Harrison County vs Wise County

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

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

Wise County has the higher population (72,359 vs 69,584 in Harrison County). Wise County has the higher median household income ($89,897 vs $66,040 in Harrison County). Wise County has the higher median home value ($277,200 vs $178,200 in Harrison County).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison County	Wise County
Population	69,584	72,359
Median age	38.9 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,040	$89,897
Median home value	$178,200	$277,200
Median gross rent	$977	$1,239
Housing units	29,530	27,196
Homeownership rate	74.9%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison County	Wise County
Population	66,580 → 69,584 (+4.5%)	66,290 → 72,359 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$52,220 → $66,040 (+26.5%)	$64,536 → $89,897 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$130,900 → $178,200 (+36.1%)	$170,300 → $277,200 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $977 (+24.3%)	$966 → $1,239 (+28.3%)

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

Wise County

Population

66,29072,359

Median household income

$64,536$89,897

Median home value

$170,300$277,200

Median gross rent

$966$1,239

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrison County	Wise County
Under 5	5.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.6%
75 and over	6.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison County	Wise County
White (non-Hispanic)	60.7%	73.8%
Black or African American	20.4%	1.4%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison County	Wise County
No high school diploma	10.8%	13.4%
High school graduate	32.5%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison County	Wise County
Drove alone	80.0%	76.9%
Carpooled	10.5%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	10.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison County	Wise County
1-unit, detached	69.1%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Harrison County	Wise County
Poverty rate	17.4%	9.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1984	1994