Brooks County vs Refugio County

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

Brooks County and Refugio 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 6,693 in Refugio County). Refugio County has the higher median household income ($58,016 vs $31,310 in Brooks County). Refugio County has the higher median home value ($94,400 vs $82,700 in Brooks County).

Population, income & housing

	Brooks County	Refugio County
Population	6,987	6,693
Median age	38.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$31,310	$58,016
Median home value	$82,700	$94,400
Median gross rent	$487	$842
Housing units	3,856	3,328
Homeownership rate	53.2%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooks County	Refugio County
Population	7,141 → 6,987 (-2.2%)	7,145 → 6,693 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$28,333 → $31,310 (+10.5%)	$50,076 → $58,016 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $82,700 (+22.0%)	$85,600 → $94,400 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $487 (-20.3%)	$644 → $842 (+30.7%)

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

Refugio County

Population

7,1456,693

Median household income

$50,076$58,016

Median home value

$85,600$94,400

Median gross rent

$644$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooks County	Refugio County
Under 5	3.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	19.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.0%
75 and over	8.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooks County	Refugio County
White (non-Hispanic)	8.2%	41.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	90.0%	50.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooks County	Refugio County
No high school diploma	32.6%	17.4%
High school graduate	31.6%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooks County	Refugio County
Drove alone	87.9%	85.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooks County	Refugio County
1-unit, detached	75.9%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Brooks County	Refugio County
Poverty rate	30.7%	17.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1970	1971