Lone Oak vs Wolfe City

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

Lone Oak 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 541 in Lone Oak). Lone Oak has the higher median household income ($65,972 vs $62,188 in Wolfe City). Lone Oak has the higher median home value ($144,100 vs $131,400 in Wolfe City).

Population, income & housing

	Lone Oak	Wolfe City
Population	541	1,201
Median age	39.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,972	$62,188
Median home value	$144,100	$131,400
Median gross rent	$1,017	$1,083
Housing units	230	521
Homeownership rate	77.9%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lone Oak	Wolfe City
Population	639 → 541 (-15.3%)	1,334 → 1,201 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$54,821 → $65,972 (+20.3%)	$50,333 → $62,188 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $144,100 (+109.4%)	$77,900 → $131,400 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $1,017 (+25.4%)	$693 → $1,083 (+56.3%)

Lone Oak

Population

639541

Median household income

$54,821$65,972

Median home value

$68,800$144,100

Median gross rent

$811$1,017

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)

	Lone Oak	Wolfe City
Under 5	5.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	27.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.8%	6.4%
35 to 44	26.4%	19.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	7.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.2%
75 and over	3.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lone Oak	Wolfe City
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	74.0%
Black or African American	7.8%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.6%
Asian	5.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lone Oak	Wolfe City
No high school diploma	20.4%	9.5%
High school graduate	34.5%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lone Oak	Wolfe City
Drove alone	85.5%	81.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lone Oak	Wolfe City
1-unit, detached	80.4%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Lone Oak	Wolfe City
Poverty rate	3.3%	18.4%
Average household size	2.72	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	40	37
Median year structure built	1999	1969