Cass County vs Palo Pinto County

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

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

Palo Pinto County has the higher population (28,920 vs 28,582 in Cass County). Palo Pinto County has the higher median household income ($64,972 vs $54,328 in Cass County). Palo Pinto County has the higher median home value ($167,300 vs $133,500 in Cass County).

Population, income & housing

	Cass County	Palo Pinto County
Population	28,582	28,920
Median age	43.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,328	$64,972
Median home value	$133,500	$167,300
Median gross rent	$821	$1,024
Housing units	13,963	15,147
Homeownership rate	77.5%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass County	Palo Pinto County
Population	30,059 → 28,582 (-4.9%)	28,540 → 28,920 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$44,848 → $54,328 (+21.1%)	$50,154 → $64,972 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $133,500 (+53.3%)	$107,000 → $167,300 (+56.4%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $821 (+36.6%)	$800 → $1,024 (+28.0%)

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

Palo Pinto County

Population

28,54028,920

Median household income

$50,154$64,972

Median home value

$107,000$167,300

Median gross rent

$800$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass County	Palo Pinto County
Under 5	5.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.9%
75 and over	9.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass County	Palo Pinto County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	73.3%
Black or African American	16.7%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass County	Palo Pinto County
No high school diploma	12.7%	13.9%
High school graduate	41.3%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass County	Palo Pinto County
Drove alone	86.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.9%	6.8%
Other means	0.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass County	Palo Pinto County
1-unit, detached	72.3%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Cass County	Palo Pinto County
Poverty rate	17.3%	17.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1980	1978