Brooks County vs Swisher County

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

Brooks County and Swisher 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 6,981 in Swisher County). Swisher County has the higher median household income ($39,031 vs $31,310 in Brooks County). Swisher County has the higher median home value ($89,200 vs $82,700 in Brooks County).

Population, income & housing

	Brooks County	Swisher County
Population	6,987	6,981
Median age	38.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$31,310	$39,031
Median home value	$82,700	$89,200
Median gross rent	$487	$729
Housing units	3,856	3,038
Homeownership rate	53.2%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brooks County	Swisher County
Population	7,141 → 6,987 (-2.2%)	7,432 → 6,981 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$28,333 → $31,310 (+10.5%)	$39,771 → $39,031 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $82,700 (+22.0%)	$80,600 → $89,200 (+10.7%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $487 (-20.3%)	$752 → $729 (-3.1%)

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

Swisher County

Population

7,4326,981

Median household income

$39,771$39,031

Median home value

$80,600$89,200

Median gross rent

$752$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brooks County	Swisher County
Under 5	3.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	11.5%
25 to 34	19.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.1%
75 and over	8.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brooks County	Swisher County
White (non-Hispanic)	8.2%	41.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	90.0%	45.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brooks County	Swisher County
No high school diploma	32.6%	19.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brooks County	Swisher County
Drove alone	87.9%	79.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brooks County	Swisher County
1-unit, detached	75.9%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Brooks County	Swisher County
Poverty rate	30.7%	29.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	1970	1960