Brooks County vs La Salle County

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

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

Brooks County has the higher population (6,987 vs 6,946 in La Salle County). La Salle County has the higher median household income ($55,469 vs $31,310 in Brooks County). La Salle County has the higher median home value ($101,000 vs $82,700 in Brooks County).

Population, income & housing

	Brooks County	La Salle County
Population	6,987	6,946
Median age	38.1 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$31,310	$55,469
Median home value	$82,700	$101,000
Median gross rent	$487	—
Housing units	3,856	2,307
Homeownership rate	53.2%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooks County	La Salle County
Population	7,141 → 6,987 (-2.2%)	7,416 → 6,946 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$28,333 → $31,310 (+10.5%)	$50,151 → $55,469 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $82,700 (+22.0%)	$82,300 → $101,000 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $487 (-20.3%)	$636 → $851 (+33.8%)

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

La Salle County

Population

7,4166,946

Median household income

$50,151$55,469

Median home value

$82,300$101,000

Median gross rent

$636$851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooks County	La Salle County
Under 5	3.1%	2.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	12.0%
25 to 34	19.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	6.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.2%
75 and over	8.6%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooks County	La Salle County
White (non-Hispanic)	8.2%	13.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	90.0%	81.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooks County	La Salle County
No high school diploma	32.6%	36.1%
High school graduate	31.6%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	13.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooks County	La Salle County
Drove alone	87.9%	79.7%
Carpooled	10.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooks County	La Salle County
1-unit, detached	75.9%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	8.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Brooks County	La Salle County
Poverty rate	30.7%	22.0%
Average household size	2.27	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1970	1981