Jeff Davis County, Texas Demographics

Population trends, housing costs, income, commuting, and health, all on one page.

Jeff Davis County, TX Population Density Map and Area Scores

Area Score

Health, income and education, each graded from F to A+. Explore interactive maps for deeper analysis.

  • C
    Health Below average
  • D
    Income Well below average
    Less wealthy than 70% of counties in Texas
  • B
    Education Around average

Source: Map AI Methodology

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Population density, people per sq mi

Population: density and quick facts

Metric Jeff Davis County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Population 1,865 30,160,889 337,468,954
Population density (per sq mi) 0.8 112.2 86.4
Population growth (%/yr) -1.98% 1.41% 0.59%
Median age 56.3 35.9 37.3
Households 966 10,982,153 130,235,071

Population in Jeff Davis County declined by 14.9% from 2009 to 2024, reaching 1,865 in 2024.

Population Growth 2009–2024

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Race & Ethnicity

Group Share

Age & Sex

The largest generation in Jeff Davis County is Boomers, aged 61–79, at 34.7% of residents. That is 21.4 points above Texas as a whole.

Residents by birth cohort, from the 2025 age distribution. The right-hand figure is how far each cohort's share sits above or below Texas, in percentage points. Children younger than Gen Z and the generations before the Boomers are counted in the population but not shown here, so these shares do not add up to 100%.

Male and female share

Women are 49.3% of the people living in Jeff Davis County and men 50.7%.

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Economy

Jeff Davis County has a the economy index of D, which means it is barely prosperous.

Metric Jeff Davis County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Median household income $58,260 $78,939 $80,455
Income growth (%/yr) 4.74% 4.56% 4.80%
Unemployment rate 1.0% 5.2% 5.2%

The median household income in Jeff Davis County is about 26% lower than in Texas.

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Housing

Metric Jeff Davis County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Median home price $221,153 $258,873 $248,835
Median rent $1,240 $1,402 $1,407
Homeownership rate 88.0% 62.6% 65.2%

The median home price in Jeff Davis County is about 14.9 years' worth of rent — buying at the median price costs roughly as much as paying the median rent of $1,240 per month for that long.

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Commute Time & Mobility

Commuters in Jeff Davis County spend about 21 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 90 hours, about 3.7 full days, spent commuting.

Metric Jeff Davis County Texas Avg U.S. Average
One-way commute (min) 10.7 22.8 22.4
Round-trip commute (min) 21.5 45.6 44.8
Yearly time spent (hours) 90 190 187
Estimated yearly cost $2,776 $5,888 $5,790
Work from home 14.7% 14.4% 15.0%
Highway traffic (vehicles/day) 1,879 9,879 8,813
Local road traffic (vehicles/day) 65 1,441 1,355

Fastest commutes among counties in Texas: Loving County (3.2 min), King County (5.8 min), Terrell County (6.5 min).
Slowest: Bandera County (38.6 min), San Jacinto County (35.9 min), Liberty County (33.6 min).

The average commute time in Jeff Davis County is 11 minutes, shorter than the 23 minutes in Texas.

Estimated yearly cost applies a single national wage rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area. Traffic volume figures come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

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Education & Households

Jeff Davis County has a education index of B, which means it is quite educated.

Metric Jeff Davis County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Bachelor's degree or higher 26.7% 29.3% 31.6%
Average household size 1.92 2.69 2.53

Highest education index among counties in Texas: Collin County (0.4), Travis County (0.4), Fort Bend County (0.4).
Lowest: Kenedy County (0.0), Hudspeth County (0.1), La Salle County (0.1).

Health

Jeff Davis County has a health index of C, which means it is somewhat healthy.

Metric Jeff Davis County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Life expectancy (years) 82.2 78.0 78.3
Self-rated poor health 20.7% 21.1% 16.3%
Smokers 17.2% 19.9% 19.0%

Highest health index among counties in Texas: Collin County (0.8), Travis County (0.8), Denton County (0.8).
Lowest: Starr County (0.7), Brooks County (0.7), Presidio County (0.7).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Jeff Davis County, Texas.

How big is Jeff Davis County, Texas by population?

About 1,865 people live in Jeff Davis County, Texas, in 966 households of 1.9 people on average. The median age is 56.3, so residents are older than the U.S. median of 37.3 by about 19 years.

Is Jeff Davis County, Texas urban or rural?

Averaged over its land area, Jeff Davis County, Texas has 1 people per square mile, a density typical of rural areas. That is about 1% of the U.S. average of 86.

Can a typical household afford a home in Jeff Davis County, Texas?

The median home costs 3.8 times the median household income ($221,153 against $58,260), compared with 3.1 times nationally. A ratio of about 3 is traditionally considered affordable. Median rent of $1,240 a month takes about 26% of the median household's income, below the 30% level at which HUD considers renters cost-burdened.

Is unemployment high in Jeff Davis County, Texas?

Unemployment in Jeff Davis County, Texas is only 1.0%, well below the U.S. rate of 5.2%, a sign of a tight labor market where employers compete for workers.

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