Hall County, Texas Demographics

Population trends, housing costs, income, commuting, and health, all on one page.

Hall County, TX Population Density Map and Area Scores

Area Score

Health, income and education, each graded from F to A+. Explore interactive maps for deeper analysis.

  • D
    Health Well below average
  • D
    Income Well below average
    Less wealthy than 84% of counties in Texas
  • F
    Education Well below average

Source: Map AI Methodology

Hall County
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Population density, people per sq mi

Population: density and quick facts

Metric Hall County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Population 2,820 30,160,889 337,468,954
Population density (per sq mi) 3.1 112.2 86.4
Population growth (%/yr) -1.41% 1.41% 0.59%
Median age 41.7 35.9 37.3
Households 1,169 10,982,153 130,235,071

Population in Hall County declined by 18.4% from 2009 to 2024, reaching 2,820 in 2024.

Population Growth 2009–2024

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Race & Ethnicity

Group Share

Age & Sex

The largest generation in Hall County is Boomers, aged 61–79, at 23.3% of residents. That is 10.0 points above Texas as a whole.

Residents by birth cohort, from the 2025 age distribution. The right-hand figure is how far each cohort's share sits above or below Texas, in percentage points. Children younger than Gen Z and the generations before the Boomers are counted in the population but not shown here, so these shares do not add up to 100%.

Male and female share

Women are 50.5% of the people living in Hall County and men 49.5%.

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Economy

Hall County has a the economy index of D, which means it is barely prosperous.

Metric Hall County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Median household income $47,827 $78,939 $80,455
Income growth (%/yr) 7.24% 4.56% 4.80%
Unemployment rate 9.0% 5.2% 5.2%

The median household income in Hall County is about 39% lower than in Texas.

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Housing

Metric Hall County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Median home price $85,357 $258,873 $248,835
Median rent $529 $1,402 $1,407
Homeownership rate 73.6% 62.6% 65.2%

The median home price in Hall County is about 13.5 years' worth of rent — buying at the median price costs roughly as much as paying the median rent of $529 per month for that long.

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Commute Time & Mobility

Commuters in Hall County spend about 22 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 91 hours, about 3.8 full days, spent commuting.

Metric Hall County Texas Avg U.S. Average
One-way commute (min) 10.9 22.8 22.4
Round-trip commute (min) 21.8 45.6 44.8
Yearly time spent (hours) 91 190 187
Estimated yearly cost $2,811 $5,888 $5,790
Work from home 2.6% 14.4% 15.0%
Highway traffic (vehicles/day) 2,858 9,879 8,813
Local road traffic (vehicles/day) 59 1,441 1,355

Fastest commutes among counties in Texas: Loving County (3.2 min), King County (5.8 min), Terrell County (6.5 min).
Slowest: Bandera County (38.6 min), San Jacinto County (35.9 min), Liberty County (33.6 min).

The average commute time in Hall County is 11 minutes, shorter than the 23 minutes in Texas.

Estimated yearly cost applies a single national wage rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area. Traffic volume figures come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

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Education & Households

Hall County has a education index of F, which means it scores poorly in education.

Metric Hall County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Bachelor's degree or higher 16.2% 29.3% 31.6%
Average household size 2.36 2.69 2.53

Highest education index among counties in Texas: Collin County (0.4), Travis County (0.4), Fort Bend County (0.4).
Lowest: Kenedy County (0.0), Hudspeth County (0.1), La Salle County (0.1).

Health

Hall County has a health index of D, which means it is barely healthy.

Metric Hall County Texas Avg U.S. Average
Life expectancy (years) 75.7 78.0 78.3
Self-rated poor health 27.4% 21.1% 16.3%
Smokers 22.4% 19.9% 19.0%

Highest health index among counties in Texas: Collin County (0.8), Travis County (0.8), Denton County (0.8).
Lowest: Starr County (0.7), Brooks County (0.7), Presidio County (0.7).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Hall County, Texas.

What is the population of Hall County, Texas?

About 2,820 people live in Hall County, Texas, in 1,169 households of 2.4 people on average. The median age is 41.7, so residents are older than the U.S. median of 37.3 by about 4 years.

Is Hall County, Texas mostly urban or rural?

Averaged over its land area, Hall County, Texas has 3 people per square mile, a density typical of rural areas. That is about 4% of the U.S. average of 86.

Can a typical household afford a home in Hall County, Texas?

The median home costs 1.8 times the median household income ($85,357 against $47,827), compared with 3.1 times nationally. That is within the traditional rule of thumb of about 3 times income. Median rent of $529 a month takes about 13% of the median household's income, below the 30% level at which HUD considers renters cost-burdened.

Is it hard to find a job in Hall County, Texas?

Unemployment in Hall County, Texas is 9.0%, well above the U.S. rate of 5.2%, so job seekers may face more competition than elsewhere.

How educated are people in Hall County, Texas?

16.2% of adults in Hall County, Texas hold a bachelor's degree or higher (about 1 in 6), well below the U.S. share of 31.6%.

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