Dickens County vs Irion County

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

Dickens 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.

Dickens County has the higher population (1,641 vs 1,432 in Irion County). Irion County has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $50,417 in Dickens County). Irion County has the higher median home value ($152,600 vs $65,000 in Dickens County).

Population, income & housing

	Dickens County	Irion County
Population	1,641	1,432
Median age	45.7 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,417	$58,125
Median home value	$65,000	$152,600
Median gross rent	$753	$1,028
Housing units	1,107	795
Homeownership rate	81.4%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dickens County	Irion County
Population	2,203 → 1,641 (-25.5%)	1,620 → 1,432 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$42,540 → $50,417 (+18.5%)	$47,500 → $58,125 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$51,100 → $65,000 (+27.2%)	$118,300 → $152,600 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$509 → $753 (+47.9%)	$1,031 → $1,028 (-0.3%)

Dickens County

Population

2,2031,641

Median household income

$42,540$50,417

Median home value

$51,100$65,000

Median gross rent

$509$753

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)

	Dickens County	Irion County
Under 5	6.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	1.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	20.4%
65 to 74	14.1%	13.7%
75 and over	10.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dickens County	Irion County
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	69.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	34.0%	29.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dickens County	Irion County
No high school diploma	15.0%	10.8%
High school graduate	35.6%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dickens County	Irion County
Drove alone	75.5%	84.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	7.6%
Other means	4.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dickens County	Irion County
1-unit, detached	93.9%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Dickens County	Irion County
Poverty rate	14.5%	7.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1963	1980