Cooke County vs Erath County

A side-by-side comparison of Cooke County and Erath County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Erath County has the higher population (43,244 vs 42,473 in Cooke County). Cooke County has the higher median household income ($72,472 vs $65,351 in Erath County). Erath County has the higher median home value ($251,900 vs $224,600 in Cooke County).

Population, income & housing

	Cooke County	Erath County
Population	42,473	43,244
Median age	40.3 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,472	$65,351
Median home value	$224,600	$251,900
Median gross rent	$1,088	$1,134
Housing units	17,841	18,515
Homeownership rate	72.2%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooke County	Erath County
Population	40,041 → 42,473 (+6.1%)	41,841 → 43,244 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$60,202 → $72,472 (+20.4%)	$52,742 → $65,351 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$161,100 → $224,600 (+39.4%)	$159,900 → $251,900 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,088 (+22.7%)	$911 → $1,134 (+24.5%)

Cooke County

Population

40,04142,473

Median household income

$60,202$72,472

Median home value

$161,100$224,600

Median gross rent

$887$1,088

Erath County

Population

41,84143,244

Median household income

$52,742$65,351

Median home value

$159,900$251,900

Median gross rent

$911$1,134

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooke County	Erath County
Under 5	6.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	19.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.6%
75 and over	7.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooke County	Erath County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	72.6%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.5%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooke County	Erath County
No high school diploma	11.6%	12.9%
High school graduate	31.2%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooke County	Erath County
Drove alone	80.2%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.1%
Worked from home	7.1%	6.7%
Other means	1.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooke County	Erath County
1-unit, detached	75.9%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	7.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Cooke County	Erath County
Poverty rate	14.1%	15.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1984	1989