Ector County vs Midland County

A side-by-side comparison of Ector County and Midland County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Midland County has the higher population (171,496 vs 163,206 in Ector County). Midland County has the higher median household income ($93,984 vs $71,031 in Ector County). Midland County has the higher median home value ($293,000 vs $190,500 in Ector County).

Population, income & housing

	Ector County	Midland County
Population	163,206	171,496
Median age	31.3 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,031	$93,984
Median home value	$190,500	$293,000
Median gross rent	$1,284	$1,383
Housing units	67,542	71,565
Homeownership rate	64.4%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ector County	Midland County
Population	160,579 → 163,206 (+1.6%)	168,167 → 171,496 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$62,973 → $71,031 (+12.8%)	$79,421 → $93,984 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $190,500 (+35.6%)	$213,100 → $293,000 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,059 → $1,284 (+21.2%)	$1,274 → $1,383 (+8.6%)

Ector County

Population

160,579163,206

Median household income

$62,973$71,031

Median home value

$140,500$190,500

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,284

Midland County

Population

168,167171,496

Median household income

$79,421$93,984

Median home value

$213,100$293,000

Median gross rent

$1,274$1,383

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ector County	Midland County
Under 5	8.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	21.7%	20.6%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	16.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.1%	6.5%
75 and over	3.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ector County	Midland County
White (non-Hispanic)	30.0%	44.0%
Black or African American	4.7%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	62.3%	44.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ector County	Midland County
No high school diploma	22.4%	13.8%
High school graduate	30.5%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ector County	Midland County
Drove alone	82.4%	79.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	12.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.4%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ector County	Midland County
1-unit, detached	59.3%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	11.6%
20 or more units	6.5%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Ector County	Midland County
Poverty rate	15.3%	10.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1981	1989