Dodd City vs Ector

A side-by-side comparison of Dodd City and Ector: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ector has the higher population (826 vs 496 in Dodd City). Dodd City has the higher median household income ($107,083 vs $61,731 in Ector). Ector has the higher median home value ($148,100 vs $130,200 in Dodd City).

Population, income & housing

	Dodd City	Ector
Population	496	826
Median age	28.8 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$107,083	$61,731
Median home value	$130,200	$148,100
Median gross rent	$1,427	$1,094
Housing units	171	336
Homeownership rate	53.7%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dodd City	Ector
Population	392 → 496 (+26.5%)	862 → 826 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $107,083 (+101.6%)	$56,042 → $61,731 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $130,200 (+68.0%)	$80,600 → $148,100 (+83.7%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $1,427 (+85.8%)	$830 → $1,094 (+31.8%)

Dodd City

Population

392496

Median household income

$53,125$107,083

Median home value

$77,500$130,200

Median gross rent

$768$1,427

Ector

Population

862826

Median household income

$56,042$61,731

Median home value

$80,600$148,100

Median gross rent

$830$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dodd City	Ector
Under 5	3.8%	8.7%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	24.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	21.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	15.3%
55 to 64	5.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	4.0%	6.3%
75 and over	2.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dodd City	Ector
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dodd City	Ector
No high school diploma	10.8%	21.6%
High school graduate	45.0%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dodd City	Ector
Drove alone	85.9%	84.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	6.1%
Other means	4.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dodd City	Ector
1-unit, detached	62.6%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.1%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Dodd City	Ector
Poverty rate	10.7%	12.0%
Average household size	3.06	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1982	1982