Austin vs Wells Branch

A side-by-side comparison of Austin and Wells Branch: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Austin has the higher population (967,862 vs 14,156 in Wells Branch). Austin has the higher median household income ($91,461 vs $64,345 in Wells Branch). Austin has the higher median home value ($512,700 vs $368,500 in Wells Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Austin	Wells Branch
Population	967,862	14,156
Median age	34.5 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,461	$64,345
Median home value	$512,700	$368,500
Median gross rent	$1,655	$1,450
Housing units	466,428	7,655
Homeownership rate	44.4%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.2%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Austin	Wells Branch
Population	950,807 → 967,862 (+1.8%)	12,176 → 14,156 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$71,576 → $91,461 (+27.8%)	$54,421 → $64,345 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$337,400 → $512,700 (+52.0%)	$246,600 → $368,500 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,280 → $1,655 (+29.3%)	$1,149 → $1,450 (+26.2%)

Austin

Population

950,807967,862

Median household income

$71,576$91,461

Median home value

$337,400$512,700

Median gross rent

$1,280$1,655

Wells Branch

Population

12,17614,156

Median household income

$54,421$64,345

Median home value

$246,600$368,500

Median gross rent

$1,149$1,450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Austin	Wells Branch
Under 5	5.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	12.9%	10.4%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	22.4%	25.2%
35 to 44	17.3%	19.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	9.6%	8.4%
65 to 74	6.4%	5.2%
75 and over	3.7%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Austin	Wells Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	47.6%	40.0%
Black or African American	7.2%	18.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	8.5%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	30.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Austin	Wells Branch
No high school diploma	8.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	13.2%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Austin	Wells Branch
Drove alone	58.8%	66.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.9%
Public transit	2.1%	0.4%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.5%	23.0%
Other means	1.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Austin	Wells Branch
1-unit, detached	44.2%	33.2%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	31.6%
20 or more units	24.7%	30.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Austin	Wells Branch
Poverty rate	12.3%	16.8%
Average household size	2.14	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1993	1992