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Wichita Falls, TX

102,373 Population
72.2 square miles 1,417.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,203 ±$2,668 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area: $36,192 ±$2,157
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$63,835 ±$4,058 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area: $66,981 ±$3,370
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.9% ±3.3% (12,557  ±2,967) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area: 12.9% † 17,699 (±2.5% / ±3,437)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

13.3 minutes ±0.9 (640,180  ±58,746) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area: 15.9 1,110,495 (±0.8 / ±72,053)
  • about half the figure in Texas: 27.5 362,382,530 (±0.1 / ±2,293,063)
  • about half the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

38,289 ±1,577 Number of households
  • the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area: 57,750 ±1,611
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (90,049  ±603) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area: 2.4 137,304 (±0.1 / ±603)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.2% ±2.8% (1,278  ±699) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area: 6% † 2,081 (±2.6% / ±892)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

43,762 ±1,106 Number of housing units
  • the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area: 65,305 ±256
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$183,500 ±$18,160 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area: $177,000 ±$13,393
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

20.7% ±3.2% (21,019  ±3,214.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area: 16.8% † 24,893 (±2.7% / ±3,946.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.4% ±5% (57,609  ±3,498) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area: 88.5% 87,097 (±4.1% / ±4,106.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.8% ±3% (17,645  ±2,012.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area: 25.9% 25,457 (±2.4% / ±2,348)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8% ±2% (8,195  ±2,093) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area: 6.7% 10,094
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.5% ±1.5% (6,349  ±1,086) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wichita Falls, TX Metro Area: 9.3% † 10,202 (±1.3% / ±1,405)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,349 Total veterans ±1,086 5,526 Male ±985 823 Female ±439

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