Reklaw vs Wells

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

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

Wells has the higher population (741 vs 336 in Reklaw). Wells has the higher median household income ($64,250 vs $46,250 in Reklaw). Reklaw has the higher median home value ($159,400 vs $100,000 in Wells).

Population, income & housing

	Reklaw	Wells
Population	336	741
Median age	47.4 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$64,250
Median home value	$159,400	$100,000
Median gross rent	$1,025	$772
Housing units	167	311
Homeownership rate	91.1%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	2.7%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reklaw	Wells
Population	481 → 336 (-30.1%)	848 → 741 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$39,861 → $46,250 (+16.0%)	$28,615 → $64,250 (+124.5%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $159,400 (+81.3%)	$72,900 → $100,000 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $1,025 (+31.1%)	$516 → $772 (+49.6%)

Reklaw

Population

481336

Median household income

$39,861$46,250

Median home value

$87,900$159,400

Median gross rent

$782$1,025

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)

	Reklaw	Wells
Under 5	4.5%	16.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.6%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	15.1%
35 to 44	5.1%	5.4%
45 to 54	21.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	19.9%	8.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.6%
75 and over	4.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reklaw	Wells
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	66.4%
Black or African American	15.5%	16.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reklaw	Wells
No high school diploma	7.4%	39.6%
High school graduate	22.9%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reklaw	Wells
Drove alone	88.3%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	13.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reklaw	Wells
1-unit, detached	84.4%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Reklaw	Wells
Poverty rate	23.2%	36.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	34	21
Median year structure built	1976	1977