Live Oak County vs Ward County

A side-by-side comparison of Live Oak County and Ward County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Live Oak County has the higher population (11,444 vs 11,255 in Ward County). Ward County has the higher median household income ($71,719 vs $53,869 in Live Oak County). Live Oak County has the higher median home value ($142,300 vs $138,800 in Ward County).

Population, income & housing

	Live Oak County	Ward County
Population	11,444	11,255
Median age	38.6 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,869	$71,719
Median home value	$142,300	$138,800
Median gross rent	$949	$939
Housing units	5,971	5,137
Homeownership rate	72.9%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Live Oak County	Ward County
Population	12,139 → 11,444 (-5.7%)	11,658 → 11,255 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$53,848 → $53,869 (+0.0%)	$62,986 → $71,719 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$104,100 → $142,300 (+36.7%)	$86,800 → $138,800 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $949 (+26.5%)	$899 → $939 (+4.4%)

Live Oak County

Population

12,13911,444

Median household income

$53,848$53,869

Median home value

$104,100$142,300

Median gross rent

$750$949

Ward County

Population

11,65811,255

Median household income

$62,986$71,719

Median home value

$86,800$138,800

Median gross rent

$899$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Live Oak County	Ward County
Under 5	6.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	18.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.3%
75 and over	9.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Live Oak County	Ward County
White (non-Hispanic)	48.5%	37.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	42.1%	55.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Live Oak County	Ward County
No high school diploma	23.1%	19.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Live Oak County	Ward County
Drove alone	81.7%	85.6%
Carpooled	6.5%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	1.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Live Oak County	Ward County
1-unit, detached	66.2%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	25.1%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Live Oak County	Ward County
Poverty rate	17.2%	14.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1985	1971