Grand Saline vs Wills Point

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Saline and Wills Point: population, income, housing, and more.

Grand Saline and Wills Point are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wills Point has the higher population (3,848 vs 3,166 in Grand Saline). Wills Point has the higher median household income ($66,144 vs $50,568 in Grand Saline). Wills Point has the higher median home value ($120,100 vs $116,200 in Grand Saline).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Saline	Wills Point
Population	3,166	3,848
Median age	42.6 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,568	$66,144
Median home value	$116,200	$120,100
Median gross rent	$927	$898
Housing units	1,306	1,511
Homeownership rate	69.2%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Saline	Wills Point
Population	3,115 → 3,166 (+1.6%)	3,577 → 3,848 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$33,542 → $50,568 (+50.8%)	$33,555 → $66,144 (+97.1%)
Median home value	$71,900 → $116,200 (+61.6%)	$87,200 → $120,100 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $927 (+32.2%)	$753 → $898 (+19.3%)

Grand Saline

Population

3,1153,166

Median household income

$33,542$50,568

Median home value

$71,900$116,200

Median gross rent

$701$927

Wills Point

Population

3,5773,848

Median household income

$33,555$66,144

Median home value

$87,200$120,100

Median gross rent

$753$898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Saline	Wills Point
Under 5	6.2%	11.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	19.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	15.9%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.7%
75 and over	8.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Saline	Wills Point
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	63.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	26.1%	20.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Saline	Wills Point
No high school diploma	30.8%	23.9%
High school graduate	28.8%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Saline	Wills Point
Drove alone	70.8%	75.6%
Carpooled	21.0%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Saline	Wills Point
1-unit, detached	83.6%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Grand Saline	Wills Point
Poverty rate	18.0%	24.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1971	1975