Watauga, Texas demographics

Watauga, TX demographics: median age 36.2; 24.2% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Watauga city, Texas · Incorporated city · GEOID 4876672. The survey estimates a population of 23,233 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Watauga is 36.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 2.2 years. There are 7,951 households (±377). 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	36.2 ±2.2	35.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 23,233
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Under 18	5,743 ±719	24.7% ±3.1 pp	25.0%	22.0%
18–34	5,614 ±646	24.2% ±2.8 pp	24.2%	22.8%
35–64	8,524 ±776	36.7% ±3.3 pp	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	3,352 ±440	14.4% ±1.9 pp	13.4%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 23,233
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Male	11,768 ±516	50.7% ±2.2 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	11,465 ±515	49.3% ±2.2 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: 23,233
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
White alone	14,837 ±1,132	63.9% ±4.9 pp	48.5%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	2,253 ±768	9.7% ±3.3 pp	12.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	87 ±88 · low precision	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.9%
Asian alone	705 ±286	3.0% ±1.2 pp	5.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	94 ±131 · low precision	0.4% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	890 ±300	3.8% ±1.3 pp	9.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	4,367 ±819	18.8% ±3.5 pp	23.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 23,233
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,293 ±808	74.4% ±3.5 pp	60.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5,940 ±804	25.6% ±3.5 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: 7,951
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Married-couple family	4,415 ±350	55.5% ±3.5 pp	48.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	629 ±240	7.9% ±3.0 pp	5.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	938 ±250	11.8% ±3.1 pp	13.4%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	1,340 ±324	16.9% ±4.0 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	629 ±194	7.9% ±2.4 pp	6.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 7,951
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	2,745 ±269	34.5% ±3.0 pp	34.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	5,206 ±542	65.5% ±6.1 pp	65.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 7,951
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	1,340 ±324	16.9% ±4.0 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Two-person households	2,909 ±428	36.6% ±5.1 pp	31.4%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,439 ±311	18.1% ±3.8 pp	16.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,258 ±272	15.8% ±3.3 pp	14.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	669 ±235	8.4% ±2.9 pp	7.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	228 ±103	2.9% ±1.3 pp	2.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	108 ±103 · low precision	1.4% ±1.3 pp · low precision	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: 23,233
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Native	20,576 ±645	88.6% ±2.8 pp	82.4%	85.9%
Foreign born	2,657 ±642	11.4% ±2.8 pp	17.6%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 21,613
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
English only	17,411 ±840	80.6% ±3.4 pp	64.9%	77.7%
Spanish	2,884 ±586	13.3% ±2.7 pp	28.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	5 ±9 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	12 ±21 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	43 ±51 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	78 ±162 · low precision	0.4% ±0.7 pp · low precision	1.7%	2.0%
Korean	0 ±28 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	16 ±17 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	169 ±166 · low precision	0.8% ±0.8 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	166 ±127 · low precision	0.8% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	146 ±92 · low precision	0.7% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	424 ±396 · low precision	2.0% ±1.8 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	259 ±235 · low precision	1.2% ±1.1 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: 16,094
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	1,781 ±462	11.1% ±2.8 pp	14.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	5,479 ±526	34.0% ±3.0 pp	24.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	3,579 ±614	22.2% ±3.7 pp	20.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,366 ±320	8.5% ±2.0 pp	7.7%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	2,888 ±382	17.9% ±2.3 pp	21.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1,001 ±232	6.2% ±1.4 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: 22,945
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Same house	20,607 ±684	89.8% ±2.9 pp	86.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	1,510 ±572	6.6% ±2.5 pp	7.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	634 ±413 · low precision	2.8% ±1.8 pp · low precision	3.9%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	194 ±120 · low precision	0.8% ±0.5 pp · low precision	2.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	0 ±28 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	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

17.2% of Watauga residents (±4.0 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 17.1% in Texas and 8.4% nationally. 95.5% 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	Watauga	Texas	U.S.	Compared with Texas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	17.2% ±4.0 pp	17.1%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	95.5% ±0.9 pp	91.4%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	7.2% ±1.4 pp	6.2%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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