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Wise County, TX

74,895 Population
904.4 square miles 82.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$36,958 ±$3,155 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $38,123 ±$223
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$80,305 ±$6,342 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $72,284 ±$443
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

6.3% ±2% (4,602  ±1,428) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14% 4,113,641 (±0.3% / ±72,677)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

34 minutes ±2.8 (1,044,590  ±91,922) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

25,430 ±754 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,087,708 ±20,293
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.9 ±0.1 (73,793  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,420,404
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.2% ±2.9% (692  ±476) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 420,463 (±0.2% / ±14,628)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

27,449 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,135,376 ±1,261
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$299,900 ±$25,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $275,400 ±$1,356
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

10.8% ±2.7% (8,023  ±1,985.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,255,243 (±0.2% / ±65,296.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

88.7% ±6.1% (45,290  ±3,166.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86.1% 16,875,375 (±0.4% / ±78,881.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
24.5% ±3.1% (12,480  ±1,584.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 33.9% 6,651,408 (±0.3% / ±48,274.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

7.8% (5,865  ±1,329) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,169,126
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

7.8% ±1.4% (4,425  ±815) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,401,173 (±0.1% / ±22,051)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
4,425 Total veterans ±815 4,177 Male ±795 248 Female ±221

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