Bonham vs Ector

A side-by-side comparison of Bonham and Ector: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bonham has the higher population (10,594 vs 826 in Ector). Ector has the higher median household income ($61,731 vs $53,232 in Bonham). Bonham has the higher median home value ($183,600 vs $148,100 in Ector).

Population, income & housing

	Bonham	Ector
Population	10,594	826
Median age	37.4 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,232	$61,731
Median home value	$183,600	$148,100
Median gross rent	$1,029	$1,094
Housing units	3,563	336
Homeownership rate	56.0%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonham	Ector
Population	10,157 → 10,594 (+4.3%)	862 → 826 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$43,793 → $53,232 (+21.6%)	$56,042 → $61,731 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $183,600 (+116.8%)	$80,600 → $148,100 (+83.7%)
Median gross rent	$776 → $1,029 (+32.6%)	$830 → $1,094 (+31.8%)

Bonham

Population

10,15710,594

Median household income

$43,793$53,232

Median home value

$84,700$183,600

Median gross rent

$776$1,029

Ector

Population

862826

Median household income

$56,042$61,731

Median home value

$80,600$148,100

Median gross rent

$830$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonham	Ector
Under 5	5.1%	8.7%
5 to 17	13.2%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	17.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	19.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.3%
75 and over	6.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonham	Ector
White (non-Hispanic)	60.6%	77.6%
Black or African American	13.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	21.5%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonham	Ector
No high school diploma	17.9%	21.6%
High school graduate	41.1%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonham	Ector
Drove alone	67.6%	84.0%
Carpooled	21.9%	9.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	6.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonham	Ector
1-unit, detached	74.2%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Bonham	Ector
Poverty rate	23.3%	12.0%
Average household size	2.45	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1976	1982