Callahan County vs Jackson County

A side-by-side comparison of Callahan County and Jackson County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jackson County has the higher population (15,081 vs 14,017 in Callahan County). Callahan County has the higher median household income ($68,455 vs $61,752 in Jackson County). Jackson County has the higher median home value ($175,500 vs $144,800 in Callahan County).

Population, income & housing

	Callahan County	Jackson County
Population	14,017	15,081
Median age	43.8 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,455	$61,752
Median home value	$144,800	$175,500
Median gross rent	$881	$1,011
Housing units	6,523	7,021
Homeownership rate	82.0%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Callahan County	Jackson County
Population	13,856 → 14,017 (+1.2%)	14,816 → 15,081 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$48,651 → $68,455 (+40.7%)	$62,806 → $61,752 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$94,900 → $144,800 (+52.6%)	$114,000 → $175,500 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $881 (+16.1%)	$826 → $1,011 (+22.4%)

Callahan County

Population

13,85614,017

Median household income

$48,651$68,455

Median home value

$94,900$144,800

Median gross rent

$759$881

Jackson County

Population

14,81615,081

Median household income

$62,806$61,752

Median home value

$114,000$175,500

Median gross rent

$826$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Callahan County	Jackson County
Under 5	5.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.5%
75 and over	8.3%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Callahan County	Jackson County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	57.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	32.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Callahan County	Jackson County
No high school diploma	6.9%	17.0%
High school graduate	36.6%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Callahan County	Jackson County
Drove alone	76.7%	75.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.3%
Other means	2.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Callahan County	Jackson County
1-unit, detached	79.6%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Callahan County	Jackson County
Poverty rate	10.1%	14.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1976	1976