Borden County vs Terrell County

A side-by-side comparison of Borden County and Terrell County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Terrell County has the higher population (851 vs 723 in Borden County). Borden County has the higher median household income ($64,250 vs $46,989 in Terrell County). Terrell County has the higher median home value ($152,200 vs $105,400 in Borden County).

Population, income & housing

	Borden County	Terrell County
Population	723	851
Median age	30.0 yrs	60.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,250	$46,989
Median home value	$105,400	$152,200
Housing units	352	663
Homeownership rate	63.6%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Borden County	Terrell County
Population	613 → 723 (+17.9%)	896 → 851 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$72,188 → $64,250 (-11.0%)	$43,208 → $46,989 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$153,300 → $105,400 (-31.2%)	$76,400 → $152,200 (+99.2%)

Borden County

Population

613723

Median household income

$72,188$64,250

Median home value

$153,300$105,400

Terrell County

Population

896851

Median household income

$43,208$46,989

Median home value

$76,400$152,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Borden County	Terrell County
Under 5	8.6%	0.7%
5 to 17	24.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	2.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	7.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.6%
55 to 64	10.4%	27.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	22.8%
75 and over	5.9%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Borden County	Terrell County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	57.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	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	3.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	42.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Borden County	Terrell County
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	30.9%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Borden County	Terrell County
Drove alone	86.8%	73.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	7.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Borden County	Terrell County
1-unit, detached	86.6%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Borden County	Terrell County
Poverty rate	4.8%	8.2%
Average household size	3.03	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	14	12
Median year structure built	1970	1948