Pflugerville vs Wells Branch

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

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

Pflugerville has the higher population (65,162 vs 14,156 in Wells Branch). Pflugerville has the higher median household income ($112,656 vs $64,345 in Wells Branch). Wells Branch has the higher median home value ($368,500 vs $354,900 in Pflugerville).

Population, income & housing

	Pflugerville	Wells Branch
Population	65,162	14,156
Median age	37.2 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$112,656	$64,345
Median home value	$354,900	$368,500
Median gross rent	$1,856	$1,450
Housing units	24,939	7,655
Homeownership rate	71.2%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pflugerville	Wells Branch
Population	61,737 → 65,162 (+5.5%)	12,176 → 14,156 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$93,627 → $112,656 (+20.3%)	$54,421 → $64,345 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$238,700 → $354,900 (+48.7%)	$246,600 → $368,500 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,414 → $1,856 (+31.3%)	$1,149 → $1,450 (+26.2%)

Pflugerville

Population

61,73765,162

Median household income

$93,627$112,656

Median home value

$238,700$354,900

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,856

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)

	Pflugerville	Wells Branch
Under 5	6.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	10.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	25.2%
35 to 44	16.9%	19.5%
45 to 54	16.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	8.4%
65 to 74	6.4%	5.2%
75 and over	2.9%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pflugerville	Wells Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	38.3%	40.0%
Black or African American	16.9%	18.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	7.8%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	31.9%	30.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pflugerville	Wells Branch
No high school diploma	5.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	21.3%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pflugerville	Wells Branch
Drove alone	67.8%	66.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.4%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	23.0%
Other means	1.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pflugerville	Wells Branch
1-unit, detached	74.3%	33.2%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	31.6%
20 or more units	6.2%	30.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pflugerville	Wells Branch
Poverty rate	5.6%	16.8%
Average household size	2.70	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	2004	1992