Bee County vs Jasper County

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

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

Jasper County has the higher population (32,807 vs 31,000 in Bee County). Bee County has the higher median household income ($56,075 vs $49,919 in Jasper County). Jasper County has the higher median home value ($125,900 vs $102,800 in Bee County).

Population, income & housing

	Bee County	Jasper County
Population	31,000	32,807
Median age	35.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,075	$49,919
Median home value	$102,800	$125,900
Median gross rent	$1,028	$790
Housing units	10,607	16,558
Homeownership rate	72.1%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	14.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bee County	Jasper County
Population	32,611 → 31,000 (-4.9%)	35,506 → 32,807 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$44,578 → $56,075 (+25.8%)	$44,370 → $49,919 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $102,800 (+13.5%)	$100,900 → $125,900 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$868 → $1,028 (+18.4%)	$765 → $790 (+3.3%)

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

Jasper County

Population

35,50632,807

Median household income

$44,370$49,919

Median home value

$100,900$125,900

Median gross rent

$765$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bee County	Jasper County
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	18.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	16.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	12.3%
75 and over	5.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bee County	Jasper County
White (non-Hispanic)	27.9%	73.7%
Black or African American	6.0%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	61.9%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bee County	Jasper County
No high school diploma	18.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	36.9%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bee County	Jasper County
Drove alone	83.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	7.3%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.1%
Other means	1.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bee County	Jasper County
1-unit, detached	70.5%	47.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	16.6%	31.0%

Poverty & households

	Bee County	Jasper County
Poverty rate	17.0%	22.2%
Average household size	2.80	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1976	1987