Denver City vs Plains

A side-by-side comparison of Denver City and Plains: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Denver City has the higher population (4,388 vs 1,190 in Plains). Denver City has the higher median household income ($84,333 vs $74,187 in Plains). Denver City has the higher median home value ($184,000 vs $112,500 in Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Denver City	Plains
Population	4,388	1,190
Median age	43.7 yrs	25.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,333	$74,187
Median home value	$184,000	$112,500
Median gross rent	$973	$858
Housing units	1,751	563
Homeownership rate	85.2%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denver City	Plains
Population	4,880 → 4,388 (-10.1%)	1,242 → 1,190 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$70,711 → $84,333 (+19.3%)	$54,211 → $74,187 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$118,200 → $184,000 (+55.7%)	$60,700 → $112,500 (+85.3%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $973 (+17.4%)	$645 → $858 (+33.0%)

Denver City

Population

4,8804,388

Median household income

$70,711$84,333

Median home value

$118,200$184,000

Median gross rent

$829$973

Plains

Population

1,2421,190

Median household income

$54,211$74,187

Median home value

$60,700$112,500

Median gross rent

$645$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denver City	Plains
Under 5	1.2%	21.3%
5 to 17	22.7%	14.3%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	7.7%	23.9%
35 to 44	8.1%	4.2%
45 to 54	21.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	8.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.0%
75 and over	5.2%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denver City	Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	27.1%	29.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	72.7%	52.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denver City	Plains
No high school diploma	20.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	31.8%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denver City	Plains
Drove alone	72.6%	91.3%
Carpooled	18.6%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	0.0%
Other means	3.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denver City	Plains
1-unit, detached	84.5%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	30.9%

Poverty & households

	Denver City	Plains
Poverty rate	5.6%	21.7%
Average household size	2.74	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1973	1983