Val Verde County vs Wood County

A side-by-side comparison of Val Verde County and Wood County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Val Verde County has the higher population (47,647 vs 46,094 in Wood County). Wood County has the higher median household income ($62,524 vs $59,673 in Val Verde County). Wood County has the higher median home value ($195,100 vs $151,500 in Val Verde County).

Population, income & housing

	Val Verde County	Wood County
Population	47,647	46,094
Median age	32.3 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,673	$62,524
Median home value	$151,500	$195,100
Median gross rent	$956	$851
Housing units	18,631	22,267
Homeownership rate	66.9%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Val Verde County	Wood County
Population	48,969 → 47,647 (-2.7%)	44,366 → 46,094 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$46,147 → $59,673 (+29.3%)	$53,394 → $62,524 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$103,400 → $151,500 (+46.5%)	$137,500 → $195,100 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $956 (+30.8%)	$787 → $851 (+8.1%)

Val Verde County

Population

48,96947,647

Median household income

$46,147$59,673

Median home value

$103,400$151,500

Median gross rent

$731$956

Wood County

Population

44,36646,094

Median household income

$53,394$62,524

Median home value

$137,500$195,100

Median gross rent

$787$851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Val Verde County	Wood County
Under 5	7.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	14.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	15.7%
75 and over	6.2%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Val Verde County	Wood County
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	81.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	81.0%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Val Verde County	Wood County
No high school diploma	24.9%	13.3%
High school graduate	29.8%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Val Verde County	Wood County
Drove alone	78.8%	75.5%
Carpooled	13.5%	12.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.6%	9.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Val Verde County	Wood County
1-unit, detached	69.9%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	4.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Val Verde County	Wood County
Poverty rate	18.3%	12.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1983	1990