Frio County vs Lee County

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

Frio 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.

Frio County has the higher population (18,019 vs 17,758 in Lee County). Lee County has the higher median household income ($66,000 vs $60,098 in Frio County). Lee County has the higher median home value ($247,500 vs $110,100 in Frio County).

Population, income & housing

	Frio County	Lee County
Population	18,019	17,758
Median age	31.8 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,098	$66,000
Median home value	$110,100	$247,500
Median gross rent	$1,006	$1,050
Housing units	6,378	7,924
Homeownership rate	63.0%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frio County	Lee County
Population	19,871 → 18,019 (-9.3%)	17,058 → 17,758 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$46,729 → $60,098 (+28.6%)	$54,744 → $66,000 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$82,200 → $110,100 (+33.9%)	$138,700 → $247,500 (+78.4%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $1,006 (+23.0%)	$873 → $1,050 (+20.3%)

Frio County

Population

19,87118,019

Median household income

$46,729$60,098

Median home value

$82,200$110,100

Median gross rent

$818$1,006

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)

	Frio County	Lee County
Under 5	6.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	17.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	7.1%	12.3%
75 and over	5.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frio County	Lee County
White (non-Hispanic)	15.2%	60.2%
Black or African American	4.2%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	77.6%	26.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frio County	Lee County
No high school diploma	29.4%	16.8%
High school graduate	40.7%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frio County	Lee County
Drove alone	79.9%	70.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	10.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	1.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	1.8%	10.5%
Other means	4.8%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frio County	Lee County
1-unit, detached	64.8%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	19.1%	23.2%

Poverty & households

	Frio County	Lee County
Poverty rate	19.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.82	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1984	1992