Grayson County vs Parker County

A side-by-side comparison of Grayson County and Parker County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parker County has the higher population (158,079 vs 139,988 in Grayson County). Parker County has the higher median household income ($102,099 vs $70,455 in Grayson County). Parker County has the higher median home value ($343,600 vs $228,300 in Grayson County).

Population, income & housing

	Grayson County	Parker County
Population	139,988	158,079
Median age	39.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,455	$102,099
Median home value	$228,300	$343,600
Median gross rent	$1,178	$1,440
Housing units	60,366	58,786
Homeownership rate	67.3%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grayson County	Parker County
Population	131,014 → 139,988 (+6.8%)	133,811 → 158,079 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$54,815 → $70,455 (+28.5%)	$77,503 → $102,099 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$137,400 → $228,300 (+66.2%)	$214,200 → $343,600 (+60.4%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,178 (+34.8%)	$1,027 → $1,440 (+40.2%)

Grayson County

Population

131,014139,988

Median household income

$54,815$70,455

Median home value

$137,400$228,300

Median gross rent

$874$1,178

Parker County

Population

133,811158,079

Median household income

$77,503$102,099

Median home value

$214,200$343,600

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grayson County	Parker County
Under 5	6.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.9%
75 and over	7.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grayson County	Parker County
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	80.0%
Black or African American	5.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grayson County	Parker County
No high school diploma	9.5%	9.5%
High school graduate	31.1%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grayson County	Parker County
Drove alone	75.1%	77.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	12.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grayson County	Parker County
1-unit, detached	71.5%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	3.6%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Grayson County	Parker County
Poverty rate	11.1%	7.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1984	2001