Watauga vs White Settlement

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

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

Watauga has the higher population (23,336 vs 18,119 in White Settlement). Watauga has the higher median household income ($91,669 vs $56,472 in White Settlement). Watauga has the higher median home value ($233,400 vs $176,500 in White Settlement).

Population, income & housing

	Watauga	White Settlement
Population	23,336	18,119
Median age	36.6 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,669	$56,472
Median home value	$233,400	$176,500
Median gross rent	$1,826	$1,227
Housing units	8,193	7,663
Homeownership rate	80.4%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Watauga	White Settlement
Population	24,582 → 23,336 (-5.1%)	17,565 → 18,119 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$71,897 → $91,669 (+27.5%)	$48,996 → $56,472 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$136,300 → $233,400 (+71.2%)	$99,200 → $176,500 (+77.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,408 → $1,826 (+29.7%)	$977 → $1,227 (+25.6%)

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

White Settlement

Population

17,56518,119

Median household income

$48,996$56,472

Median home value

$99,200$176,500

Median gross rent

$977$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Watauga	White Settlement
Under 5	5.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.9%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.4%
75 and over	4.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Watauga	White Settlement
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	51.0%
Black or African American	9.9%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	4.9%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	36.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Watauga	White Settlement
No high school diploma	10.7%	18.1%
High school graduate	30.8%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Watauga	White Settlement
Drove alone	73.0%	72.4%
Carpooled	13.0%	16.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	9.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Watauga	White Settlement
1-unit, detached	96.5%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	12.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Watauga	White Settlement
Poverty rate	10.1%	10.1%
Average household size	2.94	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1984	1974