Eastland County vs Lee County

A side-by-side comparison of Eastland County and Lee County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eastland County has the higher population (17,846 vs 17,758 in Lee County). Lee County has the higher median household income ($66,000 vs $51,741 in Eastland County). Lee County has the higher median home value ($247,500 vs $121,700 in Eastland County).

Population, income & housing

	Eastland County	Lee County
Population	17,846	17,758
Median age	42.6 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,741	$66,000
Median home value	$121,700	$247,500
Median gross rent	$803	$1,050
Housing units	9,391	7,924
Homeownership rate	71.1%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastland County	Lee County
Population	18,273 → 17,846 (-2.3%)	17,058 → 17,758 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$37,276 → $51,741 (+38.8%)	$54,744 → $66,000 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $121,700 (+64.7%)	$138,700 → $247,500 (+78.4%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $803 (+42.1%)	$873 → $1,050 (+20.3%)

Eastland County

Population

18,27317,846

Median household income

$37,276$51,741

Median home value

$73,900$121,700

Median gross rent

$565$803

Lee County

Population

17,05817,758

Median household income

$54,744$66,000

Median home value

$138,700$247,500

Median gross rent

$873$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastland County	Lee County
Under 5	5.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.3%
75 and over	9.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastland County	Lee County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	60.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	26.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastland County	Lee County
No high school diploma	15.0%	16.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastland County	Lee County
Drove alone	75.7%	70.6%
Carpooled	15.4%	10.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	6.0%	10.5%
Other means	1.3%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastland County	Lee County
1-unit, detached	75.8%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.3%
20 or more units	2.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Eastland County	Lee County
Poverty rate	14.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1963	1992