Crane County vs Wheeler County

A side-by-side comparison of Crane County and Wheeler County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wheeler County has the higher population (4,902 vs 4,623 in Crane County). Wheeler County has the higher median household income ($67,964 vs $59,915 in Crane County). Crane County has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $97,600 in Wheeler County).

Population, income & housing

	Crane County	Wheeler County
Population	4,623	4,902
Median age	36.7 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,915	$67,964
Median home value	$119,900	$97,600
Median gross rent	$883	$995
Housing units	1,829	2,595
Homeownership rate	81.4%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crane County	Wheeler County
Population	4,802 → 4,623 (-3.7%)	5,338 → 4,902 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$65,969 → $59,915 (-9.2%)	$49,315 → $67,964 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$100,400 → $119,900 (+19.4%)	$84,000 → $97,600 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $883 (+5.7%)	$705 → $995 (+41.1%)

Crane County

Population

4,8024,623

Median household income

$65,969$59,915

Median home value

$100,400$119,900

Median gross rent

$835$883

Wheeler County

Population

5,3384,902

Median household income

$49,315$67,964

Median home value

$84,000$97,600

Median gross rent

$705$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crane County	Wheeler County
Under 5	6.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	19.6%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	17.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.2%
75 and over	5.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crane County	Wheeler County
White (non-Hispanic)	26.4%	69.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	68.4%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crane County	Wheeler County
No high school diploma	24.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	41.0%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crane County	Wheeler County
Drove alone	85.9%	76.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	14.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	4.2%
Other means	0.6%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crane County	Wheeler County
1-unit, detached	70.1%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	25.5%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Crane County	Wheeler County
Poverty rate	8.2%	14.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1976	1961