Saginaw vs Watauga

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

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

Saginaw has the higher population (24,467 vs 23,336 in Watauga). Saginaw has the higher median household income ($98,003 vs $91,669 in Watauga). Saginaw has the higher median home value ($270,300 vs $233,400 in Watauga).

Population, income & housing

	Saginaw	Watauga
Population	24,467	23,336
Median age	36.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$98,003	$91,669
Median home value	$270,300	$233,400
Median gross rent	$1,700	$1,826
Housing units	8,928	8,193
Homeownership rate	71.1%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saginaw	Watauga
Population	23,321 → 24,467 (+4.9%)	24,582 → 23,336 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$83,402 → $98,003 (+17.5%)	$71,897 → $91,669 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$168,900 → $270,300 (+60.0%)	$136,300 → $233,400 (+71.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,206 → $1,700 (+41.0%)	$1,408 → $1,826 (+29.7%)

Saginaw

Population

23,32124,467

Median household income

$83,402$98,003

Median home value

$168,900$270,300

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,700

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)

	Saginaw	Watauga
Under 5	6.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	15.9%
35 to 44	17.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.3%
75 and over	3.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saginaw	Watauga
White (non-Hispanic)	49.1%	54.6%
Black or African American	9.9%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	36.6%	26.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saginaw	Watauga
No high school diploma	10.5%	10.7%
High school graduate	28.8%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saginaw	Watauga
Drove alone	82.2%	73.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	13.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.5%	12.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saginaw	Watauga
1-unit, detached	87.0%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Saginaw	Watauga
Poverty rate	4.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.82	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1999	1984