Huntsville vs New Waverly

A side-by-side comparison of Huntsville and New Waverly: population, income, housing, and more.

Huntsville and New Waverly are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Huntsville has the higher population (46,917 vs 1,311 in New Waverly). New Waverly has the higher median household income ($47,589 vs $45,401 in Huntsville). Huntsville has the higher median home value ($225,800 vs $188,000 in New Waverly).

Population, income & housing

	Huntsville	New Waverly
Population	46,917	1,311
Median age	31.5 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,401	$47,589
Median home value	$225,800	$188,000
Median gross rent	$981	$1,049
Housing units	17,626	535
Homeownership rate	40.3%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntsville	New Waverly
Population	41,592 → 46,917 (+12.8%)	1,142 → 1,311 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$34,890 → $45,401 (+30.1%)	$33,700 → $47,589 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$165,000 → $225,800 (+36.8%)	$113,000 → $188,000 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $981 (+9.1%)	$790 → $1,049 (+32.8%)

Huntsville

Population

41,59246,917

Median household income

$34,890$45,401

Median home value

$165,000$225,800

Median gross rent

$899$981

New Waverly

Population

1,1421,311

Median household income

$33,700$47,589

Median home value

$113,000$188,000

Median gross rent

$790$1,049

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntsville	New Waverly
Under 5	3.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	9.4%	24.0%
18 to 24	26.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	7.1%	3.9%
75 and over	4.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntsville	New Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	68.3%
Black or African American	21.9%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	23.4%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntsville	New Waverly
No high school diploma	16.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	31.7%	53.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntsville	New Waverly
Drove alone	76.5%	73.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.1%
Other means	1.5%	11.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntsville	New Waverly
1-unit, detached	40.9%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	19.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	15.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Huntsville	New Waverly
Poverty rate	24.4%	25.3%
Average household size	2.32	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1986	1982