Agua Dulce vs Fabens

A side-by-side comparison of Agua Dulce and Fabens: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fabens has the higher population (4,704 vs 2,995 in Agua Dulce). Agua Dulce has the higher median household income ($47,485 vs $42,524 in Fabens). Agua Dulce has the higher median home value ($110,500 vs $88,900 in Fabens).

Population, income & housing

	Agua Dulce	Fabens
Population	2,995	4,704
Median age	33.4 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,485	$42,524
Median home value	$110,500	$88,900
Median gross rent	$945	$645
Housing units	946	2,145
Homeownership rate	87.5%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Agua Dulce	Fabens
Population	3,268 → 2,995 (-8.4%)	5,736 → 4,704 (-18.0%)
Median household income	$31,958 → $47,485 (+48.6%)	$28,397 → $42,524 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$67,700 → $110,500 (+63.2%)	$60,900 → $88,900 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $945 (+13.2%)	$538 → $645 (+19.9%)

Agua Dulce

Population

3,2682,995

Median household income

$31,958$47,485

Median home value

$67,700$110,500

Median gross rent

$835$945

Fabens

Population

5,7364,704

Median household income

$28,397$42,524

Median home value

$60,900$88,900

Median gross rent

$538$645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Agua Dulce	Fabens
Under 5	2.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	26.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	12.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	17.7%
35 to 44	16.8%	7.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	17.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.8%
75 and over	2.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Agua Dulce	Fabens
White (non-Hispanic)	0.5%	1.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	97.8%	97.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Agua Dulce	Fabens
No high school diploma	36.1%	39.9%
High school graduate	27.2%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Agua Dulce	Fabens
Drove alone	68.5%	88.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	5.3%
Public transit	7.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	4.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Agua Dulce	Fabens
1-unit, detached	56.1%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.8%	24.9%

Poverty & households

	Agua Dulce	Fabens
Poverty rate	18.6%	22.9%
Average household size	3.63	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1997	1988