Falls County vs Lee County

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

Falls 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.

Lee County has the higher population (17,758 vs 17,063 in Falls County). Lee County has the higher median household income ($66,000 vs $55,372 in Falls County). Lee County has the higher median home value ($247,500 vs $97,300 in Falls County).

Population, income & housing

	Falls County	Lee County
Population	17,063	17,758
Median age	41.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,372	$66,000
Median home value	$97,300	$247,500
Median gross rent	$747	$1,050
Housing units	7,449	7,924
Homeownership rate	78.4%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falls County	Lee County
Population	17,272 → 17,063 (-1.2%)	17,058 → 17,758 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$39,497 → $55,372 (+40.2%)	$54,744 → $66,000 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $97,300 (+29.2%)	$138,700 → $247,500 (+78.4%)
Median gross rent	$509 → $747 (+46.8%)	$873 → $1,050 (+20.3%)

Falls County

Population

17,27217,063

Median household income

$39,497$55,372

Median home value

$75,300$97,300

Median gross rent

$509$747

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)

	Falls County	Lee County
Under 5	5.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.3%
75 and over	8.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falls County	Lee County
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	60.2%
Black or African American	19.8%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	24.4%	26.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falls County	Lee County
No high school diploma	15.1%	16.8%
High school graduate	32.8%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falls County	Lee County
Drove alone	77.7%	70.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.9%	10.5%
Other means	0.0%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falls County	Lee County
1-unit, detached	78.6%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Falls County	Lee County
Poverty rate	14.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1975	1992