Harwood vs Waelder

A side-by-side comparison of Harwood and Waelder: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waelder has the higher population (671 vs 52 in Harwood). Since 2019, Harwood's population has grown faster (+13.0% vs -49.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Harwood	Waelder
Population	52	671
Median age	53.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$57,879
Median home value	—	$81,300
Median gross rent	—	$838
Housing units	97	356
Homeownership rate	100.0%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harwood	Waelder
Population	46 → 52 (+13.0%)	1,334 → 671 (-49.7%)
Median household income	—	$41,250 → $57,879 (+40.3%)
Median home value	—	$61,200 → $81,300 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$504 → $838 (+66.3%)

Harwood

Population

4652

Waelder

Population

1,334671

Median household income

$41,250$57,879

Median home value

$61,200$81,300

Median gross rent

$504$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harwood	Waelder
Under 5	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.1%
25 to 34	34.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	22.5%
45 to 54	65.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.1%
75 and over	0.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harwood	Waelder
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	4.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.1%
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%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	82.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harwood	Waelder
No high school diploma	36.5%	30.4%
High school graduate	63.5%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	8.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harwood	Waelder
Drove alone	100.0%	70.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harwood	Waelder
1-unit, detached	80.4%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	34.6%

Poverty & households

	Harwood	Waelder
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.3%
Average household size	2.74	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	1938	1975