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West, TX

2,576 Population
1.7 square miles 1,509.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 35.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,286 ±$4,261 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waco, TX Metro Area: $34,919 ±$787
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,875 ±$9,705 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waco, TX Metro Area: $66,205 ±$1,712
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.9% ±6% (286  ±143) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 16% 46,515 (±0.9% / ±2,742)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.9 minutes ±4.9 (23,840  ±6,689) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 21.9 2,721,000 (±0.5 / ±72,959)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

910 ±144 Number of households
  • the Waco, TX Metro Area: 111,178 ±1,016
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.4 (2,399  ±27) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 2.6 290,622 (±0 / ±130)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.9% ±6.4% (50  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 4.9% † 3,634 (±0.6% / ±454)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

951 ±153 Number of housing units
  • the Waco, TX Metro Area: 125,252 ±122
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$182,900 ±$44,253 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waco, TX Metro Area: $234,100 ±$5,122
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.7% ±16.8% (552  ±427.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 15.9% 47,371 (±0.9% / ±2,793.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.3% ±4% (1,433  ±199.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 88% 167,032 (±1.8% / ±3,335.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.4% ±5.1% (309  ±94.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 27.5% 52,240 (±1% / ±1,924.1)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6.5% ±2.8% (167  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 8.3% 25,140
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.2% ±2% (81  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Waco, TX Metro Area: 7.4% 17,066 (±0.5% / ±1,048)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
81 Total veterans ±40 77 Male ±39 4 Female ±6

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