Erath County vs Kendall County

A side-by-side comparison of Erath County and Kendall County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kendall County has the higher population (46,971 vs 43,244 in Erath County). Kendall County has the higher median household income ($110,498 vs $65,351 in Erath County). Kendall County has the higher median home value ($489,800 vs $251,900 in Erath County).

Population, income & housing

	Erath County	Kendall County
Population	43,244	46,971
Median age	31.9 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,351	$110,498
Median home value	$251,900	$489,800
Median gross rent	$1,134	$1,576
Housing units	18,515	18,797
Homeownership rate	63.8%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erath County	Kendall County
Population	41,841 → 43,244 (+3.4%)	43,769 → 46,971 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$52,742 → $65,351 (+23.9%)	$84,747 → $110,498 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$159,900 → $251,900 (+57.5%)	$348,500 → $489,800 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $1,134 (+24.5%)	$1,196 → $1,576 (+31.8%)

Erath County

Population

41,84143,244

Median household income

$52,742$65,351

Median home value

$159,900$251,900

Median gross rent

$911$1,134

Kendall County

Population

43,76946,971

Median household income

$84,747$110,498

Median home value

$348,500$489,800

Median gross rent

$1,196$1,576

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erath County	Kendall County
Under 5	6.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	19.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.6%
75 and over	5.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erath County	Kendall County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	71.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erath County	Kendall County
No high school diploma	12.9%	6.4%
High school graduate	26.3%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erath County	Kendall County
Drove alone	75.4%	68.1%
Carpooled	10.9%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.7%	20.9%
Other means	1.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erath County	Kendall County
1-unit, detached	66.0%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	3.2%
20 or more units	4.4%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Erath County	Kendall County
Poverty rate	15.9%	5.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1989	2002