Jones County vs Tyler County

A side-by-side comparison of Jones County and Tyler County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tyler County has the higher population (20,084 vs 19,968 in Jones County). Jones County has the higher median household income ($63,472 vs $50,647 in Tyler County). Tyler County has the higher median home value ($138,400 vs $92,700 in Jones County).

Population, income & housing

	Jones County	Tyler County
Population	19,968	20,084
Median age	39.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,472	$50,647
Median home value	$92,700	$138,400
Median gross rent	$938	$951
Housing units	7,060	9,499
Homeownership rate	80.9%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jones County	Tyler County
Population	19,943 → 19,968 (+0.1%)	21,518 → 20,084 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$50,344 → $63,472 (+26.1%)	$44,497 → $50,647 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $92,700 (+12.5%)	$88,100 → $138,400 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $938 (+29.0%)	$696 → $951 (+36.6%)

Jones County

Population

19,94319,968

Median household income

$50,344$63,472

Median home value

$82,400$92,700

Median gross rent

$727$938

Tyler County

Population

21,51820,084

Median household income

$44,497$50,647

Median home value

$88,100$138,400

Median gross rent

$696$951

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jones County	Tyler County
Under 5	4.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	17.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	16.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.6%
75 and over	6.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jones County	Tyler County
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	77.1%
Black or African American	10.3%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	28.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jones County	Tyler County
No high school diploma	18.9%	16.9%
High school graduate	38.6%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jones County	Tyler County
Drove alone	79.2%	76.2%
Carpooled	11.9%	14.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jones County	Tyler County
1-unit, detached	83.0%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Jones County	Tyler County
Poverty rate	12.6%	19.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1969	1985