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Waco, TX Metro Area

305,814 Population
2,785.2 square miles 109.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,780 ±$2,111 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$67,792 ±$4,085 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.8% ±2.6% (49,311  ±7,713) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.1 minutes ±0.9 (2,744,180  ±158,670) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

116,245 ±2,367 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (295,517  ±1,907) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.4% ±1.1% (2,524  ±847) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

128,431 ±1,398 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$277,100 ±$10,202 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.5% ±2.1% (46,931  ±6,301.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.4% ±3.4% (170,340  ±6,722.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.8% ±1.9% (55,528  ±3,767.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent 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

8.3% ±1.1% (25,251  ±3,404) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.7% ±1% (15,701  ±2,267) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
15,701 Total veterans ±2,267 13,393 Male ±1,936 2,308 Female ±909

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