Cottle County vs Irion County

A side-by-side comparison of Cottle County and Irion County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Irion County has the higher population (1,432 vs 1,302 in Cottle County). Cottle County has the higher median household income ($58,819 vs $58,125 in Irion County). Irion County has the higher median home value ($152,600 vs $54,100 in Cottle County).

Population, income & housing

	Cottle County	Irion County
Population	1,302	1,432
Median age	44.3 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,819	$58,125
Median home value	$54,100	$152,600
Median gross rent	$323	$1,028
Housing units	972	795
Homeownership rate	78.6%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cottle County	Irion County
Population	1,642 → 1,302 (-20.7%)	1,620 → 1,432 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$32,305 → $58,819 (+82.1%)	$47,500 → $58,125 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$46,600 → $54,100 (+16.1%)	$118,300 → $152,600 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$340 → $323 (-5.0%)	$1,031 → $1,028 (-0.3%)

Cottle County

Population

1,6421,302

Median household income

$32,305$58,819

Median home value

$46,600$54,100

Median gross rent

$340$323

Irion County

Population

1,6201,432

Median household income

$47,500$58,125

Median home value

$118,300$152,600

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cottle County	Irion County
Under 5	4.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	1.5%
25 to 34	4.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	19.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	20.4%
65 to 74	17.2%	13.7%
75 and over	8.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cottle County	Irion County
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	69.0%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	26.0%	29.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cottle County	Irion County
No high school diploma	20.4%	10.8%
High school graduate	24.8%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cottle County	Irion County
Drove alone	55.8%	84.6%
Carpooled	14.8%	0.0%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	6.6%
Bicycle	2.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.0%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cottle County	Irion County
1-unit, detached	86.4%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Cottle County	Irion County
Poverty rate	22.8%	7.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1958	1980