Duval County vs Parmer County

A side-by-side comparison of Duval County and Parmer County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Duval County has the higher population (9,824 vs 9,752 in Parmer County). Parmer County has the higher median household income ($68,164 vs $50,081 in Duval County). Parmer County has the higher median home value ($127,300 vs $86,400 in Duval County).

Population, income & housing

	Duval County	Parmer County
Population	9,824	9,752
Median age	35.9 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,081	$68,164
Median home value	$86,400	$127,300
Median gross rent	$737	$1,015
Housing units	4,430	3,753
Homeownership rate	71.0%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.0%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duval County	Parmer County
Population	11,268 → 9,824 (-12.8%)	9,718 → 9,752 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$41,186 → $50,081 (+21.6%)	$55,359 → $68,164 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$49,400 → $86,400 (+74.9%)	$97,600 → $127,300 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $737 (+21.8%)	$717 → $1,015 (+41.6%)

Duval County

Population

11,2689,824

Median household income

$41,186$50,081

Median home value

$49,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$605$737

Parmer County

Population

9,7189,752

Median household income

$55,359$68,164

Median home value

$97,600$127,300

Median gross rent

$717$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duval County	Parmer County
Under 5	6.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	19.6%	20.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.8%
75 and over	7.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duval County	Parmer County
White (non-Hispanic)	16.7%	31.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	81.8%	66.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duval County	Parmer County
No high school diploma	26.4%	27.3%
High school graduate	34.9%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duval County	Parmer County
Drove alone	70.3%	82.1%
Carpooled	17.8%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	2.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duval County	Parmer County
1-unit, detached	84.2%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Duval County	Parmer County
Poverty rate	29.0%	9.6%
Average household size	3.09	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1977	1970