Freestone County vs Jones County

A side-by-side comparison of Freestone County and Jones County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jones County has the higher population (19,968 vs 19,813 in Freestone County). Jones County has the higher median household income ($63,472 vs $58,460 in Freestone County). Freestone County has the higher median home value ($164,400 vs $92,700 in Jones County).

Population, income & housing

	Freestone County	Jones County
Population	19,813	19,968
Median age	41.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,460	$63,472
Median home value	$164,400	$92,700
Median gross rent	$844	$938
Housing units	9,101	7,060
Homeownership rate	74.8%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freestone County	Jones County
Population	19,714 → 19,813 (+0.5%)	19,943 → 19,968 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$49,471 → $58,460 (+18.2%)	$50,344 → $63,472 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $164,400 (+47.0%)	$82,400 → $92,700 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $844 (+16.4%)	$727 → $938 (+29.0%)

Freestone County

Population

19,71419,813

Median household income

$49,471$58,460

Median home value

$111,800$164,400

Median gross rent

$725$844

Jones County

Population

19,94319,968

Median household income

$50,344$63,472

Median home value

$82,400$92,700

Median gross rent

$727$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freestone County	Jones County
Under 5	5.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	17.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.9%
75 and over	8.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freestone County	Jones County
White (non-Hispanic)	63.5%	56.3%
Black or African American	14.7%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.8%	28.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freestone County	Jones County
No high school diploma	13.4%	18.9%
High school graduate	35.3%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freestone County	Jones County
Drove alone	83.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	6.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freestone County	Jones County
1-unit, detached	68.8%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	26.2%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Freestone County	Jones County
Poverty rate	14.3%	12.6%
Average household size	2.68	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1988	1969