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Waco, TX

144,820 Population
91 square miles 1,591.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,463 ±$2,157 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waco, TX Metro Area: $32,851 ±$1,673
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$52,770 ±$2,978 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waco, TX Metro Area: $62,743 ±$3,765
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

24.3% ±4.2% (33,510  ±5,791) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 16.4% † 48,175 (±2.3% / ±6,897)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

18.2 minutes ±0.7 (1,081,110  ±49,661) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 21.6 2,635,130 (±0.6 / ±78,610)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

52,857 ±2,093 Number of households
  • the Waco, TX Metro Area: 111,745 ±2,548
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
2.6 ±0.1 (137,408  ±360) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 2.6 294,600 (±0.1 / ±2,415)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096

5.4% ±1.9% (2,181  ±784) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 4.9% † 3,705 (±1.4% / ±1,078)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

60,004 ±2,194 Number of housing units
  • the Waco, TX Metro Area: 126,158 ±1,226
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$233,000 ±$18,925 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waco, TX Metro Area: $250,500 ±$12,668
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

21.2% ±3.2% (30,159  ±4,487.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 15.5% † 46,629 (±1.9% / ±5,688.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

83.2% ±5.4% (68,210  ±4,934.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 87.5% 168,882 (±3.6% / ±7,224.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
28.8% ±3.5% (23,573  ±2,931.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 27.3% 52,746 (±2.1% / ±4,100)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)

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

11.5% ±2.4% (16,685  ±3,525) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 8.5% † 25,989 (±1.2% / ±3,635)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292

5.9% ±1.6% (6,460  ±1,753) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 6.9% † 16,042 (±1.1% / ±2,474)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
6,460 Total veterans ±1,753 5,887 Male ±1,671 573 Female ±324

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