Steiner Ranch vs Wells Branch

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

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

Steiner Ranch has the higher population (18,683 vs 14,156 in Wells Branch). Steiner Ranch has the higher median household income ($195,181 vs $64,345 in Wells Branch). Steiner Ranch has the higher median home value ($723,500 vs $368,500 in Wells Branch).

Population, income & housing

	Steiner Ranch	Wells Branch
Population	18,683	14,156
Median age	37.6 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$195,181	$64,345
Median home value	$723,500	$368,500
Median gross rent	$1,880	$1,450
Housing units	6,750	7,655
Homeownership rate	72.0%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.8%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Steiner Ranch	Wells Branch
Population	16,424 → 18,683 (+13.8%)	12,176 → 14,156 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$173,016 → $195,181 (+12.8%)	$54,421 → $64,345 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$516,500 → $723,500 (+40.1%)	$246,600 → $368,500 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,455 → $1,880 (+29.2%)	$1,149 → $1,450 (+26.2%)

Steiner Ranch

Population

16,42418,683

Median household income

$173,016$195,181

Median home value

$516,500$723,500

Median gross rent

$1,455$1,880

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)

	Steiner Ranch	Wells Branch
Under 5	5.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	26.6%	10.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.2%
25 to 34	6.3%	25.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	19.5%
45 to 54	26.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	5.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	5.3%	5.2%
75 and over	3.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Steiner Ranch	Wells Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	40.0%
Black or African American	6.4%	18.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	9.0%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	30.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Steiner Ranch	Wells Branch
No high school diploma	2.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	4.0%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	41.3%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	33.5%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Steiner Ranch	Wells Branch
Drove alone	57.8%	66.8%
Carpooled	1.2%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.5%	23.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Steiner Ranch	Wells Branch
1-unit, detached	71.8%	33.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	31.6%
20 or more units	11.5%	30.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Steiner Ranch	Wells Branch
Poverty rate	2.3%	16.8%
Average household size	2.83	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	2004	1992