Donley County vs Upton County

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

Donley County and Upton 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 3,227 in Upton County). Donley County has the higher median household income ($56,648 vs $52,321 in Upton County). Upton County has the higher median home value ($106,300 vs $90,500 in Donley County).

Population, income & housing

	Donley County	Upton County
Population	3,276	3,227
Median age	45.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,648	$52,321
Median home value	$90,500	$106,300
Median gross rent	$686	$689
Housing units	1,950	1,629
Homeownership rate	75.4%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donley County	Upton County
Population	3,342 → 3,276 (-2.0%)	3,659 → 3,227 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$42,961 → $56,648 (+31.9%)	$52,171 → $52,321 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$68,700 → $90,500 (+31.7%)	$66,900 → $106,300 (+58.9%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $686 (+3.3%)	$717 → $689 (-3.9%)

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

Upton County

Population

3,6593,227

Median household income

$52,171$52,321

Median home value

$66,900$106,300

Median gross rent

$717$689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donley County	Upton County
Under 5	3.8%	2.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	14.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	7.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	16.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	14.8%	12.4%
75 and over	12.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donley County	Upton County
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	41.6%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	2.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	56.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donley County	Upton County
No high school diploma	16.5%	18.5%
High school graduate	32.7%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donley County	Upton County
Drove alone	68.3%	83.8%
Carpooled	18.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donley County	Upton County
1-unit, detached	76.3%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Donley County	Upton County
Poverty rate	8.3%	17.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	16	26
Median year structure built	1971	1965