Fort Hood vs Harker Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Hood and Harker Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Hood and Harker Heights are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harker Heights has the higher population (33,595 vs 25,786 in Fort Hood). Harker Heights has the higher median household income ($82,685 vs $59,661 in Fort Hood). Since 2019, Fort Hood's population has grown faster (+9.7% vs +8.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Hood	Harker Heights
Population	25,786	33,595
Median age	21.8 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,661	$82,685
Median home value	—	$269,000
Median gross rent	$1,368	$1,114
Housing units	6,931	12,803
Homeownership rate	0.3%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Hood	Harker Heights
Population	23,508 → 25,786 (+9.7%)	30,861 → 33,595 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$44,718 → $59,661 (+33.4%)	$74,839 → $82,685 (+10.5%)
Median home value	—	$201,400 → $269,000 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,252 → $1,368 (+9.3%)	$936 → $1,114 (+19.0%)

Fort Hood

Population

23,50825,786

Median household income

$44,718$59,661

Median gross rent

$1,252$1,368

Harker Heights

Population

30,86133,595

Median household income

$74,839$82,685

Median home value

$201,400$269,000

Median gross rent

$936$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Hood	Harker Heights
Under 5	11.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	23.3%
18 to 24	40.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	22.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	7.5%	16.9%
45 to 54	2.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	0.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	0.2%	7.1%
75 and over	0.4%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Hood	Harker Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	47.6%	40.2%
Black or African American	18.4%	26.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	3.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	2.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Hood	Harker Heights
No high school diploma	2.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	19.6%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Hood	Harker Heights
Drove alone	56.4%	77.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	22.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.4%	9.0%
Other means	0.9%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Hood	Harker Heights
1-unit, detached	17.2%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	73.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	4.7%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Fort Hood	Harker Heights
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.4%
Average household size	3.36	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	11	24
Median year structure built	1977	2000