Aransas County vs Panola County

A side-by-side comparison of Aransas County and Panola County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aransas County has the higher population (24,449 vs 22,624 in Panola County). Panola County has the higher median household income ($62,593 vs $61,754 in Aransas County). Aransas County has the higher median home value ($236,800 vs $146,000 in Panola County).

Population, income & housing

	Aransas County	Panola County
Population	24,449	22,624
Median age	51.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,754	$62,593
Median home value	$236,800	$146,000
Median gross rent	$1,052	$810
Housing units	15,795	10,818
Homeownership rate	77.7%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aransas County	Panola County
Population	24,462 → 24,449 (-0.1%)	23,327 → 22,624 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$45,137 → $61,754 (+36.8%)	$52,982 → $62,593 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$156,800 → $236,800 (+51.0%)	$102,200 → $146,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,052 (+4.0%)	$767 → $810 (+5.6%)

Aransas County

Population

24,46224,449

Median household income

$45,137$61,754

Median home value

$156,800$236,800

Median gross rent

$1,012$1,052

Panola County

Population

23,32722,624

Median household income

$52,982$62,593

Median home value

$102,200$146,000

Median gross rent

$767$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aransas County	Panola County
Under 5	4.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.0%	17.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	16.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	15.9%	12.5%
75 and over	12.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aransas County	Panola County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	71.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aransas County	Panola County
No high school diploma	8.6%	15.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aransas County	Panola County
Drove alone	74.1%	84.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	4.3%
Other means	2.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aransas County	Panola County
1-unit, detached	64.9%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	1.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Aransas County	Panola County
Poverty rate	18.7%	11.9%
Average household size	2.06	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1994	1984