Donley County vs Kinney County

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

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

Donley County has the higher population (3,276 vs 3,140 in Kinney County). Kinney County has the higher median household income ($66,341 vs $56,648 in Donley County). Donley County has the higher median home value ($90,500 vs $88,500 in Kinney County).

Population, income & housing

	Donley County	Kinney County
Population	3,276	3,140
Median age	45.4 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$56,648	$66,341
Median home value	$90,500	$88,500
Median gross rent	$686	$771
Housing units	1,950	1,548
Homeownership rate	75.4%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donley County	Kinney County
Population	3,342 → 3,276 (-2.0%)	3,659 → 3,140 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$42,961 → $56,648 (+31.9%)	$26,738 → $66,341 (+148.1%)
Median home value	$68,700 → $90,500 (+31.7%)	$68,800 → $88,500 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $686 (+3.3%)	$515 → $771 (+49.7%)

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

Kinney County

Population

3,6593,140

Median household income

$26,738$66,341

Median home value

$68,800$88,500

Median gross rent

$515$771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donley County	Kinney County
Under 5	3.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	5.6%
18 to 24	14.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	15.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	16.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	14.8%	12.6%
75 and over	12.1%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donley County	Kinney County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	44.6%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.3%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	53.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donley County	Kinney County
No high school diploma	16.5%	11.3%
High school graduate	32.7%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donley County	Kinney County
Drove alone	68.3%	81.0%
Carpooled	18.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.7%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donley County	Kinney County
1-unit, detached	76.3%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Donley County	Kinney County
Poverty rate	8.3%	11.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1971	1978