Jim Hogg County vs Wheeler County

A side-by-side comparison of Jim Hogg County and Wheeler County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wheeler County has the higher population (4,902 vs 4,797 in Jim Hogg County). Wheeler County has the higher median household income ($67,964 vs $42,230 in Jim Hogg County). Jim Hogg County has the higher median home value ($125,600 vs $97,600 in Wheeler County).

Population, income & housing

	Jim Hogg County	Wheeler County
Population	4,797	4,902
Median age	25.0 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,230	$67,964
Median home value	$125,600	$97,600
Median gross rent	$820	$995
Housing units	1,931	2,595
Homeownership rate	61.5%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jim Hogg County	Wheeler County
Population	5,231 → 4,797 (-8.3%)	5,338 → 4,902 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$33,382 → $42,230 (+26.5%)	$49,315 → $67,964 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $125,600 (+93.2%)	$84,000 → $97,600 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $820 (+40.4%)	$705 → $995 (+41.1%)

Jim Hogg County

Population

5,2314,797

Median household income

$33,382$42,230

Median home value

$65,000$125,600

Median gross rent

$584$820

Wheeler County

Population

5,3384,902

Median household income

$49,315$67,964

Median home value

$84,000$97,600

Median gross rent

$705$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jim Hogg County	Wheeler County
Under 5	20.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.1%	19.6%
18 to 24	15.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	5.7%	12.2%
75 and over	2.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jim Hogg County	Wheeler County
White (non-Hispanic)	21.3%	69.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	78.3%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jim Hogg County	Wheeler County
No high school diploma	21.2%	12.4%
High school graduate	40.9%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jim Hogg County	Wheeler County
Drove alone	72.4%	76.6%
Carpooled	21.7%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.2%
Other means	0.4%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jim Hogg County	Wheeler County
1-unit, detached	78.7%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	2.1%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Jim Hogg County	Wheeler County
Poverty rate	31.4%	14.2%
Average household size	3.88	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1975	1961