Demographics of Val Verde County, Texas

Val Verde County, Texas had 47,835 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +238 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Val Verde County, in four figures

47,835
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +0.5%
Change since July 2020: +238 people.; 32.3 ±0.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $66,100 ±$5,286
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Val Verde County, Texas's population grew 0.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Val Verde County, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Val Verde County, Texas's population grew 0.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Val Verde County, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	47,597	100.0	100.0
2021	47,511	99.8	100.2
2022	47,552	99.9	100.7
2023	47,678	100.2	101.6
2024	47,779	100.4	102.5
2025	47,835	100.5	103.1

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Population of Val Verde County, Texas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	47,597	+10	+83	+1	−81
2021	47,511	−86	+105	+42	−253
2022	47,552	+41	+283	+102	−332
2023	47,678	+126	+362	+144	−377
2024	47,779	+101	+324	+249	−469
2025	47,835	+56	+342	+93	−376

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 32.3 ±0.7: for men 31.0 ±0.7 and for women 34.1 ±0.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Val Verde County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Texas	United States
Under 5	3,647 ±36	7.6% ±0.1	6.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	9,641 ±557	20.2% ±1.2	18.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	5,389 ±479	11.3% ±1.0	9.7% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	12,919 ±527	27.1% ±1.1	28.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	9,498 ±381	19.9% ±0.8	23.3% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	6,647 ±462	13.9% ±1.0	13.4% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $66,100 ±$5,286, and income per person $28,707 ±$1,497, in 2024 dollars. The median is $78,476 ±$263 in Texas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Val Verde County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Texas	United States
Under $25,000	3,261 ±465	19.4% ±2.7	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,196 ±508	19.0% ±3.0	17.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	3,256 ±567	19.4% ±3.3	16.1% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,374 ±362	14.1% ±2.1	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,966 ±481	17.6% ±2.8	17.3% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,038 ±257	6.2% ±1.5	9.5% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	719 ±215	4.3% ±1.3	12.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Val Verde County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Texas	United States
All ages	7,625 ±1,111	16.6% ±2.4	13.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,447 ±512	18.5% ±3.7	18.7% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	3,115 ±538	12.7% ±2.2	12.2% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	2,063 ±363	25.0% ±4.1	12.0% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Val Verde County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Val Verde County	Texas	United States
Housing units	18,711 ±51	12,128,515 ±1,574	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	89.8% ±2.0	90.6% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	10.2% ±2.1	9.4% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	69.1% ±2.6	62.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	30.9% ±2.8	37.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$164,600 ±$6,688	$283,800 ±$738	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$994 ±$84	$1,403 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1983 ±2	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Val Verde County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Texas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	38,761 ±0	81.2% ±<0.1	39.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	7,338 ±86	15.4% ±0.2	39.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	572 ±84	1.2% ±0.2	11.9% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	286 ±70	0.6% ±0.1	5.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 78	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 22	0% to < 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	7 to 177	< 0.1% to 0.4%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	646 ±138	1.4% ±0.3	3.1% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Val Verde County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Texas	United States
Born in the state	30,300 ±1,063	63.5% ±2.2	58.3% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	7,087 ±748	14.8% ±1.6	22.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	864 ±348	1.8% ±0.7	1.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	9,490 ±924	19.9% ±1.9	17.6% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	4,823 ±658	10.1% ±1.4	7.4% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	4,667 ±734	9.8% ±1.5	10.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Val Verde County among the counties of Texas

76th of 254 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Texas page.

Counties of Texas near Val Verde County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Polk County	53,434	+5.9%
Cherokee County	53,337	+5.4%
Kendall County	53,289	+19.6%
Lamar County	51,503	+2.7%
Wood County	49,688	+10.3%
Val Verde County	47,835	+0.5%
Cooke County	44,461	+6.5%
Upshur County	44,410	+8.2%
Erath County	43,911	+2.8%
Wharton County	42,060	+1.2%
Hill County	39,503	+9.8%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026