Val Verde County, Texas Demographics

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

Val Verde 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
    Less healthy than 87% of counties in Texas
  • D
    Income Well below average
    Less wealthy than 73% of counties in Texas
  • F
    Education Well below average

Source: Map AI Methodology

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Population density, people per sq mi

Population: density and quick facts

Metric Val Verde County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Population 47,741 30,160,889 337,468,954
Population density (per sq mi) 14.8 112.2 86.4
Population growth (%/yr) -0.29% 1.41% 0.59%
Median age 30.1 35.9 37.3
Households 16,810 10,982,153 130,235,071

Population in Val Verde County grew by 0.4% from 2009 to 2024, reaching 47,741 in 2024.

Population Growth 2009–2024

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Race & Ethnicity

Group Share

Age & Sex

The largest generation in Val Verde County is Gen Z, aged 13–28, at 25.1% of residents. That is 1.6 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 48.7% of the people living in Val Verde County and men 51.3%.

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Economy

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

Metric Val Verde County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Median household income $66,326 $78,939 $80,455
Income growth (%/yr) 5.28% 4.56% 4.80%
Unemployment rate 5.6% 5.2% 5.2%

The median household income in Val Verde County is about 16% lower than in Texas.

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Housing

Metric Val Verde County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Median home price $392,499 $258,873 $248,835
Median rent $993 $1,402 $1,407
Homeownership rate 69.1% 62.6% 65.2%

The median home price in Val Verde County is about 32.9 years' worth of rent — buying at the median price costs roughly as much as paying the median rent of $993 per month for that long.

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Commute Time & Mobility

Commuters in Val Verde County spend about 31 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 130 hours, about 5.4 full days, spent commuting.

Metric Val Verde County Texas Avg U.S. Average
One-way commute (min) 15.7 22.8 22.4
Round-trip commute (min) 31.3 45.6 44.8
Yearly time spent (hours) 130 190 187
Estimated yearly cost $4,044 $5,888 $5,790
Work from home 5.8% 14.4% 15.0%
Highway traffic (vehicles/day) 797 9,879 8,813
Local road traffic (vehicles/day) 437 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 Val Verde County is 16 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

Val Verde County has a education index of F, which means it scores poorly in education.

Metric Val Verde County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Bachelor's degree or higher 19.2% 29.3% 31.6%
Average household size 2.73 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

Val Verde County has a health index of C, which means it is somewhat healthy.

Metric Val Verde County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Life expectancy (years) 78.9 78.0 78.3
Self-rated poor health 28.7% 21.1% 16.3%
Smokers 19.1% 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 Val Verde County, Texas.

How big is Val Verde County, Texas by population?

About 47,741 people live in Val Verde County, Texas, in 16,810 households of 2.7 people on average. The median age is 30.1, so residents are younger than the U.S. median of 37.3 by about 7 years.

How densely populated is Val Verde County, Texas?

Averaged over its land area, Val Verde County, Texas has 15 people per square mile, a density typical of rural areas. That is about 17% of the U.S. average of 86.

How affordable is housing in Val Verde County, Texas?

The median home costs 5.9 times the median household income ($392,499 against $66,326), compared with 3.1 times nationally. A ratio of about 3 is traditionally considered affordable. Median rent of $993 a month takes about 18% of the median household's income, below the 30% level at which HUD considers renters cost-burdened.

How common is a college degree in Val Verde County, Texas?

19.2% of adults in Val Verde County, Texas hold a bachelor's degree or higher (about 1 in 5), well below the U.S. share of 31.6%.

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