Kountze vs Sour Lake

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

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

Sour Lake has the higher population (2,162 vs 1,982 in Kountze). Sour Lake has the higher median household income ($73,190 vs $65,568 in Kountze). Sour Lake has the higher median home value ($161,800 vs $130,500 in Kountze).

Population, income & housing

	Kountze	Sour Lake
Population	1,982	2,162
Median age	34.8 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,568	$73,190
Median home value	$130,500	$161,800
Median gross rent	$875	$1,164
Housing units	832	837
Homeownership rate	70.7%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kountze	Sour Lake
Population	1,972 → 1,982 (+0.5%)	2,206 → 2,162 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$53,804 → $65,568 (+21.9%)	$56,065 → $73,190 (+30.5%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $130,500 (+47.8%)	$97,400 → $161,800 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $875 (+9.9%)	$913 → $1,164 (+27.5%)

Kountze

Population

1,9721,982

Median household income

$53,804$65,568

Median home value

$88,300$130,500

Median gross rent

$796$875

Sour Lake

Population

2,2062,162

Median household income

$56,065$73,190

Median home value

$97,400$161,800

Median gross rent

$913$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kountze	Sour Lake
Under 5	6.9%	12.7%
5 to 17	20.8%	23.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	15.4%	16.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	9.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.7%
75 and over	7.0%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kountze	Sour Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	86.3%
Black or African American	22.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kountze	Sour Lake
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.9%
High school graduate	41.9%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kountze	Sour Lake
Drove alone	87.4%	82.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	7.3%
Other means	1.6%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kountze	Sour Lake
1-unit, detached	58.2%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.5%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Kountze	Sour Lake
Poverty rate	12.8%	14.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1991	1978