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Waco, TX Urban Area

197,594 Population
89.8 square miles 2,199.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,060 ±$1,861 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$56,494 ±$5,366 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

20.5% ±3.2% (38,946  ±6,219) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18.9 minutes ±0.5 (1,544,675  ±52,413) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

71,689 ±2,297 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0.1 (190,075  ±5,114) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.8% ±1.6% (2,529  ±870) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

81,097 ±1,856 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$241,100 ±$15,146 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

17.3% ±2.3% (33,619  ±4,587.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

85.9% ±4.4% (100,249  ±5,912.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
28% ±2.7% (32,686  ±3,339) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.7% ±1.9% (21,072  ±3,732) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.1% ±1.3% (9,102  ±1,870) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
9,102 Total veterans ±1,870 8,186 Male ±1,869 916 Female ±461

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