Southlake vs Watauga

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

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

Southlake has the higher population (31,044 vs 23,336 in Watauga). Southlake has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $91,669 in Watauga). Southlake has the higher median home value ($957,500 vs $233,400 in Watauga).

Population, income & housing

	Southlake	Watauga
Population	31,044	23,336
Median age	42.6 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$91,669
Median home value	$957,500	$233,400
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,826
Housing units	9,782	8,193
Homeownership rate	95.5%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.7%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southlake	Watauga
Population	31,292 → 31,044 (-0.8%)	24,582 → 23,336 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$240,248 → $250,001 (+4.1%)	$71,897 → $91,669 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$676,900 → $957,500 (+41.5%)	$136,300 → $233,400 (+71.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,367 → $3,501 (+156.1%)	$1,408 → $1,826 (+29.7%)

Southlake

Population

31,29231,044

Median household income

$240,248$250,001

Median home value

$676,900$957,500

Median gross rent

$1,367$3,501

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)

	Southlake	Watauga
Under 5	4.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	27.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.0%
25 to 34	3.8%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	19.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.3%
75 and over	5.2%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southlake	Watauga
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	54.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	15.7%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	26.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southlake	Watauga
No high school diploma	1.3%	10.7%
High school graduate	7.4%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	41.4%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	33.2%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southlake	Watauga
Drove alone	63.3%	73.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	13.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	29.9%	12.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southlake	Watauga
1-unit, detached	94.4%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Southlake	Watauga
Poverty rate	2.0%	10.1%
Average household size	3.31	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1997	1984