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Waco, TX Metro Area

305,370 Population
2,785.2 square miles 109.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 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

$32,851 ±$1,673 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$62,743 ±$3,765 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

16.4% ±2.3% (48,175  ±6,897) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.8 minutes ±1.7 (2,760,810  ±234,439) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

111,745 ±2,548 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.1 (294,600  ±2,415) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.9% ±1.4% (3,705  ±1,078) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

126,158 ±1,226 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$250,500 ±$12,668 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.5% ±1.9% (46,629  ±5,688.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

87.5% ±3.6% (168,882  ±7,224.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
27.3% ±2.1% (52,746  ±4,100) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

8.5% ±1.2% (25,989  ±3,635) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6.9% ±1.1% (16,042  ±2,474) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
16,042 Total veterans ±2,474 14,666 Male ±2,420 1,376 Female ±528

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