Brewster County vs Mitchell County

A side-by-side comparison of Brewster County and Mitchell County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brewster County has the higher population (9,464 vs 8,989 in Mitchell County). Mitchell County has the higher median household income ($56,033 vs $52,612 in Brewster County). Brewster County has the higher median home value ($216,000 vs $85,700 in Mitchell County).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster County	Mitchell County
Population	9,464	8,989
Median age	42.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,612	$56,033
Median home value	$216,000	$85,700
Median gross rent	$768	$481
Housing units	5,955	3,697
Homeownership rate	57.2%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster County	Mitchell County
Population	9,231 → 9,464 (+2.5%)	8,523 → 8,989 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$47,080 → $52,612 (+11.8%)	$51,492 → $56,033 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $216,000 (+42.7%)	$69,000 → $85,700 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $768 (+9.2%)	$670 → $481 (-28.2%)

Brewster County

Population

9,2319,464

Median household income

$47,080$52,612

Median home value

$151,400$216,000

Median gross rent

$703$768

Mitchell County

Population

8,5238,989

Median household income

$51,492$56,033

Median home value

$69,000$85,700

Median gross rent

$670$481

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster County	Mitchell County
Under 5	4.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	13.8%
25 to 34	16.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	15.8%	8.4%
75 and over	9.5%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster County	Mitchell County
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	46.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	42.1%	38.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster County	Mitchell County
No high school diploma	10.0%	16.7%
High school graduate	17.0%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster County	Mitchell County
Drove alone	70.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	13.5%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	4.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	2.3%
Other means	3.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster County	Mitchell County
1-unit, detached	70.2%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Brewster County	Mitchell County
Poverty rate	8.4%	13.2%
Average household size	1.84	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1981	1958