Garza County vs Lynn County

A side-by-side comparison of Garza County and Lynn County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lynn County has the higher population (5,667 vs 5,435 in Garza County). Lynn County has the higher median household income ($57,411 vs $50,545 in Garza County). Lynn County has the higher median home value ($130,800 vs $79,300 in Garza County).

Population, income & housing

	Garza County	Lynn County
Population	5,435	5,667
Median age	38.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,545	$57,411
Median home value	$79,300	$130,800
Median gross rent	$797	$933
Housing units	2,094	2,527
Homeownership rate	68.5%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garza County	Lynn County
Population	6,070 → 5,435 (-10.5%)	5,830 → 5,667 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$49,627 → $50,545 (+1.8%)	$43,382 → $57,411 (+32.3%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $79,300 (+0.6%)	$84,000 → $130,800 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $797 (+2.8%)	$748 → $933 (+24.7%)

Garza County

Population

6,0705,435

Median household income

$49,627$50,545

Median home value

$78,800$79,300

Median gross rent

$775$797

Lynn County

Population

5,8305,667

Median household income

$43,382$57,411

Median home value

$84,000$130,800

Median gross rent

$748$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garza County	Lynn County
Under 5	5.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	21.2%
18 to 24	12.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.0%
75 and over	8.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garza County	Lynn County
White (non-Hispanic)	37.2%	54.4%
Black or African American	10.3%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	50.0%	41.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garza County	Lynn County
No high school diploma	31.9%	17.2%
High school graduate	33.0%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garza County	Lynn County
Drove alone	88.0%	79.6%
Carpooled	10.1%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.2%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garza County	Lynn County
1-unit, detached	80.4%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Garza County	Lynn County
Poverty rate	14.0%	17.5%
Average household size	2.90	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1971	1965