Houston County vs Llano County

A side-by-side comparison of Houston County and Llano County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Houston County has the higher population (22,042 vs 22,011 in Llano County). Llano County has the higher median household income ($65,636 vs $54,563 in Houston County). Llano County has the higher median home value ($322,300 vs $155,100 in Houston County).

Population, income & housing

	Houston County	Llano County
Population	22,042	22,011
Median age	44.0 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,563	$65,636
Median home value	$155,100	$322,300
Median gross rent	$873	$995
Housing units	10,833	15,583
Homeownership rate	68.8%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston County	Llano County
Population	22,954 → 22,042 (-4.0%)	21,047 → 22,011 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$37,904 → $54,563 (+44.0%)	$53,411 → $65,636 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$100,700 → $155,100 (+54.0%)	$194,800 → $322,300 (+65.5%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $873 (+24.4%)	$885 → $995 (+12.4%)

Houston County

Population

22,95422,042

Median household income

$37,904$54,563

Median home value

$100,700$155,100

Median gross rent

$702$873

Llano County

Population

21,04722,011

Median household income

$53,411$65,636

Median home value

$194,800$322,300

Median gross rent

$885$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston County	Llano County
Under 5	5.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.0%	11.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	7.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	8.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	20.7%
75 and over	9.9%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston County	Llano County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	83.2%
Black or African American	21.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston County	Llano County
No high school diploma	17.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	37.8%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston County	Llano County
Drove alone	81.4%	74.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.6%	13.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston County	Llano County
1-unit, detached	69.9%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	19.0%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Houston County	Llano County
Poverty rate	16.3%	11.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1980	1990