Maverick County vs Van Zandt County

A side-by-side comparison of Maverick County and Van Zandt County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Van Zandt County has the higher population (61,323 vs 57,770 in Maverick County). Van Zandt County has the higher median household income ($68,274 vs $51,270 in Maverick County). Van Zandt County has the higher median home value ($199,500 vs $151,500 in Maverick County).

Population, income & housing

	Maverick County	Van Zandt County
Population	57,770	61,323
Median age	30.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,270	$68,274
Median home value	$151,500	$199,500
Median gross rent	$789	$1,010
Housing units	20,258	25,708
Homeownership rate	68.7%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maverick County	Van Zandt County
Population	58,174 → 57,770 (-0.7%)	55,103 → 61,323 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$39,625 → $51,270 (+29.4%)	$54,654 → $68,274 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $151,500 (+54.7%)	$132,300 → $199,500 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $789 (+19.7%)	$836 → $1,010 (+20.8%)

Maverick County

Population

58,17457,770

Median household income

$39,625$51,270

Median home value

$97,900$151,500

Median gross rent

$659$789

Van Zandt County

Population

55,10361,323

Median household income

$54,654$68,274

Median home value

$132,300$199,500

Median gross rent

$836$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maverick County	Van Zandt County
Under 5	8.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	22.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	11.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	11.8%
75 and over	5.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maverick County	Van Zandt County
White (non-Hispanic)	2.8%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	94.9%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maverick County	Van Zandt County
No high school diploma	32.3%	12.7%
High school graduate	28.4%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maverick County	Van Zandt County
Drove alone	81.9%	77.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	10.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	10.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maverick County	Van Zandt County
1-unit, detached	67.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.8%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Maverick County	Van Zandt County
Poverty rate	22.6%	11.5%
Average household size	3.13	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1995	1991