Dimmit County vs Hamilton County

A side-by-side comparison of Dimmit County and Hamilton County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dimmit County has the higher population (8,507 vs 8,320 in Hamilton County). Hamilton County has the higher median household income ($55,339 vs $33,409 in Dimmit County). Hamilton County has the higher median home value ($124,800 vs $80,300 in Dimmit County).

Population, income & housing

	Dimmit County	Hamilton County
Population	8,507	8,320
Median age	36.3 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$33,409	$55,339
Median home value	$80,300	$124,800
Median gross rent	$753	$847
Housing units	4,012	4,356
Homeownership rate	60.8%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dimmit County	Hamilton County
Population	10,438 → 8,507 (-18.5%)	8,332 → 8,320 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$27,161 → $33,409 (+23.0%)	$50,825 → $55,339 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$72,800 → $80,300 (+10.3%)	$130,800 → $124,800 (-4.6%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $753 (+4.0%)	$678 → $847 (+24.9%)

Dimmit County

Population

10,4388,507

Median household income

$27,161$33,409

Median home value

$72,800$80,300

Median gross rent

$724$753

Hamilton County

Population

8,3328,320

Median household income

$50,825$55,339

Median home value

$130,800$124,800

Median gross rent

$678$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dimmit County	Hamilton County
Under 5	7.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	17.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.3%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.9%
75 and over	6.4%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dimmit County	Hamilton County
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	87.0%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dimmit County	Hamilton County
No high school diploma	25.6%	11.7%
High school graduate	36.1%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dimmit County	Hamilton County
Drove alone	83.0%	81.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	5.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dimmit County	Hamilton County
1-unit, detached	58.2%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	1.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Dimmit County	Hamilton County
Poverty rate	44.8%	18.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1983	1967