Waco, Texas demographics

Waco, TX demographics: median age 29.7; 28.7% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Waco city, Texas · Incorporated city · GEOID 4876000. The survey estimates a population of 143,570 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Waco is 29.7 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.6 years. There are 53,906 households (±1,032). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	29.7 ±0.6	35.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 143,570
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Under 18	32,789 ±1,427	22.8% ±1.0 pp	25.0%	22.0%
18–34	48,611 ±1,891	33.9% ±1.3 pp	24.2%	22.8%
35–64	42,878 ±1,525	29.9% ±1.1 pp	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	19,292 ±1,061	13.4% ±0.7 pp	13.4%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 143,570
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Male	69,359 ±922	48.3% ±0.6 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	74,211 ±909	51.7% ±0.6 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 143,570
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
White alone	69,369 ±1,732	48.3% ±1.2 pp	48.5%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	28,488 ±1,149	19.8% ±0.8 pp	12.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	610 ±257	0.4% ±0.2 pp	0.7%	0.9%
Asian alone	3,034 ±453	2.1% ±0.3 pp	5.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	44 ±27 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	6,125 ±952	4.3% ±0.7 pp	9.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	35,900 ±2,043	25.0% ±1.4 pp	23.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 143,570
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	99,599 ±1,774	69.4% ±1.2 pp	60.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	43,971 ±1,775	30.6% ±1.2 pp	39.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 53,906
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Married-couple family	20,367 ±883	37.8% ±1.5 pp	48.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	2,448 ±429	4.5% ±0.8 pp	5.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	8,494 ±826	15.8% ±1.5 pp	13.4%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	17,152 ±1,105	31.8% ±2.0 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	5,445 ±565	10.1% ±1.0 pp	6.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 53,906
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	15,734 ±974	29.2% ±1.7 pp	34.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	38,172 ±1,457	70.8% ±2.3 pp	65.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 53,906
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	17,152 ±1,105	31.8% ±2.0 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Two-person households	17,703 ±1,093	32.8% ±1.9 pp	31.4%	33.8%
Three-person households	7,253 ±746	13.5% ±1.4 pp	16.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	6,283 ±778	11.7% ±1.4 pp	14.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	3,838 ±515	7.1% ±0.9 pp	7.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	997 ±272	1.8% ±0.5 pp	2.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	680 ±288	1.3% ±0.5 pp	1.7%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 143,570
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Native	128,468 ±1,323	89.5% ±0.9 pp	82.4%	85.9%
Foreign born	15,102 ±1,335	10.5% ±0.9 pp	17.6%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 134,067
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
English only	102,871 ±1,896	76.7% ±1.4 pp	64.9%	77.7%
Spanish	27,298 ±1,726	20.4% ±1.3 pp	28.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	177 ±121 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	496 ±229	0.4% ±0.2 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	127 ±102 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,110 ±327	0.8% ±0.2 pp	1.7%	2.0%
Korean	310 ±210 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	387 ±242 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	259 ±196 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	250 ±177 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	393 ±240 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	64 ±53 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	325 ±239 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 83,016
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	11,610 ±1,008	14.0% ±1.2 pp	14.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	22,134 ±1,496	26.7% ±1.8 pp	24.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	18,310 ±1,262	22.1% ±1.5 pp	20.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	7,121 ±742	8.6% ±0.9 pp	7.7%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	14,261 ±1,086	17.2% ±1.3 pp	21.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9,580 ±954	11.5% ±1.1 pp	12.3%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 141,678
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Same house	112,060 ±1,801	79.1% ±1.3 pp	86.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	16,024 ±1,554	11.3% ±1.1 pp	7.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	7,561 ±871	5.3% ±0.6 pp	3.9%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	4,978 ±774	3.5% ±0.5 pp	2.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	1,055 ±390	0.7% ±0.3 pp	0.8%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

15.2% of Waco residents (±1.1 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 17.1% in Texas and 8.4% nationally. 88.9% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Waco	Texas	U.S.	Compared with Texas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	15.2% ±1.1 pp	17.1%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	88.9% ±0.9 pp	91.4%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	6.4% ±0.7 pp	6.2%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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