Baylor County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,669 76.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 458 13.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 43 1.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 263 7.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 17 0.5%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 32 0.9%

• Under 18 756 21.7%
• 18–24 173 5.0%
• 25–44 661 19.0%
• 45–64 945 27.1%
• 65 and over 950 27.3%

Median household income

$54,002

90% interval $47,614–$60,390

−$25,721 vs TX · 218th of 254

Below poverty line

16.1%

90% interval 12.2%–20.0%

+2.7 pp vs TX · 89th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−1.34 pp vs. state

County GDP

$234.9M

0.01% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,630

Establishments

185

• Trade, transportation & utilities 432 27.2%
• Education & health services 416 26.2%
• Professional & business services 110 6.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 106 6.7%
• Public administration 90 5.7%
• Financial activities 42 2.6%
• Other services 42 2.6%

The sectors listed cover 78.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.2%

+3.6 pp vs TX · 208th of 254

Median gross rent

$581

−$822 vs TX · 241st of 254

Owner-occupied

1,013

Renter-occupied

517

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Trade, transportation & utilities, $76,644/yr) pays 4.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,895/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,471 88.1%
• Democratic 184 11.0%
• Other / third-party 15 0.9%

• Spanish 275 8.2%
• German or other West Germanic 7 0.2%

Households

1,530

Family households

1,060

69.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

170

16.0% of families

Single-mother families

161

15.2% of families

Veterans

266

9.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,062 59.5%
• Catholic 724 20.9%
• Mainline Protestant 362 10.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 206 5.9%

Health insured

79.4%

±5 pp

Uninsured

20.6%

±5 pp

53rd of 254

With a disability

23.5%

±4.3 pp

20th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

25.3%

±4.8 pp

−8.5 pp vs TX · 69th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

17.7%

90% interval 15.9%–19.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

50th District Court

Judges

1 (Total District Court judges with venue over this county; vintage 2026 txcourts.gov directory + Tex. Gov't Code § 24. Texas's court structure is unusual: each urban county has dozens of numbered District Courts (Harris ~60, Dallas ~45, Travis ~25, Bexar ~25, Tarrant ~20) with trial assignments random across the full bench. Rural counties typically have 1-2 District Court judges sitting on a multi-county district. County Court at Law judges (limited jurisdiction) and Constitutional County Court judges (presided over by the elected County Judge) are separately allocated and not counted here. TX has ~474 District Court judges statewide.)

Court seats

Benjamin, Guthrie, Paducah, Seymour

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0