Dimmit County vs San Augustine County

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

Dimmit County and San Augustine 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 7,889 in San Augustine County). San Augustine County has the higher median household income ($46,338 vs $33,409 in Dimmit County). San Augustine County has the higher median home value ($83,500 vs $80,300 in Dimmit County).

Population, income & housing

	Dimmit County	San Augustine County
Population	8,507	7,889
Median age	36.3 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$33,409	$46,338
Median home value	$80,300	$83,500
Median gross rent	$753	$741
Housing units	4,012	4,799
Homeownership rate	60.8%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dimmit County	San Augustine County
Population	10,438 → 8,507 (-18.5%)	8,286 → 7,889 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$27,161 → $33,409 (+23.0%)	$40,353 → $46,338 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$72,800 → $80,300 (+10.3%)	$88,000 → $83,500 (-5.1%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $753 (+4.0%)	$656 → $741 (+13.0%)

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

San Augustine County

Population

8,2867,889

Median household income

$40,353$46,338

Median home value

$88,000$83,500

Median gross rent

$656$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dimmit County	San Augustine County
Under 5	7.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	21.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	10.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	17.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	7.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	15.1%
75 and over	6.4%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dimmit County	San Augustine County
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	68.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	87.0%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dimmit County	San Augustine County
No high school diploma	25.6%	18.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dimmit County	San Augustine County
Drove alone	83.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.2%
Worked from home	5.6%	5.9%
Other means	0.8%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dimmit County	San Augustine County
1-unit, detached	58.2%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	35.0%

Poverty & households

	Dimmit County	San Augustine County
Poverty rate	44.8%	27.5%
Average household size	2.78	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1983	1985