Baylor County vs Knox County

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

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

Baylor County has the higher population (3,464 vs 3,322 in Knox County). Knox County has the higher median household income ($56,304 vs $42,313 in Baylor County). Baylor County has the higher median home value ($93,300 vs $66,800 in Knox County).

Population, income & housing

	Baylor County	Knox County
Population	3,464	3,322
Median age	47.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,313	$56,304
Median home value	$93,300	$66,800
Median gross rent	$685	$661
Housing units	2,170	1,802
Homeownership rate	66.8%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baylor County	Knox County
Population	3,577 → 3,464 (-3.2%)	3,705 → 3,322 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$40,739 → $42,313 (+3.9%)	$48,798 → $56,304 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $93,300 (+50.5%)	$45,000 → $66,800 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$523 → $685 (+31.0%)	$513 → $661 (+28.8%)

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

Knox County

Population

3,7053,322

Median household income

$48,798$56,304

Median home value

$45,000$66,800

Median gross rent

$513$661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baylor County	Knox County
Under 5	3.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	20.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.0%
75 and over	11.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baylor County	Knox County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	57.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.2%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	33.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baylor County	Knox County
No high school diploma	17.5%	14.8%
High school graduate	30.8%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baylor County	Knox County
Drove alone	84.0%	77.9%
Carpooled	10.2%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baylor County	Knox County
1-unit, detached	81.7%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Baylor County	Knox County
Poverty rate	20.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1966	1967