New Ulm vs Wallis

A side-by-side comparison of New Ulm and Wallis: population, income, housing, and more.

New Ulm and Wallis are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wallis has the higher population (1,557 vs 322 in New Ulm). New Ulm has the higher median household income ($89,010 vs $40,411 in Wallis). Since 2019, New Ulm's population has grown faster (+1.3% vs -0.9%).

Population, income & housing

	New Ulm	Wallis
Population	322	1,557
Median age	40.7 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,010	$40,411
Median home value	—	$104,200
Median gross rent	—	$692
Housing units	273	814
Homeownership rate	81.9%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	25.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Ulm	Wallis
Population	318 → 322 (+1.3%)	1,571 → 1,557 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$106,875 → $89,010 (-16.7%)	$42,188 → $40,411 (-4.2%)
Median home value	—	$116,200 → $104,200 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$910 → $692 (-24.0%)

New Ulm

Population

318322

Median household income

$106,875$89,010

Wallis

Population

1,5711,557

Median household income

$42,188$40,411

Median home value

$116,200$104,200

Median gross rent

$910$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Ulm	Wallis
Under 5	0.0%	15.9%
5 to 17	38.5%	12.8%
18 to 24	0.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	20.3%
35 to 44	25.5%	16.5%
45 to 54	7.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	7.5%
65 to 74	28.3%	9.4%
75 and over	0.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Ulm	Wallis
White (non-Hispanic)	36.0%	43.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	19.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	64.0%	26.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Ulm	Wallis
No high school diploma	11.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	67.9%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	13.8%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Ulm	Wallis
Drove alone	100.0%	89.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Ulm	Wallis
1-unit, detached	79.1%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	28.0%

Poverty & households

	New Ulm	Wallis
Poverty rate	5.8%	24.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1991	1976