Hickory Creek vs Krum

A side-by-side comparison of Hickory Creek and Krum: population, income, housing, and more.

Hickory Creek and Krum are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Krum has the higher population (5,896 vs 5,161 in Hickory Creek). Hickory Creek has the higher median household income ($144,434 vs $111,316 in Krum). Hickory Creek has the higher median home value ($510,100 vs $286,300 in Krum).

Population, income & housing

	Hickory Creek	Krum
Population	5,161	5,896
Median age	38.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$144,434	$111,316
Median home value	$510,100	$286,300
Median gross rent	$2,133	$1,669
Housing units	1,881	1,979
Homeownership rate	78.1%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hickory Creek	Krum
Population	4,574 → 5,161 (+12.8%)	5,014 → 5,896 (+17.6%)
Median household income	$109,766 → $144,434 (+31.6%)	$74,004 → $111,316 (+50.4%)
Median home value	$283,100 → $510,100 (+80.2%)	$188,700 → $286,300 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,511 → $2,133 (+41.2%)	$1,305 → $1,669 (+27.9%)

Hickory Creek

Population

4,5745,161

Median household income

$109,766$144,434

Median home value

$283,100$510,100

Median gross rent

$1,511$2,133

Krum

Population

5,0145,896

Median household income

$74,004$111,316

Median home value

$188,700$286,300

Median gross rent

$1,305$1,669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hickory Creek	Krum
Under 5	4.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	10.9%	19.6%
18 to 24	16.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	19.4%
45 to 54	24.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	5.5%	5.6%
75 and over	2.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hickory Creek	Krum
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	86.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hickory Creek	Krum
No high school diploma	6.9%	3.6%
High school graduate	11.2%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hickory Creek	Krum
Drove alone	74.1%	78.8%
Carpooled	2.3%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	15.3%
Other means	9.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hickory Creek	Krum
1-unit, detached	81.2%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hickory Creek	Krum
Poverty rate	0.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.90	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	2009	2004