Parmer County vs Sabine County

A side-by-side comparison of Parmer County and Sabine County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sabine County has the higher population (9,998 vs 9,752 in Parmer County). Parmer County has the higher median household income ($68,164 vs $59,924 in Sabine County). Sabine County has the higher median home value ($131,900 vs $127,300 in Parmer County).

Population, income & housing

	Parmer County	Sabine County
Population	9,752	9,998
Median age	36.2 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,164	$59,924
Median home value	$127,300	$131,900
Median gross rent	$1,015	$738
Housing units	3,753	7,665
Homeownership rate	68.4%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parmer County	Sabine County
Population	9,718 → 9,752 (+0.3%)	10,471 → 9,998 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$55,359 → $68,164 (+23.1%)	$34,992 → $59,924 (+71.3%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $127,300 (+30.4%)	$116,300 → $131,900 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,015 (+41.6%)	$566 → $738 (+30.4%)

Parmer County

Population

9,7189,752

Median household income

$55,359$68,164

Median home value

$97,600$127,300

Median gross rent

$717$1,015

Sabine County

Population

10,4719,998

Median household income

$34,992$59,924

Median home value

$116,300$131,900

Median gross rent

$566$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parmer County	Sabine County
Under 5	7.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.9%	12.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	18.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	16.7%
75 and over	5.2%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parmer County	Sabine County
White (non-Hispanic)	31.0%	84.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	66.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parmer County	Sabine County
No high school diploma	27.3%	12.7%
High school graduate	28.1%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parmer County	Sabine County
Drove alone	82.1%	76.2%
Carpooled	13.7%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	5.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parmer County	Sabine County
1-unit, detached	83.6%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	37.2%

Poverty & households

	Parmer County	Sabine County
Poverty rate	9.6%	14.3%
Average household size	3.04	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1970	1990