The Woodlands vs Willis

A side-by-side comparison of The Woodlands and Willis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

The Woodlands has the higher population (116,916 vs 6,693 in Willis). The Woodlands has the higher median household income ($141,353 vs $53,182 in Willis). The Woodlands has the higher median home value ($479,400 vs $113,900 in Willis).

Population, income & housing

	The Woodlands	Willis
Population	116,916	6,693
Median age	40.5 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$141,353	$53,182
Median home value	$479,400	$113,900
Median gross rent	$1,792	$1,337
Housing units	45,301	2,793
Homeownership rate	71.7%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.1%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	The Woodlands	Willis
Population	113,819 → 116,916 (+2.7%)	6,566 → 6,693 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$122,634 → $141,353 (+15.3%)	$41,912 → $53,182 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$374,200 → $479,400 (+28.1%)	$75,900 → $113,900 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,566 → $1,792 (+14.4%)	$1,005 → $1,337 (+33.0%)

The Woodlands

Population

113,819116,916

Median household income

$122,634$141,353

Median home value

$374,200$479,400

Median gross rent

$1,566$1,792

Willis

Population

6,5666,693

Median household income

$41,912$53,182

Median home value

$75,900$113,900

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,337

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	The Woodlands	Willis
Under 5	5.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.0%	11.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	17.8%
45 to 54	16.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	20.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.2%
75 and over	5.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	The Woodlands	Willis
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	52.9%
Black or African American	3.8%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	The Woodlands	Willis
No high school diploma	2.7%	16.8%
High school graduate	10.2%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	The Woodlands	Willis
Drove alone	71.6%	84.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.9%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	6.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	The Woodlands	Willis
1-unit, detached	73.8%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	4.0%
20 or more units	12.4%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	23.8%

Poverty & households

	The Woodlands	Willis
Poverty rate	5.6%	12.5%
Average household size	2.73	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	2000	1990