Nixon vs Waelder

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

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

Nixon has the higher population (2,363 vs 671 in Waelder). Waelder has the higher median household income ($57,879 vs $40,833 in Nixon). Waelder has the higher median home value ($81,300 vs $78,100 in Nixon).

Population, income & housing

	Nixon	Waelder
Population	2,363	671
Median age	26.2 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,833	$57,879
Median home value	$78,100	$81,300
Median gross rent	$1,011	$838
Housing units	921	356
Homeownership rate	62.2%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.6%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nixon	Waelder
Population	2,510 → 2,363 (-5.9%)	1,334 → 671 (-49.7%)
Median household income	$57,460 → $40,833 (-28.9%)	$41,250 → $57,879 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $78,100 (+6.7%)	$61,200 → $81,300 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,011 (+14.8%)	$504 → $838 (+66.3%)

Nixon

Population

2,5102,363

Median household income

$57,460$40,833

Median home value

$73,200$78,100

Median gross rent

$881$1,011

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)

	Nixon	Waelder
Under 5	15.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	20.7%	11.3%
18 to 24	11.8%	13.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	22.5%
45 to 54	9.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.3%
65 to 74	3.9%	10.1%
75 and over	3.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nixon	Waelder
White (non-Hispanic)	13.1%	4.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	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	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	84.7%	82.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nixon	Waelder
No high school diploma	32.4%	30.4%
High school graduate	45.1%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	8.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nixon	Waelder
Drove alone	84.8%	70.4%
Carpooled	10.9%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	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)

	Nixon	Waelder
1-unit, detached	59.2%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	34.6%

Poverty & households

	Nixon	Waelder
Poverty rate	16.0%	14.3%
Average household size	3.00	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1976	1975