Parmer County vs Somervell County

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

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

Parmer County has the higher population (9,752 vs 9,510 in Somervell County). Somervell County has the higher median household income ($83,382 vs $68,164 in Parmer County). Somervell County has the higher median home value ($253,600 vs $127,300 in Parmer County).

Population, income & housing

	Parmer County	Somervell County
Population	9,752	9,510
Median age	36.2 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,164	$83,382
Median home value	$127,300	$253,600
Median gross rent	$1,015	$927
Housing units	3,753	3,967
Homeownership rate	68.4%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parmer County	Somervell County
Population	9,718 → 9,752 (+0.3%)	8,860 → 9,510 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$55,359 → $68,164 (+23.1%)	$60,632 → $83,382 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $127,300 (+30.4%)	$219,000 → $253,600 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $1,015 (+41.6%)	$869 → $927 (+6.7%)

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

Somervell County

Population

8,8609,510

Median household income

$60,632$83,382

Median home value

$219,000$253,600

Median gross rent

$869$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parmer County	Somervell County
Under 5	7.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	20.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.5%
75 and over	5.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parmer County	Somervell County
White (non-Hispanic)	31.0%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	66.1%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parmer County	Somervell County
No high school diploma	27.3%	8.7%
High school graduate	28.1%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parmer County	Somervell County
Drove alone	82.1%	73.4%
Carpooled	13.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	11.6%
Other means	1.5%	5.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parmer County	Somervell County
1-unit, detached	83.6%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Parmer County	Somervell County
Poverty rate	9.6%	6.5%
Average household size	3.04	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	18	32
Median year structure built	1970	1996