Karnes City vs Runge

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

Karnes City and Runge 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 1,196 in Runge). Karnes City has the higher median household income ($58,601 vs $35,313 in Runge). Karnes City has the higher median home value ($90,400 vs $57,200 in Runge).

Population, income & housing

	Karnes City	Runge
Population	3,101	1,196
Median age	35.4 yrs	22.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,601	$35,313
Median home value	$90,400	$57,200
Median gross rent	$669	$322
Housing units	1,225	618
Homeownership rate	66.8%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karnes City	Runge
Population	3,404 → 3,101 (-8.9%)	1,048 → 1,196 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$54,844 → $58,601 (+6.9%)	$37,955 → $35,313 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$76,500 → $90,400 (+18.2%)	$82,800 → $57,200 (-30.9%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $669 (-19.3%)	$644 → $322 (-50.0%)

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

Runge

Population

1,0481,196

Median household income

$37,955$35,313

Median home value

$82,800$57,200

Median gross rent

$644$322

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Karnes City	Runge
Under 5	2.7%	13.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	23.6%
18 to 24	14.5%	13.7%
25 to 34	17.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	17.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	5.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	4.4%
65 to 74	4.4%	9.7%
75 and over	5.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karnes City	Runge
White (non-Hispanic)	20.7%	18.8%
Black or African American	5.1%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	69.9%	73.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karnes City	Runge
No high school diploma	28.5%	31.0%
High school graduate	40.6%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karnes City	Runge
Drove alone	78.2%	89.0%
Carpooled	16.9%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	4.5%
Other means	0.2%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karnes City	Runge
1-unit, detached	61.7%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	27.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Karnes City	Runge
Poverty rate	25.8%	42.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1973	1978