Brewster County vs Somervell County

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

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

Somervell County has the higher population (9,510 vs 9,464 in Brewster County). Somervell County has the higher median household income ($83,382 vs $52,612 in Brewster County). Somervell County has the higher median home value ($253,600 vs $216,000 in Brewster County).

Population, income & housing

	Brewster County	Somervell County
Population	9,464	9,510
Median age	42.2 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,612	$83,382
Median home value	$216,000	$253,600
Median gross rent	$768	$927
Housing units	5,955	3,967
Homeownership rate	57.2%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewster County	Somervell County
Population	9,231 → 9,464 (+2.5%)	8,860 → 9,510 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$47,080 → $52,612 (+11.8%)	$60,632 → $83,382 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$151,400 → $216,000 (+42.7%)	$219,000 → $253,600 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $768 (+9.2%)	$869 → $927 (+6.7%)

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

Somervell County

Population

8,8609,510

Median household income

$60,632$83,382

Median home value

$219,000$253,600

Median gross rent

$869$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewster County	Somervell County
Under 5	4.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	15.3%
65 to 74	15.8%	11.5%
75 and over	9.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewster County	Somervell County
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	42.1%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewster County	Somervell County
No high school diploma	10.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	17.0%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewster County	Somervell County
Drove alone	70.5%	73.4%
Carpooled	13.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	11.6%
Other means	3.5%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewster County	Somervell County
1-unit, detached	70.2%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	4.3%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Brewster County	Somervell County
Poverty rate	8.4%	6.5%
Average household size	1.84	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	17	32
Median year structure built	1981	1996