New Boston vs Wake Village

A side-by-side comparison of New Boston and Wake Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wake Village has the higher population (5,887 vs 4,593 in New Boston). Wake Village has the higher median household income ($69,796 vs $57,344 in New Boston). Wake Village has the higher median home value ($172,900 vs $99,000 in New Boston).

Population, income & housing

	New Boston	Wake Village
Population	4,593	5,887
Median age	37.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,344	$69,796
Median home value	$99,000	$172,900
Median gross rent	$746	$1,061
Housing units	2,178	2,513
Homeownership rate	62.6%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Boston	Wake Village
Population	4,660 → 4,593 (-1.4%)	5,392 → 5,887 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$46,320 → $57,344 (+23.8%)	$55,385 → $69,796 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$92,600 → $99,000 (+6.9%)	$134,000 → $172,900 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $746 (+28.8%)	$745 → $1,061 (+42.4%)

New Boston

Population

4,6604,593

Median household income

$46,320$57,344

Median home value

$92,600$99,000

Median gross rent

$579$746

Wake Village

Population

5,3925,887

Median household income

$55,385$69,796

Median home value

$134,000$172,900

Median gross rent

$745$1,061

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Boston	Wake Village
Under 5	5.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	12.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.0%
75 and over	10.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Boston	Wake Village
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	65.6%
Black or African American	10.3%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Boston	Wake Village
No high school diploma	10.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	33.8%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Boston	Wake Village
Drove alone	69.7%	90.1%
Carpooled	21.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	0.5%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Boston	Wake Village
1-unit, detached	75.3%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	New Boston	Wake Village
Poverty rate	18.1%	13.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1979	1985