Leon County vs Robertson County

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

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

Robertson County has the higher population (16,973 vs 16,067 in Leon County). Robertson County has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $59,975 in Leon County). Leon County has the higher median home value ($177,400 vs $172,700 in Robertson County).

Population, income & housing

	Leon County	Robertson County
Population	16,067	16,973
Median age	44.3 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,975	$66,250
Median home value	$177,400	$172,700
Median gross rent	$798	$773
Housing units	9,018	8,559
Homeownership rate	77.0%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leon County	Robertson County
Population	17,225 → 16,067 (-6.7%)	16,990 → 16,973 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$43,045 → $59,975 (+39.3%)	$52,928 → $66,250 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$111,000 → $177,400 (+59.8%)	$108,600 → $172,700 (+59.0%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $798 (+3.2%)	$709 → $773 (+9.0%)

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

Robertson County

Population

16,99016,973

Median household income

$52,928$66,250

Median home value

$108,600$172,700

Median gross rent

$709$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leon County	Robertson County
Under 5	5.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.8%	12.0%
75 and over	9.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leon County	Robertson County
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	55.1%
Black or African American	7.3%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leon County	Robertson County
No high school diploma	13.7%	15.2%
High school graduate	38.3%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leon County	Robertson County
Drove alone	79.9%	78.6%
Carpooled	12.1%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	4.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leon County	Robertson County
1-unit, detached	58.0%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	37.8%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Leon County	Robertson County
Poverty rate	14.4%	16.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1992	1982