Doffing vs La Joya

A side-by-side comparison of Doffing and La Joya: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Doffing has the higher population (5,126 vs 4,613 in La Joya). La Joya has the higher median household income ($50,652 vs $26,525 in Doffing). La Joya has the higher median home value ($109,600 vs $93,300 in Doffing).

Population, income & housing

	Doffing	La Joya
Population	5,126	4,613
Median age	27.2 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$26,525	$50,652
Median home value	$93,300	$109,600
Median gross rent	$793	$781
Housing units	1,467	1,713
Homeownership rate	85.1%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doffing	La Joya
Population	5,176 → 5,126 (-1.0%)	4,253 → 4,613 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$28,162 → $26,525 (-5.8%)	$27,894 → $50,652 (+81.6%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $93,300 (+37.0%)	$85,500 → $109,600 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $793 (-12.1%)	$666 → $781 (+17.3%)

Doffing

Population

5,1765,126

Median household income

$28,162$26,525

Median home value

$68,100$93,300

Median gross rent

$902$793

La Joya

Population

4,2534,613

Median household income

$27,894$50,652

Median home value

$85,500$109,600

Median gross rent

$666$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Doffing	La Joya
Under 5	11.2%	9.8%
5 to 17	22.4%	24.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	16.5%	22.6%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	7.0%
65 to 74	1.8%	4.9%
75 and over	7.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doffing	La Joya
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	3.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	99.7%	96.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doffing	La Joya
No high school diploma	47.9%	31.4%
High school graduate	26.5%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	13.0%	13.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doffing	La Joya
Drove alone	79.4%	84.9%
Carpooled	11.4%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.8%
Other means	3.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doffing	La Joya
1-unit, detached	76.9%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Doffing	La Joya
Poverty rate	39.6%	27.1%
Average household size	3.81	3.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1998	1995