Briscoe County vs Cottle County

A side-by-side comparison of Briscoe County and Cottle County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cottle County has the higher population (1,302 vs 1,223 in Briscoe County). Cottle County has the higher median household income ($58,819 vs $41,188 in Briscoe County). Briscoe County has the higher median home value ($82,900 vs $54,100 in Cottle County).

Population, income & housing

	Briscoe County	Cottle County
Population	1,223	1,302
Median age	50.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,188	$58,819
Median home value	$82,900	$54,100
Median gross rent	$692	$323
Housing units	901	972
Homeownership rate	78.2%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Briscoe County	Cottle County
Population	1,457 → 1,223 (-16.1%)	1,642 → 1,302 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$40,227 → $41,188 (+2.4%)	$32,305 → $58,819 (+82.1%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $82,900 (+25.6%)	$46,600 → $54,100 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $692 (+2.5%)	$340 → $323 (-5.0%)

Briscoe County

Population

1,4571,223

Median household income

$40,227$41,188

Median home value

$66,000$82,900

Median gross rent

$675$692

Cottle County

Population

1,6421,302

Median household income

$32,305$58,819

Median home value

$46,600$54,100

Median gross rent

$340$323

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Briscoe County	Cottle County
Under 5	3.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	4.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	19.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	16.1%	17.2%
75 and over	11.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Briscoe County	Cottle County
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	59.1%
Black or African American	3.7%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	26.2%	26.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Briscoe County	Cottle County
No high school diploma	19.5%	20.4%
High school graduate	28.8%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Briscoe County	Cottle County
Drove alone	68.1%	55.8%
Carpooled	17.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	3.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	5.4%	23.0%
Other means	6.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Briscoe County	Cottle County
1-unit, detached	88.2%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Briscoe County	Cottle County
Poverty rate	15.3%	22.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1964	1958