Baird vs Cross Plains

A side-by-side comparison of Baird and Cross Plains: population, income, housing, and more.

Baird and Cross Plains are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Baird has the higher population (1,687 vs 1,089 in Cross Plains). Baird has the higher median household income ($52,222 vs $45,489 in Cross Plains). Baird has the higher median home value ($74,600 vs $73,300 in Cross Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Baird	Cross Plains
Population	1,687	1,089
Median age	42.5 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,222	$45,489
Median home value	$74,600	$73,300
Median gross rent	$702	$725
Housing units	752	553
Homeownership rate	70.8%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baird	Cross Plains
Population	1,722 → 1,687 (-2.0%)	1,035 → 1,089 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $52,222 (-5.1%)	$34,205 → $45,489 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$68,500 → $74,600 (+8.9%)	$65,900 → $73,300 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $702 (+13.6%)	$450 → $725 (+61.1%)

Baird

Population

1,7221,687

Median household income

$55,000$52,222

Median home value

$68,500$74,600

Median gross rent

$618$702

Cross Plains

Population

1,0351,089

Median household income

$34,205$45,489

Median home value

$65,900$73,300

Median gross rent

$450$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baird	Cross Plains
Under 5	5.3%	18.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	17.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	5.4%
45 to 54	8.6%	7.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	14.5%	10.7%
75 and over	8.5%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baird	Cross Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baird	Cross Plains
No high school diploma	13.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	39.8%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baird	Cross Plains
Drove alone	82.8%	82.5%
Carpooled	14.8%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	2.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baird	Cross Plains
1-unit, detached	84.0%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Baird	Cross Plains
Poverty rate	13.2%	17.1%
Average household size	2.90	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1950	1964