Red Lick vs Wake Village

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

Red Lick 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 1,534 in Red Lick). Red Lick has the higher median household income ($136,250 vs $69,796 in Wake Village). Red Lick has the higher median home value ($307,000 vs $172,900 in Wake Village).

Population, income & housing

	Red Lick	Wake Village
Population	1,534	5,887
Median age	38.0 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$136,250	$69,796
Median home value	$307,000	$172,900
Median gross rent	$1,718	$1,061
Housing units	564	2,513
Homeownership rate	70.6%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Lick	Wake Village
Population	1,078 → 1,534 (+42.3%)	5,392 → 5,887 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$77,431 → $136,250 (+76.0%)	$55,385 → $69,796 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$197,300 → $307,000 (+55.6%)	$134,000 → $172,900 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $1,718 (+200.3%)	$745 → $1,061 (+42.4%)

Red Lick

Population

1,0781,534

Median household income

$77,431$136,250

Median home value

$197,300$307,000

Median gross rent

$572$1,718

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)

	Red Lick	Wake Village
Under 5	7.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	21.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	16.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	18.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	11.0%
75 and over	5.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Lick	Wake Village
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	65.6%
Black or African American	7.0%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	4.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Lick	Wake Village
No high school diploma	2.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	18.4%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	46.4%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Lick	Wake Village
Drove alone	91.2%	90.1%
Carpooled	2.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	0.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Lick	Wake Village
1-unit, detached	65.6%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	21.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Red Lick	Wake Village
Poverty rate	3.5%	13.9%
Average household size	2.80	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1991	1985