Colleyville vs Watauga

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

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

Colleyville has the higher population (25,906 vs 23,336 in Watauga). Colleyville has the higher median household income ($203,566 vs $91,669 in Watauga). Colleyville has the higher median home value ($718,900 vs $233,400 in Watauga).

Population, income & housing

	Colleyville	Watauga
Population	25,906	23,336
Median age	46.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$203,566	$91,669
Median home value	$718,900	$233,400
Median gross rent	$3,194	$1,826
Housing units	9,549	8,193
Homeownership rate	95.6%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.3%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colleyville	Watauga
Population	26,462 → 25,906 (-2.1%)	24,582 → 23,336 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$163,509 → $203,566 (+24.5%)	$71,897 → $91,669 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$516,500 → $718,900 (+39.2%)	$136,300 → $233,400 (+71.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,141 → $3,194 (+49.2%)	$1,408 → $1,826 (+29.7%)

Colleyville

Population

26,46225,906

Median household income

$163,509$203,566

Median home value

$516,500$718,900

Median gross rent

$2,141$3,194

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)

	Colleyville	Watauga
Under 5	4.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	16.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	17.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.3%
75 and over	5.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colleyville	Watauga
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	54.6%
Black or African American	3.9%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	8.7%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	26.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colleyville	Watauga
No high school diploma	1.0%	10.7%
High school graduate	6.1%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	42.9%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colleyville	Watauga
Drove alone	66.8%	73.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	27.7%	12.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colleyville	Watauga
1-unit, detached	94.7%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Colleyville	Watauga
Poverty rate	2.7%	10.1%
Average household size	2.80	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1994	1984