Real County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,215 79.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 530 18.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 21 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 36 1.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 676 24.1%
• 18–24 95 3.4%
• 25–44 328 11.7%
• 45–64 641 22.9%
• 65 and over 1,062 37.9%

Median household income

$57,066

90% interval $50,354–$63,778

−$22,657 vs TX · 197th of 254

Below poverty line

15.1%

90% interval 11.3%–18.9%

+1.7 pp vs TX · 113th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+0.46 pp vs. state

County GDP

$104.7M

0% of state

Avg. annual pay

$40,159

Establishments

105

• Leisure & hospitality 189 22.5%
• Education & health services 141 16.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 125 14.9%
• Public administration 54 6.4%
• Professional & business services 42 5.0%
• Financial activities 36 4.3%
• Natural resources & mining 34 4.0%
• Manufacturing 29 3.5%
• Construction 25 3.0%
• Other services 7 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 81.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.1%

+15.5 pp vs TX · 79th of 254

Median gross rent

$1,188

−$215 vs TX · 42nd of 254

Owner-occupied

881

Renter-occupied

247

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.1× the lowest ($48,257 vs $22,460/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Small-sector pay

  The $51,731 average in Professional & business services is BLS's published figure for 42 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

• Republican 1,625 83.0%
• Democratic 315 16.1%
• Other / third-party 18 0.9%

• Spanish 346 12.7%

Households

1,128

Family households

661

58.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

77

11.6% of families

Single-mother families

34

5.1% of families

Veterans

287

13.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,128 40.9%
• Catholic 600 21.8%
• Mainline Protestant 215 7.8%

Health insured

83.8%

±9.3 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

35.0%

±7.9 pp

2nd of 254

Bachelor's or higher

21.1%

±9 pp

−12.7 pp vs TX · 118th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

22.5%

90% interval 20.3%–24.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

38th 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

Hondo, Leakey, Uvalde

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

47.04 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1