New Home vs Wilson

A side-by-side comparison of New Home and Wilson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wilson has the higher population (528 vs 355 in New Home). New Home has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $45,441 in Wilson). New Home has the higher median home value ($148,400 vs $118,800 in Wilson).

Population, income & housing

	New Home	Wilson
Population	355	528
Median age	36.6 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$45,441
Median home value	$148,400	$118,800
Median gross rent	—	$954
Housing units	158	231
Homeownership rate	76.6%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Home	Wilson
Population	789 → 355 (-55.0%)	343 → 528 (+53.9%)
Median household income	$70,083 → $56,563 (-19.3%)	$37,625 → $45,441 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$134,100 → $148,400 (+10.7%)	$60,000 → $118,800 (+98.0%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $646 (+4.4%)	$569 → $954 (+67.7%)

New Home

Population

789355

Median household income

$70,083$56,563

Median home value

$134,100$148,400

Median gross rent

$619$646

Wilson

Population

343528

Median household income

$37,625$45,441

Median home value

$60,000$118,800

Median gross rent

$569$954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Home	Wilson
Under 5	2.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	23.9%	30.3%
18 to 24	12.1%	11.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	18.0%	5.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	4.5%
75 and over	5.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Home	Wilson
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	18.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	49.9%	80.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Home	Wilson
No high school diploma	12.8%	22.4%
High school graduate	30.3%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Home	Wilson
Drove alone	85.7%	68.1%
Carpooled	3.1%	23.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Home	Wilson
1-unit, detached	89.2%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	New Home	Wilson
Poverty rate	20.6%	33.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1969	1963