Leon County vs Pecos County

A side-by-side comparison of Leon County and Pecos County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leon County has the higher population (16,067 vs 14,983 in Pecos County). Pecos County has the higher median household income ($67,689 vs $59,975 in Leon County). Leon County has the higher median home value ($177,400 vs $142,900 in Pecos County).

Population, income & housing

	Leon County	Pecos County
Population	16,067	14,983
Median age	44.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,975	$67,689
Median home value	$177,400	$142,900
Median gross rent	$798	$973
Housing units	9,018	5,853
Homeownership rate	77.0%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leon County	Pecos County
Population	17,225 → 16,067 (-6.7%)	15,815 → 14,983 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$43,045 → $59,975 (+39.3%)	$52,397 → $67,689 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$111,000 → $177,400 (+59.8%)	$87,300 → $142,900 (+63.7%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $798 (+3.2%)	$842 → $973 (+15.6%)

Leon County

Population

17,22516,067

Median household income

$43,045$59,975

Median home value

$111,000$177,400

Median gross rent

$773$798

Pecos County

Population

15,81514,983

Median household income

$52,397$67,689

Median home value

$87,300$142,900

Median gross rent

$842$973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leon County	Pecos County
Under 5	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	13.8%	8.5%
75 and over	9.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leon County	Pecos County
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	22.6%
Black or African American	7.3%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	71.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leon County	Pecos County
No high school diploma	13.7%	20.9%
High school graduate	38.3%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leon County	Pecos County
Drove alone	79.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	12.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.8%	3.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leon County	Pecos County
1-unit, detached	58.0%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	37.8%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Leon County	Pecos County
Poverty rate	14.4%	27.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	17
Median year structure built	1992	1979