Shallowater vs Wolfforth

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

Shallowater 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 2,935 in Shallowater). Wolfforth has the higher median household income ($92,143 vs $79,848 in Shallowater). Wolfforth has the higher median home value ($245,000 vs $210,400 in Shallowater).

Population, income & housing

	Shallowater	Wolfforth
Population	2,935	6,189
Median age	36.9 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,848	$92,143
Median home value	$210,400	$245,000
Median gross rent	$1,179	$1,430
Housing units	1,083	2,225
Homeownership rate	81.4%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shallowater	Wolfforth
Population	2,551 → 2,935 (+15.1%)	4,821 → 6,189 (+28.4%)
Median household income	$68,529 → $79,848 (+16.5%)	$81,636 → $92,143 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $210,400 (+41.3%)	$184,200 → $245,000 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $1,179 (+27.9%)	$1,104 → $1,430 (+29.5%)

Shallowater

Population

2,5512,935

Median household income

$68,529$79,848

Median home value

$148,900$210,400

Median gross rent

$922$1,179

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)

	Shallowater	Wolfforth
Under 5	4.3%	10.9%
5 to 17	27.4%	25.6%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	18.2%
45 to 54	16.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	8.0%	6.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.6%
75 and over	6.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shallowater	Wolfforth
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	63.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	31.6%	33.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shallowater	Wolfforth
No high school diploma	7.3%	2.2%
High school graduate	32.7%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shallowater	Wolfforth
Drove alone	87.7%	85.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shallowater	Wolfforth
1-unit, detached	89.4%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Shallowater	Wolfforth
Poverty rate	4.6%	6.5%
Average household size	2.91	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1986	2003