Eastland County vs Young County

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

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

Young County has the higher population (17,963 vs 17,846 in Eastland County). Young County has the higher median household income ($63,723 vs $51,741 in Eastland County). Young County has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $121,700 in Eastland County).

Population, income & housing

	Eastland County	Young County
Population	17,846	17,963
Median age	42.6 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,741	$63,723
Median home value	$121,700	$165,300
Median gross rent	$803	$849
Housing units	9,391	8,550
Homeownership rate	71.1%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastland County	Young County
Population	18,273 → 17,846 (-2.3%)	18,036 → 17,963 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$37,276 → $51,741 (+38.8%)	$50,635 → $63,723 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $121,700 (+64.7%)	$96,800 → $165,300 (+70.8%)
Median gross rent	$565 → $803 (+42.1%)	$686 → $849 (+23.8%)

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

Young County

Population

18,03617,963

Median household income

$50,635$63,723

Median home value

$96,800$165,300

Median gross rent

$686$849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastland County	Young County
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.4%
75 and over	9.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastland County	Young County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	75.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastland County	Young County
No high school diploma	15.0%	10.6%
High school graduate	33.3%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastland County	Young County
Drove alone	75.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	15.4%	14.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.0%	4.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastland County	Young County
1-unit, detached	75.8%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	1.5%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Eastland County	Young County
Poverty rate	14.6%	16.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1963	1975