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Waco, TX Metro Area

282,813 Population
1,802.2 square miles 156.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$31,876 ±$1,708 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$63,501 ±$4,641 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

16.1% ±2.1% (43,759  ±5,797) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

21.6 minutes ±1.3 (2,503,950  ±185,640) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

100,777 ±2,461 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.7 ±0.1 (272,649  ±2,183) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.2% ±1.7% (2,993  ±1,188) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

115,627 ±967 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$227,000 ±$11,183 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

17.9% ±2.5% (50,075  ±7,019.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

88.1% ±3.9% (154,195  ±6,954.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
26.6% ±2.2% (46,648  ±3,790.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

8.2% ±1.3% (23,263  ±3,534) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

8.1% ±1.3% (17,463  ±2,890) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
17,463 Total veterans ±2,890 14,848 Male ±2,049 2,615 Female ±1,398

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