Waco vs Woodway

A side-by-side comparison of Waco and Woodway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waco has the higher population (141,925 vs 9,483 in Woodway). Woodway has the higher median household income ($115,729 vs $51,468 in Waco). Woodway has the higher median home value ($336,100 vs $199,600 in Waco).

Population, income & housing

	Waco	Woodway
Population	141,925	9,483
Median age	29.2 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,468	$115,729
Median home value	$199,600	$336,100
Median gross rent	$1,098	$1,748
Housing units	60,256	3,785
Homeownership rate	48.9%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	63.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waco	Woodway
Population	135,858 → 141,925 (+4.5%)	8,865 → 9,483 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$40,190 → $51,468 (+28.1%)	$89,196 → $115,729 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$125,300 → $199,600 (+59.3%)	$216,200 → $336,100 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$862 → $1,098 (+27.4%)	$1,393 → $1,748 (+25.5%)

Waco

Population

135,858141,925

Median household income

$40,190$51,468

Median home value

$125,300$199,600

Median gross rent

$862$1,098

Woodway

Population

8,8659,483

Median household income

$89,196$115,729

Median home value

$216,200$336,100

Median gross rent

$1,393$1,748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waco	Woodway
Under 5	6.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.1%
18 to 24	19.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	14.8%
65 to 74	7.6%	12.2%
75 and over	5.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waco	Woodway
White (non-Hispanic)	44.9%	81.3%
Black or African American	19.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	29.9%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waco	Woodway
No high school diploma	13.8%	1.7%
High school graduate	26.9%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waco	Woodway
Drove alone	77.3%	81.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	7.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	10.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waco	Woodway
1-unit, detached	59.1%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.9%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Waco	Woodway
Poverty rate	24.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1977	1976