Fannin County vs Washington County

A side-by-side comparison of Fannin County and Washington County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fannin County has the higher population (36,525 vs 36,156 in Washington County). Washington County has the higher median household income ($75,085 vs $68,377 in Fannin County). Washington County has the higher median home value ($270,100 vs $213,500 in Fannin County).

Population, income & housing

	Fannin County	Washington County
Population	36,525	36,156
Median age	40.7 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,377	$75,085
Median home value	$213,500	$270,100
Median gross rent	$994	$1,091
Housing units	14,743	17,371
Homeownership rate	75.5%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fannin County	Washington County
Population	34,537 → 36,525 (+5.8%)	35,163 → 36,156 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$54,648 → $68,377 (+25.1%)	$54,971 → $75,085 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$123,100 → $213,500 (+73.4%)	$179,100 → $270,100 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $994 (+26.1%)	$885 → $1,091 (+23.3%)

Fannin County

Population

34,53736,525

Median household income

$54,648$68,377

Median home value

$123,100$213,500

Median gross rent

$788$994

Washington County

Population

35,16336,156

Median household income

$54,971$75,085

Median home value

$179,100$270,100

Median gross rent

$885$1,091

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fannin County	Washington County
Under 5	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.6%
75 and over	7.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fannin County	Washington County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	61.7%
Black or African American	6.3%	15.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fannin County	Washington County
No high school diploma	13.2%	9.6%
High school graduate	35.6%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fannin County	Washington County
Drove alone	73.6%	77.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.9%	8.1%
Other means	1.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fannin County	Washington County
1-unit, detached	77.8%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Fannin County	Washington County
Poverty rate	14.2%	12.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1987	1990