Walker County vs Wise County

A side-by-side comparison of Walker County and Wise County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Walker County has the higher population (78,292 vs 72,359 in Wise County). Wise County has the higher median household income ($89,897 vs $49,862 in Walker County). Wise County has the higher median home value ($277,200 vs $207,900 in Walker County).

Population, income & housing

	Walker County	Wise County
Population	78,292	72,359
Median age	37.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,862	$89,897
Median home value	$207,900	$277,200
Median gross rent	$986	$1,239
Housing units	29,626	27,196
Homeownership rate	57.1%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Walker County	Wise County
Population	72,321 → 78,292 (+8.3%)	66,290 → 72,359 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$43,742 → $49,862 (+14.0%)	$64,536 → $89,897 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$152,300 → $207,900 (+36.5%)	$170,300 → $277,200 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $986 (+8.6%)	$966 → $1,239 (+28.3%)

Walker County

Population

72,32178,292

Median household income

$43,742$49,862

Median home value

$152,300$207,900

Median gross rent

$908$986

Wise County

Population

66,29072,359

Median household income

$64,536$89,897

Median home value

$170,300$277,200

Median gross rent

$966$1,239

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Walker County	Wise County
Under 5	4.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	10.7%	18.8%
18 to 24	18.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.6%
75 and over	5.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Walker County	Wise County
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	73.8%
Black or African American	19.8%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	21.6%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Walker County	Wise County
No high school diploma	15.2%	13.4%
High school graduate	34.7%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Walker County	Wise County
Drove alone	78.3%	76.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	11.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	10.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Walker County	Wise County
1-unit, detached	50.6%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	23.3%

Poverty & households

	Walker County	Wise County
Poverty rate	17.9%	9.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1989	1994