Fayette County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 17,402 69.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,522 22.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,406 5.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 69 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 581 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 17 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 16 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 29 0.1%

• Under 18 5,052 20.2%
• 18–24 1,562 6.2%
• 25–44 5,256 21.0%
• 45–64 6,438 25.7%
• 65 and over 6,734 26.9%

Median household income

$76,540

90% interval $70,464–$82,616

−$3,183 vs TX · 58th of 254

Below poverty line

10.2%

90% interval 7.8%–12.6%

−3.2 pp vs TX · 221st of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

−0.38 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.1B

0.08% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,472

Establishments

850

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,517 26.8%
• Education & health services 1,610 17.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,161 12.4%
• Manufacturing 932 9.9%
• Construction 750 8.0%
• Natural resources & mining 480 5.1%
• Financial activities 468 5.0%
• Professional & business services 420 4.5%
• Public administration 334 3.6%
• Other services 178 1.9%
• Information 113 1.2%
• Unclassified 10 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 95.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.4%

+16.8 pp vs TX · 58th of 254

Median gross rent

$988

−$415 vs TX · 111th of 254

Owner-occupied

8,257

Renter-occupied

2,146

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $90,900/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,052/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 10,699 80.3%
• Democratic 2,515 18.9%
• Other / third-party 113 0.8%

• Spanish 3,781 15.9%
• German or other West Germanic 144 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 108 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 87 0.4%
• Chinese 15 0.1%
• Vietnamese 7 0.0%
• Korean 4 0.0%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%

Households

10,403

Family households

7,058

67.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,597

22.6% of families

Single-mother families

262

3.7% of families

Veterans

1,488

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 11,117 45.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 5,527 22.6%
• Mainline Protestant 3,535 14.5%
• Black Protestant 232 0.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

Health insured

90.1%

±2 pp

Uninsured

9.9%

±2 pp

242nd of 254

With a disability

15.0%

±1.5 pp

143rd of 254

Bachelor's or higher

27.5%

±2.3 pp

−6.3 pp vs TX · 52nd of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

19.3%

90% interval 17.7%–20.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

155th 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

Bellville, La Grange

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

13

65.03 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

13