Baylor County vs Mason County

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

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

Mason County has the higher population (3,951 vs 3,464 in Baylor County). Mason County has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $42,313 in Baylor County). Mason County has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $93,300 in Baylor County).

Population, income & housing

	Baylor County	Mason County
Population	3,464	3,951
Median age	47.5 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$42,313	$68,750
Median home value	$93,300	$274,600
Median gross rent	$685	$751
Housing units	2,170	2,411
Homeownership rate	66.8%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baylor County	Mason County
Population	3,577 → 3,464 (-3.2%)	4,186 → 3,951 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$40,739 → $42,313 (+3.9%)	$42,276 → $68,750 (+62.6%)
Median home value	$62,000 → $93,300 (+50.5%)	$172,800 → $274,600 (+58.9%)
Median gross rent	$523 → $685 (+31.0%)	$800 → $751 (-6.1%)

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

Mason County

Population

4,1863,951

Median household income

$42,276$68,750

Median home value

$172,800$274,600

Median gross rent

$800$751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baylor County	Mason County
Under 5	3.9%	7.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	7.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	18.5%
75 and over	11.8%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baylor County	Mason County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baylor County	Mason County
No high school diploma	17.5%	15.7%
High school graduate	30.8%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baylor County	Mason County
Drove alone	84.0%	73.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.7%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baylor County	Mason County
1-unit, detached	81.7%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Baylor County	Mason County
Poverty rate	20.8%	6.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	16	31
Median year structure built	1966	1972