Cass County vs Kleberg County

A side-by-side comparison of Cass County and Kleberg County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kleberg County has the higher population (30,629 vs 28,582 in Cass County). Kleberg County has the higher median household income ($57,612 vs $54,328 in Cass County). Kleberg County has the higher median home value ($152,200 vs $133,500 in Cass County).

Population, income & housing

	Cass County	Kleberg County
Population	28,582	30,629
Median age	43.8 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,328	$57,612
Median home value	$133,500	$152,200
Median gross rent	$821	$1,022
Housing units	13,963	13,984
Homeownership rate	77.5%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass County	Kleberg County
Population	30,059 → 28,582 (-4.9%)	30,974 → 30,629 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$44,848 → $54,328 (+21.1%)	$43,730 → $57,612 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $133,500 (+53.3%)	$91,900 → $152,200 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $821 (+36.6%)	$859 → $1,022 (+19.0%)

Cass County

Population

30,05928,582

Median household income

$44,848$54,328

Median home value

$87,100$133,500

Median gross rent

$601$821

Kleberg County

Population

30,97430,629

Median household income

$43,730$57,612

Median home value

$91,900$152,200

Median gross rent

$859$1,022

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass County	Kleberg County
Under 5	5.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	19.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	7.5%
75 and over	9.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass County	Kleberg County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	21.0%
Black or African American	16.7%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	71.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass County	Kleberg County
No high school diploma	12.7%	16.2%
High school graduate	41.3%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass County	Kleberg County
Drove alone	86.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	5.9%	5.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass County	Kleberg County
1-unit, detached	72.3%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Cass County	Kleberg County
Poverty rate	17.3%	28.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1980	1979