Coleman County vs Winkler County

A side-by-side comparison of Coleman County and Winkler County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coleman County has the higher population (7,765 vs 7,540 in Winkler County). Winkler County has the higher median household income ($91,898 vs $52,364 in Coleman County). Winkler County has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $91,200 in Coleman County).

Population, income & housing

	Coleman County	Winkler County
Population	7,765	7,540
Median age	48.5 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,364	$91,898
Median home value	$91,200	$121,200
Median gross rent	$714	$900
Housing units	4,902	3,209
Homeownership rate	76.9%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coleman County	Winkler County
Population	8,334 → 7,765 (-6.8%)	7,867 → 7,540 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$46,743 → $52,364 (+12.0%)	$60,366 → $91,898 (+52.2%)
Median home value	$76,500 → $91,200 (+19.2%)	$62,700 → $121,200 (+93.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $714 (-1.5%)	$836 → $900 (+7.7%)

Coleman County

Population

8,3347,765

Median household income

$46,743$52,364

Median home value

$76,500$91,200

Median gross rent

$725$714

Winkler County

Population

7,8677,540

Median household income

$60,366$91,898

Median home value

$62,700$121,200

Median gross rent

$836$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coleman County	Winkler County
Under 5	3.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	21.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	8.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	14.8%	9.7%
75 and over	11.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coleman County	Winkler County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	32.5%
Black or African American	3.9%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	61.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coleman County	Winkler County
No high school diploma	11.4%	26.2%
High school graduate	33.4%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coleman County	Winkler County
Drove alone	75.8%	90.1%
Carpooled	16.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.4%
Other means	0.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coleman County	Winkler County
1-unit, detached	78.2%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Coleman County	Winkler County
Poverty rate	15.0%	12.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1967	1967