Atascosa County vs Chambers County

A side-by-side comparison of Atascosa County and Chambers County: population, income, housing, and more.

Atascosa County and Chambers County are counties in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Atascosa County has the higher population (50,058 vs 49,178 in Chambers County). Chambers County has the higher median household income ($108,114 vs $69,413 in Atascosa County). Chambers County has the higher median home value ($289,900 vs $157,400 in Atascosa County).

Population, income & housing

	Atascosa County	Chambers County
Population	50,058	49,178
Median age	36.1 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,413	$108,114
Median home value	$157,400	$289,900
Median gross rent	$997	$1,548
Housing units	19,005	18,144
Homeownership rate	77.4%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atascosa County	Chambers County
Population	49,528 → 50,058 (+1.1%)	41,305 → 49,178 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$55,366 → $69,413 (+25.4%)	$91,141 → $108,114 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $157,400 (+60.8%)	$200,400 → $289,900 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$878 → $997 (+13.6%)	$918 → $1,548 (+68.6%)

Atascosa County

Population

49,52850,058

Median household income

$55,366$69,413

Median home value

$97,900$157,400

Median gross rent

$878$997

Chambers County

Population

41,30549,178

Median household income

$91,141$108,114

Median home value

$200,400$289,900

Median gross rent

$918$1,548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atascosa County	Chambers County
Under 5	6.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.7%
75 and over	6.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atascosa County	Chambers County
White (non-Hispanic)	31.8%	63.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	64.7%	25.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atascosa County	Chambers County
No high school diploma	19.1%	10.5%
High school graduate	38.7%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atascosa County	Chambers County
Drove alone	74.6%	80.3%
Carpooled	13.2%	12.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	5.4%
Other means	3.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atascosa County	Chambers County
1-unit, detached	59.0%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Atascosa County	Chambers County
Poverty rate	16.1%	13.1%
Average household size	2.98	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1993	2001