With 24,876 people, Aransas County is a county in Texas. At a median age of 49.9, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Owners hold 77% of the housing stock. 3% of locals were born outside the United States. 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values have more than tripled since 2000, reaching $265,400.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $69,466, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 49.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
29% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 123%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Aransas County
What changed most since 1990
White share74.2% → 67.2%(−7.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate25.2% → 14.2%(−11.0 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median age38.1 → 49.9(+11.8 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)12.6%(228)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)20.6%(373)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era42.6%(771)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War11%(199)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.6%(11)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,809 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Aransas County, decade by decade
Aransas County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
17,892
$51,157
$132,004
14.5%
50.9
2000
22,497
$55,928
$119,136
16.7%
51.7
2010
23,158
$60,677
$186,870
23.9%
55.0
2020
23,830
$58,086
$222,046
23.2%
61.4
2024
24,876
$69,466
$265,400
28.8%
59.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
