Kountze vs Silsbee

A side-by-side comparison of Kountze and Silsbee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Silsbee has the higher population (6,883 vs 1,982 in Kountze). Kountze has the higher median household income ($65,568 vs $60,083 in Silsbee). Silsbee has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $130,500 in Kountze).

Population, income & housing

	Kountze	Silsbee
Population	1,982	6,883
Median age	34.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,568	$60,083
Median home value	$130,500	$160,600
Median gross rent	$875	$967
Housing units	832	3,290
Homeownership rate	70.7%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kountze	Silsbee
Population	1,972 → 1,982 (+0.5%)	6,634 → 6,883 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$53,804 → $65,568 (+21.9%)	$46,034 → $60,083 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $130,500 (+47.8%)	$107,700 → $160,600 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $875 (+9.9%)	$802 → $967 (+20.6%)

Kountze

Population

1,9721,982

Median household income

$53,804$65,568

Median home value

$88,300$130,500

Median gross rent

$796$875

Silsbee

Population

6,6346,883

Median household income

$46,034$60,083

Median home value

$107,700$160,600

Median gross rent

$802$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kountze	Silsbee
Under 5	6.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	21.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	7.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.3%
75 and over	7.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kountze	Silsbee
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	53.0%
Black or African American	22.3%	27.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kountze	Silsbee
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.3%
High school graduate	41.9%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kountze	Silsbee
Drove alone	87.4%	91.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	3.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kountze	Silsbee
1-unit, detached	58.2%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Kountze	Silsbee
Poverty rate	12.8%	17.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1991	1975