Bee County vs Grimes County

A side-by-side comparison of Bee County and Grimes County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bee County has the higher population (31,000 vs 30,385 in Grimes County). Grimes County has the higher median household income ($67,080 vs $56,075 in Bee County). Grimes County has the higher median home value ($226,600 vs $102,800 in Bee County).

Population, income & housing

	Bee County	Grimes County
Population	31,000	30,385
Median age	35.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,075	$67,080
Median home value	$102,800	$226,600
Median gross rent	$1,028	$985
Housing units	10,607	12,188
Homeownership rate	72.1%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bee County	Grimes County
Population	32,611 → 31,000 (-4.9%)	27,984 → 30,385 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$44,578 → $56,075 (+25.8%)	$52,913 → $67,080 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $102,800 (+13.5%)	$148,500 → $226,600 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$868 → $1,028 (+18.4%)	$750 → $985 (+31.3%)

Bee County

Population

32,61131,000

Median household income

$44,578$56,075

Median home value

$90,600$102,800

Median gross rent

$868$1,028

Grimes County

Population

27,98430,385

Median household income

$52,913$67,080

Median home value

$148,500$226,600

Median gross rent

$750$985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bee County	Grimes County
Under 5	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	18.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	12.2%
75 and over	5.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bee County	Grimes County
White (non-Hispanic)	27.9%	56.8%
Black or African American	6.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	61.9%	25.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bee County	Grimes County
No high school diploma	18.4%	18.1%
High school graduate	36.9%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bee County	Grimes County
Drove alone	83.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	7.2%
Other means	1.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bee County	Grimes County
1-unit, detached	70.5%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Bee County	Grimes County
Poverty rate	17.0%	13.3%
Average household size	2.80	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	21	36
Median year structure built	1976	1993