Dickens County vs Throckmorton County

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

Dickens County and Throckmorton 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 1,589 in Throckmorton County). Throckmorton County has the higher median household income ($58,864 vs $50,417 in Dickens County). Throckmorton County has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $65,000 in Dickens County).

Population, income & housing

	Dickens County	Throckmorton County
Population	1,641	1,589
Median age	45.7 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,417	$58,864
Median home value	$65,000	$84,200
Median gross rent	$753	$548
Housing units	1,107	960
Homeownership rate	81.4%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dickens County	Throckmorton County
Population	2,203 → 1,641 (-25.5%)	1,436 → 1,589 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$42,540 → $50,417 (+18.5%)	$40,000 → $58,864 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$51,100 → $65,000 (+27.2%)	$56,300 → $84,200 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$509 → $753 (+47.9%)	$429 → $548 (+27.7%)

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

Throckmorton County

Population

1,4361,589

Median household income

$40,000$58,864

Median home value

$56,300$84,200

Median gross rent

$429$548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dickens County	Throckmorton County
Under 5	6.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	14.1%	9.7%
75 and over	10.3%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dickens County	Throckmorton County
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	89.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	34.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dickens County	Throckmorton County
No high school diploma	15.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	35.6%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dickens County	Throckmorton County
Drove alone	75.5%	79.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	4.4%
Other means	4.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dickens County	Throckmorton County
1-unit, detached	93.9%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Dickens County	Throckmorton County
Poverty rate	14.5%	14.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	31	16
Median year structure built	1963	1961