Eastland County vs Scurry County

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

Eastland County and Scurry 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 16,633 in Scurry County). Scurry County has the higher median household income ($62,689 vs $51,741 in Eastland County). Eastland County has the higher median home value ($121,700 vs $110,800 in Scurry County).

Population, income & housing

	Eastland County	Scurry County
Population	17,846	16,633
Median age	42.6 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,741	$62,689
Median home value	$121,700	$110,800
Median gross rent	$803	$913
Housing units	9,391	6,896
Homeownership rate	71.1%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastland County	Scurry County
Population	18,273 → 17,846 (-2.3%)	17,096 → 16,633 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$37,276 → $51,741 (+38.8%)	$54,326 → $62,689 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $121,700 (+64.7%)	$85,500 → $110,800 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $803 (+42.1%)	$761 → $913 (+20.0%)

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

Scurry County

Population

17,09616,633

Median household income

$54,326$62,689

Median home value

$85,500$110,800

Median gross rent

$761$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastland County	Scurry County
Under 5	5.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.9%	19.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.3%
75 and over	9.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastland County	Scurry County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	49.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	42.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastland County	Scurry County
No high school diploma	15.0%	14.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastland County	Scurry County
Drove alone	75.7%	81.4%
Carpooled	15.4%	11.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastland County	Scurry County
1-unit, detached	75.8%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Eastland County	Scurry County
Poverty rate	14.6%	9.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1963	1968