Bexar County vs Tarrant County

A side-by-side comparison of Bexar County and Tarrant County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tarrant County has the higher population (2,135,743 vs 2,037,344 in Bexar County). Tarrant County has the higher median household income ($81,905 vs $70,571 in Bexar County). Tarrant County has the higher median home value ($294,100 vs $244,100 in Bexar County).

Population, income & housing

	Bexar County	Tarrant County
Population	2,037,344	2,135,743
Median age	34.6 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,571	$81,905
Median home value	$244,100	$294,100
Median gross rent	$1,290	$1,447
Housing units	807,160	827,874
Homeownership rate	59.1%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bexar County	Tarrant County
Population	1,952,843 → 2,037,344 (+4.3%)	2,049,770 → 2,135,743 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$57,157 → $70,571 (+23.5%)	$67,700 → $81,905 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $244,100 (+50.9%)	$188,500 → $294,100 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,015 → $1,290 (+27.1%)	$1,095 → $1,447 (+32.1%)

Bexar County

Population

1,952,8432,037,344

Median household income

$57,157$70,571

Median home value

$161,800$244,100

Median gross rent

$1,015$1,290

Tarrant County

Population

2,049,7702,135,743

Median household income

$67,700$81,905

Median home value

$188,500$294,100

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,447

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bexar County	Tarrant County
Under 5	6.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.5%
75 and over	4.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bexar County	Tarrant County
White (non-Hispanic)	26.7%	43.2%
Black or African American	7.3%	17.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.1%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	59.5%	29.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bexar County	Tarrant County
No high school diploma	13.6%	12.9%
High school graduate	24.5%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bexar County	Tarrant County
Drove alone	70.7%	73.8%
Carpooled	11.4%	9.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.4%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.8%	13.5%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bexar County	Tarrant County
1-unit, detached	64.6%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	13.5%
20 or more units	10.7%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Bexar County	Tarrant County
Poverty rate	14.7%	10.9%
Average household size	2.70	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1989	1989