Brooks County vs Goliad County

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

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

Goliad County has the higher population (7,096 vs 6,987 in Brooks County). Goliad County has the higher median household income ($59,556 vs $31,310 in Brooks County). Goliad County has the higher median home value ($182,800 vs $82,700 in Brooks County).

Population, income & housing

	Brooks County	Goliad County
Population	6,987	7,096
Median age	38.1 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$31,310	$59,556
Median home value	$82,700	$182,800
Median gross rent	$487	$724
Housing units	3,856	3,541
Homeownership rate	53.2%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooks County	Goliad County
Population	7,141 → 6,987 (-2.2%)	7,565 → 7,096 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$28,333 → $31,310 (+10.5%)	$60,690 → $59,556 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $82,700 (+22.0%)	$137,800 → $182,800 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $487 (-20.3%)	$629 → $724 (+15.1%)

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

Goliad County

Population

7,5657,096

Median household income

$60,690$59,556

Median home value

$137,800$182,800

Median gross rent

$629$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooks County	Goliad County
Under 5	3.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	19.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	14.2%
75 and over	8.6%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooks County	Goliad County
White (non-Hispanic)	8.2%	60.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	90.0%	32.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooks County	Goliad County
No high school diploma	32.6%	16.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooks County	Goliad County
Drove alone	87.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooks County	Goliad County
1-unit, detached	75.9%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.8%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Brooks County	Goliad County
Poverty rate	30.7%	9.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	15	32
Median year structure built	1970	1986