Maverick County vs Waller County

A side-by-side comparison of Maverick County and Waller County: population, income, housing, and more.

Maverick County and Waller County are counties in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waller County has the higher population (59,455 vs 57,770 in Maverick County). Waller County has the higher median household income ($76,135 vs $51,270 in Maverick County). Waller County has the higher median home value ($292,000 vs $151,500 in Maverick County).

Population, income & housing

	Maverick County	Waller County
Population	57,770	59,455
Median age	30.2 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,270	$76,135
Median home value	$151,500	$292,000
Median gross rent	$789	$1,210
Housing units	20,258	19,946
Homeownership rate	68.7%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maverick County	Waller County
Population	58,174 → 57,770 (-0.7%)	51,832 → 59,455 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$39,625 → $51,270 (+29.4%)	$59,642 → $76,135 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $151,500 (+54.7%)	$197,400 → $292,000 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $789 (+19.7%)	$937 → $1,210 (+29.1%)

Maverick County

Population

58,17457,770

Median household income

$39,625$51,270

Median home value

$97,900$151,500

Median gross rent

$659$789

Waller County

Population

51,83259,455

Median household income

$59,642$76,135

Median home value

$197,400$292,000

Median gross rent

$937$1,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maverick County	Waller County
Under 5	8.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.5%	17.6%
18 to 24	11.1%	18.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.4%
75 and over	5.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maverick County	Waller County
White (non-Hispanic)	2.8%	38.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	23.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	94.9%	33.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maverick County	Waller County
No high school diploma	32.3%	16.1%
High school graduate	28.4%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maverick County	Waller County
Drove alone	81.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	10.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maverick County	Waller County
1-unit, detached	67.4%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	5.7%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Maverick County	Waller County
Poverty rate	22.6%	13.5%
Average household size	3.13	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1995	1997