Texarkana vs Wake Village

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

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

Texarkana has the higher population (36,039 vs 5,887 in Wake Village). Wake Village has the higher median household income ($69,796 vs $49,240 in Texarkana). Wake Village has the higher median home value ($172,900 vs $159,700 in Texarkana).

Population, income & housing

	Texarkana	Wake Village
Population	36,039	5,887
Median age	37.3 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,240	$69,796
Median home value	$159,700	$172,900
Median gross rent	$990	$1,061
Housing units	16,178	2,513
Homeownership rate	51.0%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Texarkana	Wake Village
Population	36,688 → 36,039 (-1.8%)	5,392 → 5,887 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$45,080 → $49,240 (+9.2%)	$55,385 → $69,796 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$130,600 → $159,700 (+22.3%)	$134,000 → $172,900 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $990 (+26.8%)	$745 → $1,061 (+42.4%)

Texarkana

Population

36,68836,039

Median household income

$45,080$49,240

Median home value

$130,600$159,700

Median gross rent

$781$990

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)

	Texarkana	Wake Village
Under 5	6.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	21.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.0%
75 and over	7.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Texarkana	Wake Village
White (non-Hispanic)	44.9%	65.6%
Black or African American	38.8%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Texarkana	Wake Village
No high school diploma	11.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	32.0%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Texarkana	Wake Village
Drove alone	82.7%	90.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	0.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Texarkana	Wake Village
1-unit, detached	64.6%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	8.5%
20 or more units	8.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Texarkana	Wake Village
Poverty rate	21.6%	13.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1980	1985