Dimmit County vs Mitchell County

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

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

Mitchell County has the higher population (8,989 vs 8,507 in Dimmit County). Mitchell County has the higher median household income ($56,033 vs $33,409 in Dimmit County). Mitchell County has the higher median home value ($85,700 vs $80,300 in Dimmit County).

Population, income & housing

	Dimmit County	Mitchell County
Population	8,507	8,989
Median age	36.3 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,409	$56,033
Median home value	$80,300	$85,700
Median gross rent	$753	$481
Housing units	4,012	3,697
Homeownership rate	60.8%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dimmit County	Mitchell County
Population	10,438 → 8,507 (-18.5%)	8,523 → 8,989 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$27,161 → $33,409 (+23.0%)	$51,492 → $56,033 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$72,800 → $80,300 (+10.3%)	$69,000 → $85,700 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $753 (+4.0%)	$670 → $481 (-28.2%)

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

Mitchell County

Population

8,5238,989

Median household income

$51,492$56,033

Median home value

$69,000$85,700

Median gross rent

$670$481

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dimmit County	Mitchell County
Under 5	7.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	13.8%
25 to 34	8.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	17.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.4%
75 and over	6.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dimmit County	Mitchell County
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	46.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	87.0%	38.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dimmit County	Mitchell County
No high school diploma	25.6%	16.7%
High school graduate	36.1%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dimmit County	Mitchell County
Drove alone	83.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	4.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	2.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dimmit County	Mitchell County
1-unit, detached	58.2%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Dimmit County	Mitchell County
Poverty rate	44.8%	13.2%
Average household size	2.78	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1983	1958