high school diploma	23.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	32.5%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Diboll	Zavalla
Drove alone	85.4%	86.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.0%
Other means	2.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Diboll	Zavalla
1-unit, detached	77.2%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	45.4%

Poverty & households

	Diboll	Zavalla
Poverty rate	17.5%	19.4%
Average household size	2.68	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1975	1991