Electra vs Wichita Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Electra and Wichita Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Electra and Wichita Falls are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wichita Falls has the higher population (102,558 vs 2,259 in Electra). Electra has the higher median household income ($64,125 vs $58,568 in Wichita Falls). Wichita Falls has the higher median home value ($142,600 vs $52,300 in Electra).

Population, income & housing

	Electra	Wichita Falls
Population	2,259	102,558
Median age	41.6 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,125	$58,568
Median home value	$52,300	$142,600
Median gross rent	$761	$978
Housing units	1,220	43,396
Homeownership rate	66.0%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Electra	Wichita Falls
Population	2,726 → 2,259 (-17.1%)	104,279 → 102,558 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$30,484 → $64,125 (+110.4%)	$47,476 → $58,568 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$38,000 → $52,300 (+37.6%)	$102,400 → $142,600 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$345 → $761 (+120.6%)	$794 → $978 (+23.2%)

Electra

Population

2,7262,259

Median household income

$30,484$64,125

Median home value

$38,000$52,300

Median gross rent

$345$761

Wichita Falls

Population

104,279102,558

Median household income

$47,476$58,568

Median home value

$102,400$142,600

Median gross rent

$794$978

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Electra	Wichita Falls
Under 5	7.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	14.2%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.4%
75 and over	6.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Electra	Wichita Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	58.4%
Black or African American	4.3%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	21.7%	22.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Electra	Wichita Falls
No high school diploma	17.2%	13.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Electra	Wichita Falls
Drove alone	86.8%	71.0%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Electra	Wichita Falls
1-unit, detached	88.6%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Electra	Wichita Falls
Poverty rate	20.9%	17.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1954	1971