Bowie County vs Victoria County

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

Bowie County and Victoria 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 91,281 in Victoria County). Victoria County has the higher median household income ($70,101 vs $59,295 in Bowie County). Victoria County has the higher median home value ($197,600 vs $161,300 in Bowie County).

Population, income & housing

	Bowie County	Victoria County
Population	92,321	91,281
Median age	38.4 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,295	$70,101
Median home value	$161,300	$197,600
Median gross rent	$966	$1,151
Housing units	39,791	39,238
Homeownership rate	62.7%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bowie County	Victoria County
Population	93,373 → 92,321 (-1.1%)	92,109 → 91,281 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$50,164 → $59,295 (+18.2%)	$56,834 → $70,101 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$119,400 → $161,300 (+35.1%)	$142,800 → $197,600 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $966 (+26.9%)	$918 → $1,151 (+25.4%)

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

Victoria County

Population

92,10991,281

Median household income

$56,834$70,101

Median home value

$142,800$197,600

Median gross rent

$918$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bowie County	Victoria County
Under 5	6.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.8%
75 and over	7.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bowie County	Victoria County
White (non-Hispanic)	61.6%	43.0%
Black or African American	24.7%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	47.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bowie County	Victoria County
No high school diploma	10.0%	14.9%
High school graduate	36.0%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bowie County	Victoria County
Drove alone	84.0%	80.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.9%	6.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bowie County	Victoria County
1-unit, detached	67.2%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	3.9%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Bowie County	Victoria County
Poverty rate	16.3%	16.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1985	1982