Ennis vs Waxahachie

A side-by-side comparison of Ennis and Waxahachie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waxahachie has the higher population (43,591 vs 21,546 in Ennis). Waxahachie has the higher median household income ($82,449 vs $72,772 in Ennis). Waxahachie has the higher median home value ($307,900 vs $225,900 in Ennis).

Population, income & housing

	Ennis	Waxahachie
Population	21,546	43,591
Median age	34.8 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,772	$82,449
Median home value	$225,900	$307,900
Median gross rent	$1,233	$1,495
Housing units	8,304	16,095
Homeownership rate	65.3%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ennis	Waxahachie
Population	19,559 → 21,546 (+10.2%)	35,376 → 43,591 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$57,619 → $72,772 (+26.3%)	$65,589 → $82,449 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$111,200 → $225,900 (+103.1%)	$176,300 → $307,900 (+74.6%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,233 (+34.8%)	$1,088 → $1,495 (+37.4%)

Ennis

Population

19,55921,546

Median household income

$57,619$72,772

Median home value

$111,200$225,900

Median gross rent

$915$1,233

Waxahachie

Population

35,37643,591

Median household income

$65,589$82,449

Median home value

$176,300$307,900

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,495

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ennis	Waxahachie
Under 5	5.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.4%
18 to 24	11.9%	10.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	16.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.7%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.2%
75 and over	4.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ennis	Waxahachie
White (non-Hispanic)	39.0%	55.1%
Black or African American	11.1%	15.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	47.1%	24.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ennis	Waxahachie
No high school diploma	22.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	25.8%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ennis	Waxahachie
Drove alone	78.2%	81.8%
Carpooled	14.1%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ennis	Waxahachie
1-unit, detached	73.7%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	7.4%
20 or more units	5.1%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Ennis	Waxahachie
Poverty rate	11.3%	8.8%
Average household size	2.76	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1987	2000