Coleman County vs Yoakum County

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

Coleman County and Yoakum 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 7,589 in Yoakum County). Yoakum County has the higher median household income ($82,261 vs $52,364 in Coleman County). Yoakum County has the higher median home value ($183,000 vs $91,200 in Coleman County).

Population, income & housing

	Coleman County	Yoakum County
Population	7,765	7,589
Median age	48.5 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,364	$82,261
Median home value	$91,200	$183,000
Median gross rent	$714	$931
Housing units	4,902	3,015
Homeownership rate	76.9%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coleman County	Yoakum County
Population	8,334 → 7,765 (-6.8%)	8,631 → 7,589 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$46,743 → $52,364 (+12.0%)	$70,005 → $82,261 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$76,500 → $91,200 (+19.2%)	$116,400 → $183,000 (+57.2%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $714 (-1.5%)	$820 → $931 (+13.5%)

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

Yoakum County

Population

8,6317,589

Median household income

$70,005$82,261

Median home value

$116,400$183,000

Median gross rent

$820$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coleman County	Yoakum County
Under 5	3.7%	9.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	23.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	14.8%	6.8%
75 and over	11.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coleman County	Yoakum County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	31.5%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.1%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	65.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coleman County	Yoakum County
No high school diploma	11.4%	24.3%
High school graduate	33.4%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coleman County	Yoakum County
Drove alone	75.8%	76.4%
Carpooled	16.2%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	2.2%
Other means	0.4%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coleman County	Yoakum County
1-unit, detached	78.2%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Coleman County	Yoakum County
Poverty rate	15.0%	12.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	37	26
Median year structure built	1967	1975