Fort Stockton vs Imperial

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Stockton and Imperial: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Stockton has the higher population (8,340 vs 276 in Imperial). Fort Stockton has the higher median home value ($176,600 vs $91,300 in Imperial). Since 2019, Fort Stockton's population has grown faster (-1.0% vs -10.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Stockton	Imperial
Population	8,340	276
Median age	33.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,688	—
Median home value	$176,600	$91,300
Median gross rent	$977	—
Housing units	3,545	109
Homeownership rate	64.1%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Stockton	Imperial
Population	8,424 → 8,340 (-1.0%)	308 → 276 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$44,009 → $69,688 (+58.3%)	$74,750 → $105,769 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$96,100 → $176,600 (+83.8%)	$80,000 → $91,300 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $977 (+17.9%)	$438 → $365 (-16.7%)

Fort Stockton

Population

8,4248,340

Median household income

$44,009$69,688

Median home value

$96,100$176,600

Median gross rent

$829$977

Imperial

Population

308276

Median household income

$74,750$105,769

Median home value

$80,000$91,300

Median gross rent

$438$365

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Stockton	Imperial
Under 5	5.9%	21.7%
5 to 17	20.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	18.5%
25 to 34	16.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	19.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	2.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	16.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	2.2%
75 and over	4.3%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Stockton	Imperial
White (non-Hispanic)	16.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	79.4%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Stockton	Imperial
No high school diploma	14.7%	7.9%
High school graduate	38.5%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Stockton	Imperial
Drove alone	88.1%	88.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Stockton	Imperial
1-unit, detached	76.0%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Stockton	Imperial
Poverty rate	29.1%	8.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1974	1968