Coke County vs Hemphill County

A side-by-side comparison of Coke County and Hemphill County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coke County has the higher population (3,315 vs 3,311 in Hemphill County). Hemphill County has the higher median household income ($72,052 vs $46,431 in Coke County). Hemphill County has the higher median home value ($214,900 vs $112,900 in Coke County).

Population, income & housing

	Coke County	Hemphill County
Population	3,315	3,311
Median age	47.2 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,431	$72,052
Median home value	$112,900	$214,900
Median gross rent	$687	$946
Housing units	2,147	1,694
Homeownership rate	70.6%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coke County	Hemphill County
Population	3,303 → 3,315 (+0.4%)	3,994 → 3,311 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $46,431 (+3.2%)	$70,625 → $72,052 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$69,100 → $112,900 (+63.4%)	$151,700 → $214,900 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $687 (+11.0%)	$823 → $946 (+14.9%)

Coke County

Population

3,3033,315

Median household income

$45,000$46,431

Median home value

$69,100$112,900

Median gross rent

$619$687

Hemphill County

Population

3,9943,311

Median household income

$70,625$72,052

Median home value

$151,700$214,900

Median gross rent

$823$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coke County	Hemphill County
Under 5	4.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	4.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	14.7%	12.5%
75 and over	12.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coke County	Hemphill County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.4%	63.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coke County	Hemphill County
No high school diploma	12.2%	15.5%
High school graduate	34.9%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coke County	Hemphill County
Drove alone	79.7%	76.1%
Carpooled	12.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	5.3%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coke County	Hemphill County
1-unit, detached	68.8%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Coke County	Hemphill County
Poverty rate	14.1%	3.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1976	1980