Lavaca County vs Montague County

A side-by-side comparison of Lavaca County and Montague County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montague County has the higher population (20,599 vs 20,479 in Lavaca County). Montague County has the higher median household income ($62,818 vs $61,768 in Lavaca County). Lavaca County has the higher median home value ($220,900 vs $189,400 in Montague County).

Population, income & housing

	Lavaca County	Montague County
Population	20,479	20,599
Median age	43.1 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,768	$62,818
Median home value	$220,900	$189,400
Median gross rent	$879	$957
Housing units	10,499	10,313
Homeownership rate	76.3%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lavaca County	Montague County
Population	20,021 → 20,479 (+2.3%)	19,489 → 20,599 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$54,403 → $61,768 (+13.5%)	$51,765 → $62,818 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$162,400 → $220,900 (+36.0%)	$115,400 → $189,400 (+64.1%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $879 (+16.9%)	$858 → $957 (+11.5%)

Lavaca County

Population

20,02120,479

Median household income

$54,403$61,768

Median home value

$162,400$220,900

Median gross rent

$752$879

Montague County

Population

19,48920,599

Median household income

$51,765$62,818

Median home value

$115,400$189,400

Median gross rent

$858$957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lavaca County	Montague County
Under 5	5.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.4%
75 and over	10.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lavaca County	Montague County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	84.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lavaca County	Montague County
No high school diploma	12.9%	13.1%
High school graduate	37.6%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lavaca County	Montague County
Drove alone	80.1%	78.3%
Carpooled	10.1%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	8.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lavaca County	Montague County
1-unit, detached	78.4%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	15.7%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Lavaca County	Montague County
Poverty rate	9.4%	13.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1976	1979