Angelina County vs Bowie County

A side-by-side comparison of Angelina County and Bowie County: population, income, housing, and more.

Angelina County and Bowie County are counties in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bowie County has the higher population (92,321 vs 86,791 in Angelina County). Bowie County has the higher median household income ($59,295 vs $58,847 in Angelina County). Bowie County has the higher median home value ($161,300 vs $149,800 in Angelina County).

Population, income & housing

	Angelina County	Bowie County
Population	86,791	92,321
Median age	37.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,847	$59,295
Median home value	$149,800	$161,300
Median gross rent	$1,056	$966
Housing units	36,798	39,791
Homeownership rate	64.3%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Angelina County	Bowie County
Population	87,322 → 86,791 (-0.6%)	93,373 → 92,321 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$50,453 → $58,847 (+16.6%)	$50,164 → $59,295 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $149,800 (+39.2%)	$119,400 → $161,300 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $1,056 (+27.7%)	$761 → $966 (+26.9%)

Angelina County

Population

87,32286,791

Median household income

$50,453$58,847

Median home value

$107,600$149,800

Median gross rent

$827$1,056

Bowie County

Population

93,37392,321

Median household income

$50,164$59,295

Median home value

$119,400$161,300

Median gross rent

$761$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Angelina County	Bowie County
Under 5	6.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	10.1%
75 and over	6.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Angelina County	Bowie County
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	61.6%
Black or African American	12.2%	24.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.2%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Angelina County	Bowie County
No high school diploma	15.1%	10.0%
High school graduate	34.1%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Angelina County	Bowie County
Drove alone	81.8%	84.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Angelina County	Bowie County
1-unit, detached	65.9%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	6.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Angelina County	Bowie County
Poverty rate	16.3%	16.3%
Average household size	2.60	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1985	1985