Baylor County vs Fisher County

A side-by-side comparison of Baylor County and Fisher County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fisher County has the higher population (3,661 vs 3,464 in Baylor County). Fisher County has the higher median household income ($64,700 vs $42,313 in Baylor County). Baylor County has the higher median home value ($93,300 vs $77,600 in Fisher County).

Population, income & housing

	Baylor County	Fisher County
Population	3,464	3,661
Median age	47.5 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,313	$64,700
Median home value	$93,300	$77,600
Median gross rent	$685	$629
Housing units	2,170	2,041
Homeownership rate	66.8%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baylor County	Fisher County
Population	3,577 → 3,464 (-3.2%)	3,856 → 3,661 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$40,739 → $42,313 (+3.9%)	$46,146 → $64,700 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $93,300 (+50.5%)	$66,900 → $77,600 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$523 → $685 (+31.0%)	$605 → $629 (+4.0%)

Baylor County

Population

3,5773,464

Median household income

$40,739$42,313

Median home value

$62,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$523$685

Fisher County

Population

3,8563,661

Median household income

$46,146$64,700

Median home value

$66,900$77,600

Median gross rent

$605$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baylor County	Fisher County
Under 5	3.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	8.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	12.9%
75 and over	11.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baylor County	Fisher County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	65.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	26.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baylor County	Fisher County
No high school diploma	17.5%	9.7%
High school graduate	30.8%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baylor County	Fisher County
Drove alone	84.0%	86.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baylor County	Fisher County
1-unit, detached	81.7%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Baylor County	Fisher County
Poverty rate	20.8%	10.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1966	1962