Falls City vs Karnes City

A side-by-side comparison of Falls City and Karnes City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Karnes City has the higher population (3,101 vs 853 in Falls City). Falls City has the higher median household income ($77,697 vs $58,601 in Karnes City). Falls City has the higher median home value ($213,500 vs $90,400 in Karnes City).

Population, income & housing

	Falls City	Karnes City
Population	853	3,101
Median age	32.2 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,697	$58,601
Median home value	$213,500	$90,400
Median gross rent	$1,154	$669
Housing units	303	1,225
Homeownership rate	70.0%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falls City	Karnes City
Population	1,172 → 853 (-27.2%)	3,404 → 3,101 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$80,484 → $77,697 (-3.5%)	$54,844 → $58,601 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$109,800 → $213,500 (+94.4%)	$76,500 → $90,400 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$989 → $1,154 (+16.7%)	$829 → $669 (-19.3%)

Falls City

Population

1,172853

Median household income

$80,484$77,697

Median home value

$109,800$213,500

Median gross rent

$989$1,154

Karnes City

Population

3,4043,101

Median household income

$54,844$58,601

Median home value

$76,500$90,400

Median gross rent

$829$669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Falls City	Karnes City
Under 5	6.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	25.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	14.5%
25 to 34	21.9%	17.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	4.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	7.9%	11.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	4.4%
75 and over	4.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falls City	Karnes City
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	20.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	34.6%	69.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falls City	Karnes City
No high school diploma	4.1%	28.5%
High school graduate	47.3%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falls City	Karnes City
Drove alone	87.7%	78.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falls City	Karnes City
1-unit, detached	77.6%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Falls City	Karnes City
Poverty rate	14.3%	25.8%
Average household size	3.01	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1988	1973