Kimble County vs Mason County

A side-by-side comparison of Kimble County and Mason County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kimble County has the higher population (4,355 vs 3,951 in Mason County). Mason County has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $65,703 in Kimble County). Mason County has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $173,100 in Kimble County).

Population, income & housing

	Kimble County	Mason County
Population	4,355	3,951
Median age	50.3 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,703	$68,750
Median home value	$173,100	$274,600
Median gross rent	$795	$751
Housing units	2,825	2,411
Homeownership rate	78.6%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kimble County	Mason County
Population	4,373 → 4,355 (-0.4%)	4,186 → 3,951 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$43,328 → $65,703 (+51.6%)	$42,276 → $68,750 (+62.6%)
Median home value	$149,700 → $173,100 (+15.6%)	$172,800 → $274,600 (+58.9%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $795 (+8.6%)	$800 → $751 (-6.1%)

Kimble County

Population

4,3734,355

Median household income

$43,328$65,703

Median home value

$149,700$173,100

Median gross rent

$732$795

Mason County

Population

4,1863,951

Median household income

$42,276$68,750

Median home value

$172,800$274,600

Median gross rent

$800$751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kimble County	Mason County
Under 5	4.8%	7.8%
5 to 17	11.6%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	7.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	19.7%	18.5%
75 and over	11.8%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kimble County	Mason County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	77.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.6%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kimble County	Mason County
No high school diploma	16.9%	15.7%
High school graduate	29.3%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kimble County	Mason County
Drove alone	76.6%	73.2%
Carpooled	18.6%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.0%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kimble County	Mason County
1-unit, detached	78.7%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Kimble County	Mason County
Poverty rate	15.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1980	1972