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Waco, TX Urban Area

193,768 Population
89.8 square miles 2,157 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,935 ±$2,307 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$58,543 ±$4,744 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

20.6% ±3.7% (38,052  ±6,967) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.1 minutes ±0.7 (1,432,670  ±102,499) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

74,443 ±2,311 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (186,243  ±5,169) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.2% ±1.2% (1,113  ±604) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

81,663 ±2,132 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$268,100 ±$10,940 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

19.3% ±3.2% (37,108  ±6,207.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

85.8% ±4.2% (99,961  ±5,670.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.5% ±2.3% (31,999  ±2,796.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

10.9% ±1.7% (21,123  ±3,403) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.2% ±1.1% (9,419  ±1,731) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
9,419 Total veterans ±1,731 8,268 Male ±1,559 1,151 Female ±633

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