Fort Hood vs Killeen

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

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

Killeen has the higher population (156,144 vs 25,786 in Fort Hood). Fort Hood has the higher median household income ($59,661 vs $58,339 in Killeen). Since 2019, Fort Hood's population has grown faster (+9.7% vs +7.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Hood	Killeen
Population	25,786	156,144
Median age	21.8 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,661	$58,339
Median home value	—	$196,000
Median gross rent	$1,368	$1,147
Housing units	6,931	65,809
Homeownership rate	0.3%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Hood	Killeen
Population	23,508 → 25,786 (+9.7%)	145,686 → 156,144 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$44,718 → $59,661 (+33.4%)	$49,630 → $58,339 (+17.5%)
Median home value	—	$126,200 → $196,000 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,252 → $1,368 (+9.3%)	$923 → $1,147 (+24.3%)

Fort Hood

Population

23,50825,786

Median household income

$44,718$59,661

Median gross rent

$1,252$1,368

Killeen

Population

145,686156,144

Median household income

$49,630$58,339

Median home value

$126,200$196,000

Median gross rent

$923$1,147

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Hood	Killeen
Under 5	11.6%	9.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	40.7%	11.1%
25 to 34	22.4%	18.4%
35 to 44	7.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	2.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	0.7%	8.8%
65 to 74	0.2%	5.5%
75 and over	0.4%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Hood	Killeen
White (non-Hispanic)	47.6%	26.0%
Black or African American	18.4%	34.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.7%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Hood	Killeen
No high school diploma	2.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	19.6%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Hood	Killeen
Drove alone	56.4%	78.8%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	22.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	7.6%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Hood	Killeen
1-unit, detached	17.2%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	73.5%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	11.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Hood	Killeen
Poverty rate	12.3%	17.2%
Average household size	3.36	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	11	24
Median year structure built	1977	1995