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Wells Branch, TX

14,156 Population
2.4 square miles 5,824.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$47,933 ±$5,005 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: $53,550 ±$404
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$64,345 ±$4,912 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: $97,638 ±$1,163
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

16.8% ±5.6% (2,384  ±823) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 9.9% 229,864 (±0.4% / ±8,712)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

21.9 minutes ±1.5 (150,500  ±24,728) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 27.3 26,295,490 (±0.1 / ±265,192)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

7,209 ±516 Number of households
  • the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 948,649 ±2,472
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2 ±0.1 (14,147  ±1,389) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 2.4 2,311,725 (±0 / ±860)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

9.9% ±7.3% (424  ±318) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 4.9% 30,621 (±0.3% / ±1,970)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

7,655 ±539 Number of housing units
  • the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 1,001,295 ±356
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$368,500 ±$15,511 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: $434,800 ±$2,897
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

23.3% ±4.4% (3,230  ±676.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 17.5% 408,047 (±0.4% / ±10,263.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

95.5% ±2.2% (10,007  ±923.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 91.6% 1,480,706 (±0.7% / ±10,930.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
47.2% ±4.8% (4,949  ±665.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 49.9% 806,284 (±0.5% / ±7,566.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

22.4% ±3.4% (3,170  ±568) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 15.5% 365,735
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

8.3% ±2.4% (963  ±291) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 6% 109,728 (±0.2% / ±3,136)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
963 Total veterans ±291 928 Male ±285 35 Female ±41

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