Ransom Canyon vs Wolfforth

A side-by-side comparison of Ransom Canyon and Wolfforth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wolfforth has the higher population (6,189 vs 1,081 in Ransom Canyon). Ransom Canyon has the higher median household income ($111,458 vs $92,143 in Wolfforth). Ransom Canyon has the higher median home value ($311,600 vs $245,000 in Wolfforth).

Population, income & housing

	Ransom Canyon	Wolfforth
Population	1,081	6,189
Median age	53.2 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$111,458	$92,143
Median home value	$311,600	$245,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,430
Housing units	531	2,225
Homeownership rate	98.5%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ransom Canyon	Wolfforth
Population	1,056 → 1,081 (+2.4%)	4,821 → 6,189 (+28.4%)
Median household income	$105,000 → $111,458 (+6.2%)	$81,636 → $92,143 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$252,700 → $311,600 (+23.3%)	$184,200 → $245,000 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,222 → $1,390 (+13.7%)	$1,104 → $1,430 (+29.5%)

Ransom Canyon

Population

1,0561,081

Median household income

$105,000$111,458

Median home value

$252,700$311,600

Median gross rent

$1,222$1,390

Wolfforth

Population

4,8216,189

Median household income

$81,636$92,143

Median home value

$184,200$245,000

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,430

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ransom Canyon	Wolfforth
Under 5	3.2%	10.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	25.6%
18 to 24	3.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	4.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	18.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	6.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	6.6%
75 and over	17.6%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ransom Canyon	Wolfforth
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	63.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	33.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ransom Canyon	Wolfforth
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	16.8%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ransom Canyon	Wolfforth
Drove alone	84.8%	85.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ransom Canyon	Wolfforth
1-unit, detached	99.2%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Ransom Canyon	Wolfforth
Poverty rate	3.5%	6.5%
Average household size	2.34	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1987	2003