Cass County vs San Jacinto County

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

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

Cass County has the higher population (28,582 vs 27,983 in San Jacinto County). San Jacinto County has the higher median household income ($59,526 vs $54,328 in Cass County). San Jacinto County has the higher median home value ($183,100 vs $133,500 in Cass County).

Population, income & housing

	Cass County	San Jacinto County
Population	28,582	27,983
Median age	43.8 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,328	$59,526
Median home value	$133,500	$183,100
Median gross rent	$821	$1,018
Housing units	13,963	14,487
Homeownership rate	77.5%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cass County	San Jacinto County
Population	30,059 → 28,582 (-4.9%)	28,180 → 27,983 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$44,848 → $54,328 (+21.1%)	$41,614 → $59,526 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $133,500 (+53.3%)	$114,100 → $183,100 (+60.5%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $821 (+36.6%)	$788 → $1,018 (+29.2%)

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

San Jacinto County

Population

28,18027,983

Median household income

$41,614$59,526

Median home value

$114,100$183,100

Median gross rent

$788$1,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cass County	San Jacinto County
Under 5	5.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.8%
75 and over	9.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cass County	San Jacinto County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	69.7%
Black or African American	16.7%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cass County	San Jacinto County
No high school diploma	12.7%	15.6%
High school graduate	41.3%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cass County	San Jacinto County
Drove alone	86.5%	79.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.7%
Other means	0.7%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cass County	San Jacinto County
1-unit, detached	72.3%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Cass County	San Jacinto County
Poverty rate	17.3%	17.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	39
Median year structure built	1980	1992