Brewster County vs Parmer County

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

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

Parmer County has the higher population (9,752 vs 9,464 in Brewster County). Parmer County has the higher median household income ($68,164 vs $52,612 in Brewster County). Brewster County has the higher median home value ($216,000 vs $127,300 in Parmer County).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster County	Parmer County
Population	9,464	9,752
Median age	42.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,612	$68,164
Median home value	$216,000	$127,300
Median gross rent	$768	$1,015
Housing units	5,955	3,753
Homeownership rate	57.2%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster County	Parmer County
Population	9,231 → 9,464 (+2.5%)	9,718 → 9,752 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$47,080 → $52,612 (+11.8%)	$55,359 → $68,164 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $216,000 (+42.7%)	$97,600 → $127,300 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $768 (+9.2%)	$717 → $1,015 (+41.6%)

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

Parmer County

Population

9,7189,752

Median household income

$55,359$68,164

Median home value

$97,600$127,300

Median gross rent

$717$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster County	Parmer County
Under 5	4.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	20.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	15.8%	9.8%
75 and over	9.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster County	Parmer County
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	31.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	42.1%	66.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster County	Parmer County
No high school diploma	10.0%	27.3%
High school graduate	17.0%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster County	Parmer County
Drove alone	70.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	13.5%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	2.3%
Other means	3.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster County	Parmer County
1-unit, detached	70.2%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	4.8%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Brewster County	Parmer County
Poverty rate	8.4%	9.6%
Average household size	1.84	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1981	1970