Donley County vs Hemphill County

A side-by-side comparison of Donley County and Hemphill County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hemphill County has the higher population (3,311 vs 3,276 in Donley County). Hemphill County has the higher median household income ($72,052 vs $56,648 in Donley County). Hemphill County has the higher median home value ($214,900 vs $90,500 in Donley County).

Population, income & housing

	Donley County	Hemphill County
Population	3,276	3,311
Median age	45.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,648	$72,052
Median home value	$90,500	$214,900
Median gross rent	$686	$946
Housing units	1,950	1,694
Homeownership rate	75.4%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donley County	Hemphill County
Population	3,342 → 3,276 (-2.0%)	3,994 → 3,311 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$42,961 → $56,648 (+31.9%)	$70,625 → $72,052 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$68,700 → $90,500 (+31.7%)	$151,700 → $214,900 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $686 (+3.3%)	$823 → $946 (+14.9%)

Donley County

Population

3,3423,276

Median household income

$42,961$56,648

Median home value

$68,700$90,500

Median gross rent

$664$686

Hemphill County

Population

3,9943,311

Median household income

$70,625$72,052

Median home value

$151,700$214,900

Median gross rent

$823$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donley County	Hemphill County
Under 5	3.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	14.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	7.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	14.8%	12.5%
75 and over	12.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donley County	Hemphill County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	63.2%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donley County	Hemphill County
No high school diploma	16.5%	15.5%
High school graduate	32.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donley County	Hemphill County
Drove alone	68.3%	76.1%
Carpooled	18.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.1%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donley County	Hemphill County
1-unit, detached	76.3%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Donley County	Hemphill County
Poverty rate	8.3%	3.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1971	1980