Foard County vs Glasscock County

A side-by-side comparison of Foard County and Glasscock County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Foard County has the higher population (1,079 vs 1,070 in Glasscock County). Glasscock County has the higher median household income ($106,806 vs $42,212 in Foard County). Glasscock County has the higher median home value ($248,600 vs $71,400 in Foard County).

Population, income & housing

	Foard County	Glasscock County
Population	1,079	1,070
Median age	45.7 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,212	$106,806
Median home value	$71,400	$248,600
Median gross rent	$577	—
Housing units	602	463
Homeownership rate	66.7%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foard County	Glasscock County
Population	1,275 → 1,079 (-15.4%)	1,510 → 1,070 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$43,625 → $42,212 (-3.2%)	$78,456 → $106,806 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$46,400 → $71,400 (+53.9%)	$229,200 → $248,600 (+8.5%)
Median gross rent	$491 → $577 (+17.5%)	$904 → $700 (-22.6%)

Foard County

Population

1,2751,079

Median household income

$43,625$42,212

Median home value

$46,400$71,400

Median gross rent

$491$577

Glasscock County

Population

1,5101,070

Median household income

$78,456$106,806

Median home value

$229,200$248,600

Median gross rent

$904$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foard County	Glasscock County
Under 5	5.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	13.7%	1.5%
25 to 34	4.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	17.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	5.8%
75 and over	18.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foard County	Glasscock County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	66.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	18.1%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	27.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foard County	Glasscock County
No high school diploma	18.8%	12.4%
High school graduate	29.4%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foard County	Glasscock County
Drove alone	65.3%	81.0%
Carpooled	28.1%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foard County	Glasscock County
1-unit, detached	76.2%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Foard County	Glasscock County
Poverty rate	20.9%	8.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1962	1977