Harrison County vs Hood County

A side-by-side comparison of Harrison County and Hood County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harrison County has the higher population (69,584 vs 64,198 in Hood County). Hood County has the higher median household income ($86,802 vs $66,040 in Harrison County). Hood County has the higher median home value ($281,300 vs $178,200 in Harrison County).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison County	Hood County
Population	69,584	64,198
Median age	38.9 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,040	$86,802
Median home value	$178,200	$281,300
Median gross rent	$977	$1,414
Housing units	29,530	28,796
Homeownership rate	74.9%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison County	Hood County
Population	66,580 → 69,584 (+4.5%)	58,318 → 64,198 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$52,220 → $66,040 (+26.5%)	$64,041 → $86,802 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$130,900 → $178,200 (+36.1%)	$193,500 → $281,300 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $977 (+24.3%)	$961 → $1,414 (+47.1%)

Harrison County

Population

66,58069,584

Median household income

$52,220$66,040

Median home value

$130,900$178,200

Median gross rent

$786$977

Hood County

Population

58,31864,198

Median household income

$64,041$86,802

Median home value

$193,500$281,300

Median gross rent

$961$1,414

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrison County	Hood County
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	14.9%
75 and over	6.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison County	Hood County
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	81.1%
Black or African American	20.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison County	Hood County
No high school diploma	10.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	32.5%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison County	Hood County
Drove alone	80.0%	78.5%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	12.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison County	Hood County
1-unit, detached	69.1%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Harrison County	Hood County
Poverty rate	17.4%	8.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1984	1997