Tarrant County vs Travis County

A side-by-side comparison of Tarrant County and Travis County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tarrant County has the higher population (2,135,743 vs 1,307,625 in Travis County). Travis County has the higher median household income ($97,169 vs $81,905 in Tarrant County). Travis County has the higher median home value ($487,600 vs $294,100 in Tarrant County).

Population, income & housing

	Tarrant County	Travis County
Population	2,135,743	1,307,625
Median age	35.1 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,905	$97,169
Median home value	$294,100	$487,600
Median gross rent	$1,447	$1,669
Housing units	827,874	594,638
Homeownership rate	59.4%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tarrant County	Travis County
Population	2,049,770 → 2,135,743 (+4.2%)	1,226,805 → 1,307,625 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$67,700 → $81,905 (+21.0%)	$75,887 → $97,169 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$188,500 → $294,100 (+56.0%)	$324,800 → $487,600 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,095 → $1,447 (+32.1%)	$1,289 → $1,669 (+29.5%)

Tarrant County

Population

2,049,7702,135,743

Median household income

$67,700$81,905

Median home value

$188,500$294,100

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,447

Travis County

Population

1,226,8051,307,625

Median household income

$75,887$97,169

Median home value

$324,800$487,600

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tarrant County	Travis County
Under 5	6.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	19.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	16.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.0%
75 and over	4.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tarrant County	Travis County
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	47.7%
Black or African American	17.2%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	5.8%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	29.9%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tarrant County	Travis County
No high school diploma	12.9%	8.5%
High school graduate	23.6%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tarrant County	Travis County
Drove alone	73.8%	59.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.4%	1.7%
Walked	1.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	13.5%	27.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tarrant County	Travis County
1-unit, detached	65.5%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	14.3%
20 or more units	10.1%	20.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Tarrant County	Travis County
Poverty rate	10.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.74	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1989	1997