Hunt County vs Rockwall County

A side-by-side comparison of Hunt County and Rockwall County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rockwall County has the higher population (116,931 vs 104,917 in Hunt County). Rockwall County has the higher median household income ($124,917 vs $70,112 in Hunt County). Rockwall County has the higher median home value ($386,000 vs $210,900 in Hunt County).

Population, income & housing

	Hunt County	Rockwall County
Population	104,917	116,931
Median age	37.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,112	$124,917
Median home value	$210,900	$386,000
Median gross rent	$1,184	$1,899
Housing units	41,973	41,426
Homeownership rate	70.8%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hunt County	Rockwall County
Population	94,162 → 104,917 (+11.4%)	97,175 → 116,931 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$54,959 → $70,112 (+27.6%)	$100,920 → $124,917 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$123,300 → $210,900 (+71.0%)	$266,200 → $386,000 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $1,184 (+31.7%)	$1,429 → $1,899 (+32.9%)

Hunt County

Population

94,162104,917

Median household income

$54,959$70,112

Median home value

$123,300$210,900

Median gross rent

$899$1,184

Rockwall County

Population

97,175116,931

Median household income

$100,920$124,917

Median home value

$266,200$386,000

Median gross rent

$1,429$1,899

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hunt County	Rockwall County
Under 5	6.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.8%
75 and over	6.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hunt County	Rockwall County
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	64.9%
Black or African American	7.7%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	20.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hunt County	Rockwall County
No high school diploma	13.7%	5.8%
High school graduate	33.6%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hunt County	Rockwall County
Drove alone	78.4%	73.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	1.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	17.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hunt County	Rockwall County
1-unit, detached	68.0%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	2.8%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	17.2%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Hunt County	Rockwall County
Poverty rate	12.4%	4.3%
Average household size	2.71	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1988	2005