Ovilla vs Waxahachie

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

Ovilla 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 4,239 in Ovilla). Ovilla has the higher median household income ($125,777 vs $82,449 in Waxahachie). Ovilla has the higher median home value ($396,000 vs $307,900 in Waxahachie).

Population, income & housing

	Ovilla	Waxahachie
Population	4,239	43,591
Median age	44.1 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,777	$82,449
Median home value	$396,000	$307,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,495
Housing units	1,547	16,095
Homeownership rate	92.1%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ovilla	Waxahachie
Population	3,903 → 4,239 (+8.6%)	35,376 → 43,591 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$106,333 → $125,777 (+18.3%)	$65,589 → $82,449 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$245,600 → $396,000 (+61.2%)	$176,300 → $307,900 (+74.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,088 → $1,495 (+37.4%)

Ovilla

Population

3,9034,239

Median household income

$106,333$125,777

Median home value

$245,600$396,000

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)

	Ovilla	Waxahachie
Under 5	4.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	23.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	2.8%	10.6%
25 to 34	5.3%	16.4%
35 to 44	16.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	17.9%	8.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.2%
75 and over	8.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ovilla	Waxahachie
White (non-Hispanic)	63.6%	55.1%
Black or African American	17.3%	15.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	24.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ovilla	Waxahachie
No high school diploma	4.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	19.7%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ovilla	Waxahachie
Drove alone	67.5%	81.8%
Carpooled	17.3%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ovilla	Waxahachie
1-unit, detached	97.9%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Ovilla	Waxahachie
Poverty rate	1.7%	8.8%
Average household size	2.85	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1997	2000