Holmes County vs Union County

A side-by-side comparison of Holmes County and Union County: population, income, housing, and more.

Holmes County and Union County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Holmes County has the higher population (19,626 vs 15,551 in Union County). Union County has the higher median household income ($64,922 vs $48,236 in Holmes County). Union County has the higher median home value ($160,400 vs $101,400 in Holmes County).

Population, income & housing

	Holmes County	Union County
Population	19,626	15,551
Median age	42.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,236	$64,922
Median home value	$101,400	$160,400
Median gross rent	$823	$846
Housing units	8,642	4,772
Homeownership rate	76.7%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holmes County	Union County
Population	19,432 → 19,626 (+1.0%)	15,303 → 15,551 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$39,102 → $48,236 (+23.4%)	$44,270 → $64,922 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$92,700 → $101,400 (+9.4%)	$118,400 → $160,400 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$703 → $823 (+17.1%)	$657 → $846 (+28.8%)

Holmes County

Population

19,43219,626

Median household income

$39,102$48,236

Median home value

$92,700$101,400

Median gross rent

$703$823

Union County

Population

15,30315,551

Median household income

$44,270$64,922

Median home value

$118,400$160,400

Median gross rent

$657$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Holmes County	Union County
Under 5	5.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.3%
75 and over	8.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holmes County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	71.3%
Black or African American	6.6%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holmes County	Union County
No high school diploma	15.8%	21.7%
High school graduate	46.5%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holmes County	Union County
Drove alone	87.1%	84.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	6.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holmes County	Union County
1-unit, detached	57.8%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	48.0%

Poverty & households

	Holmes County	Union County
Poverty rate	14.4%	18.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1983	1991