Celeste vs Wolfe City

A side-by-side comparison of Celeste and Wolfe City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wolfe City has the higher population (1,201 vs 1,084 in Celeste). Wolfe City has the higher median household income ($62,188 vs $56,458 in Celeste). Celeste has the higher median home value ($160,000 vs $131,400 in Wolfe City).

Population, income & housing

	Celeste	Wolfe City
Population	1,084	1,201
Median age	27.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,458	$62,188
Median home value	$160,000	$131,400
Median gross rent	$1,014	$1,083
Housing units	329	521
Homeownership rate	75.4%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Celeste	Wolfe City
Population	889 → 1,084 (+21.9%)	1,334 → 1,201 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$49,063 → $56,458 (+15.1%)	$50,333 → $62,188 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$70,700 → $160,000 (+126.3%)	$77,900 → $131,400 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $1,014 (+56.0%)	$693 → $1,083 (+56.3%)

Celeste

Population

8891,084

Median household income

$49,063$56,458

Median home value

$70,700$160,000

Median gross rent

$650$1,014

Wolfe City

Population

1,3341,201

Median household income

$50,333$62,188

Median home value

$77,900$131,400

Median gross rent

$693$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Celeste	Wolfe City
Under 5	8.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	24.1%	27.1%
18 to 24	13.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	19.0%	6.4%
35 to 44	8.4%	19.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	7.1%
55 to 64	5.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	6.2%	9.2%
75 and over	2.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Celeste	Wolfe City
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	74.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Celeste	Wolfe City
No high school diploma	9.5%	9.5%
High school graduate	48.6%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Celeste	Wolfe City
Drove alone	69.6%	81.0%
Carpooled	20.1%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	3.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Celeste	Wolfe City
1-unit, detached	79.6%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Celeste	Wolfe City
Poverty rate	23.4%	18.4%
Average household size	3.55	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1972	1969