Collin County vs Travis County

A side-by-side comparison of Collin County and Travis County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Travis County has the higher population (1,307,625 vs 1,116,601 in Collin County). Collin County has the higher median household income ($117,588 vs $97,169 in Travis County). Travis County has the higher median home value ($487,600 vs $447,600 in Collin County).

Population, income & housing

	Collin County	Travis County
Population	1,116,601	1,307,625
Median age	37.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$117,588	$97,169
Median home value	$447,600	$487,600
Median gross rent	$1,792	$1,669
Housing units	421,938	594,638
Homeownership rate	64.1%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.9%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collin County	Travis County
Population	973,977 → 1,116,601 (+14.6%)	1,226,805 → 1,307,625 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$96,913 → $117,588 (+21.3%)	$75,887 → $97,169 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$315,300 → $447,600 (+42.0%)	$324,800 → $487,600 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,389 → $1,792 (+29.0%)	$1,289 → $1,669 (+29.5%)

Collin County

Population

973,9771,116,601

Median household income

$96,913$117,588

Median home value

$315,300$447,600

Median gross rent

$1,389$1,792

Travis County

Population

1,226,8051,307,625

Median household income

$75,887$97,169

Median home value

$324,800$487,600

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collin County	Travis County
Under 5	5.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	19.6%
35 to 44	15.9%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.0%
75 and over	4.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collin County	Travis County
White (non-Hispanic)	51.3%	47.7%
Black or African American	10.6%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	17.6%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collin County	Travis County
No high school diploma	5.5%	8.5%
High school graduate	14.4%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collin County	Travis County
Drove alone	64.7%	59.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.6%	1.7%
Walked	1.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	24.9%	27.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collin County	Travis County
1-unit, detached	67.6%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	14.3%
20 or more units	15.1%	20.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Collin County	Travis County
Poverty rate	6.3%	11.0%
Average household size	2.77	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	2002	1997