Bowie County vs Liberty County

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

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

Liberty County has the higher population (97,993 vs 92,321 in Bowie County). Liberty County has the higher median household income ($64,773 vs $59,295 in Bowie County). Liberty County has the higher median home value ($167,100 vs $161,300 in Bowie County).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie County	Liberty County
Population	92,321	97,993
Median age	38.4 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,295	$64,773
Median home value	$161,300	$167,100
Median gross rent	$966	$1,038
Housing units	39,791	34,765
Homeownership rate	62.7%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie County	Liberty County
Population	93,373 → 92,321 (-1.1%)	83,702 → 97,993 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$50,164 → $59,295 (+18.2%)	$51,494 → $64,773 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$119,400 → $161,300 (+35.1%)	$111,600 → $167,100 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $966 (+26.9%)	$850 → $1,038 (+22.1%)

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

Liberty County

Population

83,70297,993

Median household income

$51,494$64,773

Median home value

$111,600$167,100

Median gross rent

$850$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie County	Liberty County
Under 5	6.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	21.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.7%
75 and over	7.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie County	Liberty County
White (non-Hispanic)	61.6%	51.8%
Black or African American	24.7%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	36.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie County	Liberty County
No high school diploma	10.0%	21.9%
High school graduate	36.0%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie County	Liberty County
Drove alone	84.0%	78.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	7.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowie County	Liberty County
1-unit, detached	67.2%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	33.5%

Poverty & households

	Bowie County	Liberty County
Poverty rate	16.3%	17.7%
Average household size	2.49	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	19	39
Median year structure built	1985	1994