Jacksonville vs Wells

A side-by-side comparison of Jacksonville and Wells: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jacksonville has the higher population (14,186 vs 741 in Wells). Wells has the higher median household income ($64,250 vs $50,469 in Jacksonville). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($120,800 vs $100,000 in Wells).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Wells
Population	14,186	741
Median age	29.5 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,469	$64,250
Median home value	$120,800	$100,000
Median gross rent	$864	$772
Housing units	5,340	311
Homeownership rate	60.6%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	2.7%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Wells
Population	14,790 → 14,186 (-4.1%)	848 → 741 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$43,574 → $50,469 (+15.8%)	$28,615 → $64,250 (+124.5%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $120,800 (+35.7%)	$72,900 → $100,000 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $864 (+20.2%)	$516 → $772 (+49.6%)

Jacksonville

Population

14,79014,186

Median household income

$43,574$50,469

Median home value

$89,000$120,800

Median gross rent

$719$864

Wells

Population

848741

Median household income

$28,615$64,250

Median home value

$72,900$100,000

Median gross rent

$516$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonville	Wells
Under 5	9.7%	16.7%
5 to 17	22.8%	20.6%
18 to 24	11.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	15.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	5.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	7.9%	8.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.6%
75 and over	6.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Wells
White (non-Hispanic)	41.7%	66.4%
Black or African American	19.2%	16.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	35.5%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Wells
No high school diploma	24.5%	39.6%
High school graduate	23.5%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Wells
Drove alone	76.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	16.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	13.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Wells
1-unit, detached	70.7%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	14.1%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Wells
Poverty rate	28.9%	36.2%
Average household size	2.90	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1980	1977