Bosque County vs Burleson County

A side-by-side comparison of Bosque County and Burleson County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bosque County has the higher population (18,546 vs 18,327 in Burleson County). Burleson County has the higher median household income ($72,888 vs $69,339 in Bosque County). Bosque County has the higher median home value ($184,500 vs $174,000 in Burleson County).

Population, income & housing

	Bosque County	Burleson County
Population	18,546	18,327
Median age	46.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,339	$72,888
Median home value	$184,500	$174,000
Median gross rent	$926	$909
Housing units	9,344	9,485
Homeownership rate	75.9%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bosque County	Burleson County
Population	18,296 → 18,546 (+1.4%)	18,058 → 18,327 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$52,148 → $69,339 (+33.0%)	$57,731 → $72,888 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$121,700 → $184,500 (+51.6%)	$121,900 → $174,000 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $926 (+16.5%)	$733 → $909 (+24.0%)

Bosque County

Population

18,29618,546

Median household income

$52,148$69,339

Median home value

$121,700$184,500

Median gross rent

$795$926

Burleson County

Population

18,05818,327

Median household income

$57,731$72,888

Median home value

$121,900$174,000

Median gross rent

$733$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bosque County	Burleson County
Under 5	5.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	14.6%
75 and over	10.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bosque County	Burleson County
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	63.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	21.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bosque County	Burleson County
No high school diploma	11.8%	14.9%
High school graduate	30.9%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bosque County	Burleson County
Drove alone	82.2%	73.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	14.3%
Other means	1.7%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bosque County	Burleson County
1-unit, detached	78.3%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	29.5%

Poverty & households

	Bosque County	Burleson County
Poverty rate	9.1%	12.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1978	1990