Vega vs Wildorado

A side-by-side comparison of Vega and Wildorado: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vega has the higher population (946 vs 178 in Wildorado). Vega has the higher median household income ($76,406 vs $44,375 in Wildorado). Vega has the higher median home value ($124,600 vs $76,300 in Wildorado).

Population, income & housing

	Vega	Wildorado
Population	946	178
Median age	37.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,406	$44,375
Median home value	$124,600	$76,300
Median gross rent	$1,120	—
Housing units	420	76
Homeownership rate	76.9%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Vega	Wildorado
Population	1,024 → 946 (-7.6%)	150 → 178 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$65,278 → $76,406 (+17.0%)	$47,639 → $44,375 (-6.9%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $124,600 (+38.8%)	$56,400 → $76,300 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,120 (+44.5%)	—

Vega

Population

1,024946

Median household income

$65,278$76,406

Median home value

$89,800$124,600

Median gross rent

$775$1,120

Wildorado

Population

150178

Median household income

$47,639$44,375

Median home value

$56,400$76,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Vega	Wildorado
Under 5	9.4%	0.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	11.8%
25 to 34	18.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	17.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.0%	21.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	10.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.4%
75 and over	4.7%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Vega	Wildorado
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	79.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	18.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Vega	Wildorado
No high school diploma	18.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	21.0%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Vega	Wildorado
Drove alone	74.3%	83.1%
Carpooled	16.0%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	6.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Vega	Wildorado
1-unit, detached	78.8%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	39.5%

Poverty & households

	Vega	Wildorado
Poverty rate	14.9%	32.0%
Average household size	2.67	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1965	1958