Benbrook vs Watauga

A side-by-side comparison of Benbrook and Watauga: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Benbrook has the higher population (24,430 vs 23,336 in Watauga). Watauga has the higher median household income ($91,669 vs $82,148 in Benbrook). Benbrook has the higher median home value ($278,200 vs $233,400 in Watauga).

Population, income & housing

	Benbrook	Watauga
Population	24,430	23,336
Median age	39.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,148	$91,669
Median home value	$278,200	$233,400
Median gross rent	$1,457	$1,826
Housing units	10,877	8,193
Homeownership rate	68.6%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.4%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benbrook	Watauga
Population	23,215 → 24,430 (+5.2%)	24,582 → 23,336 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$72,699 → $82,148 (+13.0%)	$71,897 → $91,669 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$182,600 → $278,200 (+52.4%)	$136,300 → $233,400 (+71.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,005 → $1,457 (+45.0%)	$1,408 → $1,826 (+29.7%)

Benbrook

Population

23,21524,430

Median household income

$72,699$82,148

Median home value

$182,600$278,200

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,457

Watauga

Population

24,58223,336

Median household income

$71,897$91,669

Median home value

$136,300$233,400

Median gross rent

$1,408$1,826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benbrook	Watauga
Under 5	5.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.3%
75 and over	8.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benbrook	Watauga
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	54.6%
Black or African American	5.0%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	26.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benbrook	Watauga
No high school diploma	5.5%	10.7%
High school graduate	19.6%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benbrook	Watauga
Drove alone	79.9%	73.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	13.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.4%	12.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benbrook	Watauga
1-unit, detached	69.3%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Benbrook	Watauga
Poverty rate	7.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1984	1984