Brewster County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,876 51.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,998 42.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 56 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 177 1.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 378 4.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 18 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,588 16.7%
• 18–24 701 7.4%
• 25–44 2,847 30.0%
• 45–64 1,852 19.5%
• 65 and over 2,515 26.5%

Median household income

$63,982

90% interval $57,268–$70,696

−$15,741 vs TX · 141st of 254

Below poverty line

15.1%

90% interval 11.8%–18.4%

+1.7 pp vs TX · 112th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−1.32 pp vs. state

County GDP

$611.3M

0.02% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,520

Establishments

442

• Leisure & hospitality 1,064 23.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 828 18.3%
• Education & health services 658 14.5%
• Public administration 345 7.6%
• Construction 316 7.0%
• Professional & business services 206 4.5%
• Financial activities 146 3.2%
• Other services 129 2.8%
• Information 104 2.3%
• Natural resources & mining 86 1.9%
• Manufacturing 20 0.4%
• Unclassified 20 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 86.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

62.5%

−0.1 pp vs TX · 226th of 254

Median gross rent

$839

−$564 vs TX · 182nd of 254

Owner-occupied

3,094

Renter-occupied

1,857

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $96,898/yr) pays 2.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $37,093/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 2,545 55.6%
• Democratic 1,969 43.0%
• Other / third-party 62 1.4%

• Spanish 2,489 27.3%
• Tagalog 75 0.8%
• German or other West Germanic 19 0.2%
• Chinese 12 0.1%
• Korean 7 0.1%
• Vietnamese 6 0.1%

Households

4,951

Family households

2,732

55.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

568

20.8% of families

Single-mother families

262

9.6% of families

Veterans

688

8.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 3,450 36.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 714 7.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 499 5.2%
• Mainline Protestant 196 2.1%
• Orthodox 24 0.3%

Health insured

84.6%

±5.1 pp

Uninsured

15.4%

±5.1 pp

157th of 254

With a disability

13.5%

±2.7 pp

188th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

45.5%

±6.2 pp

+11.7 pp vs TX · 7th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

18.5%

90% interval 16.7%–20.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

394th District Court

Judges

1 (Total District Court judges with venue over this county; vintage 2026 txcourts.gov directory + Tex. Gov't Code § 24. Texas's court structure is unusual: each urban county has dozens of numbered District Courts (Harris ~60, Dallas ~45, Travis ~25, Bexar ~25, Tarrant ~20) with trial assignments random across the full bench. Rural counties typically have 1-2 District Court judges sitting on a multi-county district. County Court at Law judges (limited jurisdiction) and Constitutional County Court judges (presided over by the elected County Judge) are separately allocated and not counted here. TX has ~474 District Court judges statewide.)

Court seats

Alpine, Fort Davis, Marfa

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

12.63 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1