Brooks County vs Dallam County

A side-by-side comparison of Brooks County and Dallam County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dallam County has the higher population (7,180 vs 6,987 in Brooks County). Dallam County has the higher median household income ($72,332 vs $31,310 in Brooks County). Dallam County has the higher median home value ($140,500 vs $82,700 in Brooks County).

Population, income & housing

	Brooks County	Dallam County
Population	6,987	7,180
Median age	38.1 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,310	$72,332
Median home value	$82,700	$140,500
Median gross rent	$487	$1,074
Housing units	3,856	3,053
Homeownership rate	53.2%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooks County	Dallam County
Population	7,141 → 6,987 (-2.2%)	7,304 → 7,180 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$28,333 → $31,310 (+10.5%)	$58,811 → $72,332 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $82,700 (+22.0%)	$89,200 → $140,500 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $487 (-20.3%)	$770 → $1,074 (+39.5%)

Brooks County

Population

7,1416,987

Median household income

$28,333$31,310

Median home value

$67,800$82,700

Median gross rent

$611$487

Dallam County

Population

7,3047,180

Median household income

$58,811$72,332

Median home value

$89,200$140,500

Median gross rent

$770$1,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooks County	Dallam County
Under 5	3.1%	9.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	22.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	19.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	6.4%
75 and over	8.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooks County	Dallam County
White (non-Hispanic)	8.2%	42.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	90.0%	52.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooks County	Dallam County
No high school diploma	32.6%	19.3%
High school graduate	31.6%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooks County	Dallam County
Drove alone	87.9%	82.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooks County	Dallam County
1-unit, detached	75.9%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	7.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	11.0%

Poverty & households

	Brooks County	Dallam County
Poverty rate	30.7%	10.0%
Average household size	2.27	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1970	1976