Loving County vs McMullen County

A side-by-side comparison of Loving County and McMullen County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

McMullen County has the higher population (623 vs 54 in Loving County). Loving County has the higher median household income ($51,087 vs $45,833 in McMullen County). Since 2019, McMullen County's population has grown faster (-19.5% vs -44.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Loving County	McMullen County
Population	54	623
Median age	68.9 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,087	$45,833
Median home value	—	$108,800
Housing units	47	326
Homeownership rate	11.1%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loving County	McMullen County
Population	98 → 54 (-44.9%)	774 → 623 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $51,087 (-39.0%)	$62,000 → $45,833 (-26.1%)
Median home value	—	$110,900 → $108,800 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$826 → $732 (-11.4%)

Loving County

Population

9854

Median household income

$83,750$51,087

McMullen County

Population

774623

Median household income

$62,000$45,833

Median home value

$110,900$108,800

Median gross rent

$826$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loving County	McMullen County
Under 5	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	29.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	5.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.8%
55 to 64	22.2%	7.9%
65 to 74	27.8%	11.4%
75 and over	46.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loving County	McMullen County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	44.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	9.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	54.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loving County	McMullen County
No high school diploma	5.8%	11.6%
High school graduate	21.2%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	73.1%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loving County	McMullen County
Drove alone	70.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.7%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loving County	McMullen County
1-unit, detached	63.8%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.5%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Loving County	McMullen County
Poverty rate	9.3%	9.1%
Average household size	1.50	3.71
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1958	1989