Dallas County vs Travis County

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

Dallas 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.

Dallas County has the higher population (2,603,816 vs 1,307,625 in Travis County). Travis County has the higher median household income ($97,169 vs $74,149 in Dallas County). Travis County has the higher median home value ($487,600 vs $277,900 in Dallas County).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas County	Travis County
Population	2,603,816	1,307,625
Median age	34.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,149	$97,169
Median home value	$277,900	$487,600
Median gross rent	$1,469	$1,669
Housing units	1,053,471	594,638
Homeownership rate	50.8%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas County	Travis County
Population	2,606,868 → 2,603,816 (-0.1%)	1,226,805 → 1,307,625 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$59,607 → $74,149 (+24.4%)	$75,887 → $97,169 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$174,900 → $277,900 (+58.9%)	$324,800 → $487,600 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,105 → $1,469 (+32.9%)	$1,289 → $1,669 (+29.5%)

Dallas County

Population

2,606,8682,603,816

Median household income

$59,607$74,149

Median home value

$174,900$277,900

Median gross rent

$1,105$1,469

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)

	Dallas County	Travis County
Under 5	6.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	19.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.0%
75 and over	4.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas County	Travis County
White (non-Hispanic)	27.1%	47.7%
Black or African American	22.2%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	6.8%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	40.8%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas County	Travis County
No high school diploma	18.3%	8.5%
High school graduate	22.5%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas County	Travis County
Drove alone	70.4%	59.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.5%
Public transit	1.6%	1.7%
Walked	1.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	13.9%	27.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas County	Travis County
1-unit, detached	52.1%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	14.3%
20 or more units	20.6%	20.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Dallas County	Travis County
Poverty rate	14.0%	11.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1982	1997