Bee County vs Howard County

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

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

Howard County has the higher population (33,127 vs 31,000 in Bee County). Howard County has the higher median household income ($71,457 vs $56,075 in Bee County). Howard County has the higher median home value ($150,300 vs $102,800 in Bee County).

Population, income & housing

	Bee County	Howard County
Population	31,000	33,127
Median age	35.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,075	$71,457
Median home value	$102,800	$150,300
Median gross rent	$1,028	$993
Housing units	10,607	13,999
Homeownership rate	72.1%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bee County	Howard County
Population	32,611 → 31,000 (-4.9%)	36,349 → 33,127 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$44,578 → $56,075 (+25.8%)	$54,208 → $71,457 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $102,800 (+13.5%)	$99,000 → $150,300 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$868 → $1,028 (+18.4%)	$868 → $993 (+14.4%)

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

Howard County

Population

36,34933,127

Median household income

$54,208$71,457

Median home value

$99,000$150,300

Median gross rent

$868$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bee County	Howard County
Under 5	5.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.2%	15.0%
35 to 44	16.5%	16.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.0%
75 and over	5.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bee County	Howard County
White (non-Hispanic)	27.9%	44.0%
Black or African American	6.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	61.9%	46.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bee County	Howard County
No high school diploma	18.4%	18.8%
High school graduate	36.9%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bee County	Howard County
Drove alone	83.8%	79.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.9%	3.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bee County	Howard County
1-unit, detached	70.5%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	5.1%
20 or more units	2.1%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Bee County	Howard County
Poverty rate	17.0%	15.1%
Average household size	2.80	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1976	1967