Dell City vs Fort Hancock

A side-by-side comparison of Dell City and Fort Hancock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Hancock has the higher population (956 vs 74 in Dell City). Fort Hancock has the higher median household income ($34,957 vs $24,271 in Dell City). Dell City has the higher median home value ($51,400 vs $50,800 in Fort Hancock).

Population, income & housing

	Dell City	Fort Hancock
Population	74	956
Median age	55.5 yrs	26.6 yrs
Median household income	$24,271	$34,957
Median home value	$51,400	$50,800
Housing units	105	348
Homeownership rate	59.6%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dell City	Fort Hancock
Population	220 → 74 (-66.4%)	1,827 → 956 (-47.7%)
Median household income	$25,461 → $24,271 (-4.7%)	$29,583 → $34,957 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$28,500 → $51,400 (+80.4%)	$52,000 → $50,800 (-2.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$653 → $497 (-23.9%)

Dell City

Population

22074

Median household income

$25,461$24,271

Median home value

$28,500$51,400

Fort Hancock

Population

1,827956

Median household income

$29,583$34,957

Median home value

$52,000$50,800

Median gross rent

$653$497

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dell City	Fort Hancock
Under 5	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	6.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	27.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	18.9%	16.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	6.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	3.2%
75 and over	20.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dell City	Fort Hancock
White (non-Hispanic)	36.5%	1.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	63.5%	98.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dell City	Fort Hancock
No high school diploma	30.4%	47.9%
High school graduate	21.7%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	6.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dell City	Fort Hancock
Drove alone	78.3%	96.5%
Carpooled	21.7%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dell City	Fort Hancock
1-unit, detached	36.2%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	63.8%	52.0%

Poverty & households

	Dell City	Fort Hancock
Poverty rate	13.5%	15.7%
Average household size	1.57	3.69
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1988	1985