Kimble County vs Wheeler County

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

Kimble 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 4,355 in Kimble County). Wheeler County has the higher median household income ($67,964 vs $65,703 in Kimble County). Kimble County has the higher median home value ($173,100 vs $97,600 in Wheeler County).

Population, income & housing

	Kimble County	Wheeler County
Population	4,355	4,902
Median age	50.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,703	$67,964
Median home value	$173,100	$97,600
Median gross rent	$795	$995
Housing units	2,825	2,595
Homeownership rate	78.6%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kimble County	Wheeler County
Population	4,373 → 4,355 (-0.4%)	5,338 → 4,902 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$43,328 → $65,703 (+51.6%)	$49,315 → $67,964 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$149,700 → $173,100 (+15.6%)	$84,000 → $97,600 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $795 (+8.6%)	$705 → $995 (+41.1%)

Kimble County

Population

4,3734,355

Median household income

$43,328$65,703

Median home value

$149,700$173,100

Median gross rent

$732$795

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)

	Kimble County	Wheeler County
Under 5	4.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.6%	19.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	8.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	19.7%	12.2%
75 and over	11.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kimble County	Wheeler County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	69.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	25.6%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kimble County	Wheeler County
No high school diploma	16.9%	12.4%
High school graduate	29.3%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kimble County	Wheeler County
Drove alone	76.6%	76.6%
Carpooled	18.6%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kimble County	Wheeler County
1-unit, detached	78.7%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Kimble County	Wheeler County
Poverty rate	15.0%	14.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1980	1961