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Waco, TX

146,603 Population
91 square miles 1,610.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,566 ±$2,839 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waco, TX Metro Area: $35,780 ±$2,111
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
$56,548 ±$3,733 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waco, TX Metro Area: $67,792 ±$4,085
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564

22.9% ±4.5% (31,933  ±6,228) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 16.8% † 49,311 (±2.6% / ±7,713)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)

18.7 minutes ±0.7 (1,123,330  ±53,682) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 21.9 2,721,000 (±0.5 / ±72,959)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

56,469 ±2,083 Number of households
  • the Waco, TX Metro Area: 116,245 ±2,367
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
2.5 ±0.1 (139,280  ±366) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 2.5 295,517 (±0.1 / ±1,907)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006

1.7% ±1% (701  ±431) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 3.4% † 2,524 (±1.1% / ±847)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)

Housing

62,409 ±2,022 Number of housing units
  • the Waco, TX Metro Area: 128,431 ±1,398
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820

$256,300 ±$13,501 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waco, TX Metro Area: $277,100 ±$10,202
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780

21% ±3.5% (30,509  ±5,099.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 15.5% † 46,931 (±2.1% / ±6,301.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)

Social

85.4% ±5.2% (73,143  ±5,027.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 88.4% 170,340 (±3.4% / ±6,722.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
26.8% ±3% (22,950  ±2,657) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 28.8% 55,528 (±1.9% / ±3,767.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)

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

11.5% ±2.4% (16,790  ±3,438) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 8.3% † 25,251 (±1.1% / ±3,404)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477

5.5% ±1.3% (6,474  ±1,554) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 6.7% † 15,701 (±1% / ±2,267)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
6,474 Total veterans ±1,554 5,465 Male ±1,382 1,009 Female ±618

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