Bowie County vs Coryell County

A side-by-side comparison of Bowie County and Coryell County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bowie County has the higher population (92,321 vs 83,772 in Coryell County). Coryell County has the higher median household income ($68,904 vs $59,295 in Bowie County). Coryell County has the higher median home value ($177,400 vs $161,300 in Bowie County).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie County	Coryell County
Population	92,321	83,772
Median age	38.4 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,295	$68,904
Median home value	$161,300	$177,400
Median gross rent	$966	$1,120
Housing units	39,791	29,180
Homeownership rate	62.7%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie County	Coryell County
Population	93,373 → 92,321 (-1.1%)	75,280 → 83,772 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$50,164 → $59,295 (+18.2%)	$52,893 → $68,904 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$119,400 → $161,300 (+35.1%)	$114,300 → $177,400 (+55.2%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $966 (+26.9%)	$918 → $1,120 (+22.0%)

Bowie County

Population

93,37392,321

Median household income

$50,164$59,295

Median home value

$119,400$161,300

Median gross rent

$761$966

Coryell County

Population

75,28083,772

Median household income

$52,893$68,904

Median home value

$114,300$177,400

Median gross rent

$918$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie County	Coryell County
Under 5	6.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	13.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	18.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	8.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	6.6%
75 and over	7.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie County	Coryell County
White (non-Hispanic)	61.6%	55.2%
Black or African American	24.7%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.7%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie County	Coryell County
No high school diploma	10.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie County	Coryell County
Drove alone	84.0%	71.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.9%	10.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowie County	Coryell County
1-unit, detached	67.2%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	3.9%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Bowie County	Coryell County
Poverty rate	16.3%	9.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1985	1987