Demographics of Watauga city, Texas

Watauga city, Texas had 22,981 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −610 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Watauga city, in four figures

22,981
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 23,233 ±52.; −2.6%
Change since July 2020: −610 people.; 36.2 ±2.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $91,171 ±$8,236
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Watauga city, Texas's population shrank 2.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Watauga city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Watauga city, Texas's population shrank 2.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Watauga city, Texas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	23,591	100.0	100.0
2021	23,303	98.8	100.2
2022	23,106	97.9	100.7
2023	23,047	97.7	101.6
2024	23,095	97.9	102.5
2025	22,981	97.4	103.1

Population of Watauga city, Texas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	23,591	—
2021	23,303	−288
2022	23,106	−197
2023	23,047	−59
2024	23,095	+48
2025	22,981	−114

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 36.2 ±2.2: for men 34.5 ±2.4 and for women 37.1 ±2.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Watauga city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Texas	United States
Under 5	1,620 ±449	7.0% ±1.9	6.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,123 ±561	17.7% ±2.4	18.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,396 ±331	6.0% ±1.4	9.7% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	7,046 ±718	30.3% ±3.1	28.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	5,696 ±628	24.5% ±2.7	23.3% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,352 ±440	14.4% ±1.9	13.4% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $91,171 ±$8,236, and income per person $34,638 ±$2,167, in 2024 dollars. The median is $78,476 ±$263 in Texas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Watauga city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Texas	United States
Under $25,000	788 ±231	9.9% ±2.9	14.6% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	973 ±234	12.2% ±2.9	17.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,398 ±325	17.6% ±4.0	16.1% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,291 ±289	16.2% ±3.6	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,374 ±429	29.9% ±5.2	17.3% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	781 ±210	9.8% ±2.6	9.5% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	346 ±129	4.4% ±1.6	12.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Watauga city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Texas	United States
All ages	2,615 ±878	11.3% ±3.8	13.8% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	862 ±382	15.1% ±6.3	18.7% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,182 ±493	9.7% ±4.0	12.2% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	282 to 860	11.1% ±5.4	12.0% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Watauga city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Watauga city	Texas	United States
Housing units	8,299 ±421	12,128,515 ±1,574	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	95.8% ±6.7	90.6% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	4.2% ±2.1	9.4% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	78.0% ±4.7	62.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	22.0% ±3.8	37.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$250,500 ±$8,236	$283,800 ±$738	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,982 ±$121	$1,403 ±$4	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1984 ±1	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Watauga city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Texas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	5,940 ±804	25.6% ±3.5	39.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	13,420 ±1,063	57.8% ±4.6	39.1% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2,243 ±769	9.7% ±3.3	11.9% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	705 ±286	3.0% ±1.2	5.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 53	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 28	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	2 to 76	< 0.1% to 0.3%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	866 ±298	3.7% ±1.3	3.1% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Watauga city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Texas	United States
Born in the state	13,834 ±850	59.5% ±3.7	58.3% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	6,447 ±776	27.7% ±3.3	22.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	295 ±134	1.3% ±0.6	1.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	2,657 ±642	11.4% ±2.8	17.6% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,698 ±521	7.3% ±2.2	7.4% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	959 ±278	4.1% ±1.2	10.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Watauga city among the places of Texas

149th of 428 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Texas page.

Places of Texas near Watauga city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Cloverleaf CDP	24,063 ±1,876
Big Spring city	23,975 ±25
Marshall city	23,825 ±49
Horizon City city	23,668 ±28
Corinth city	23,385 ±39
Watauga city	23,233 ±52
Fate city	22,884 ±34
Ennis city	22,588 ±37
Dickinson city	21,753 ±38
Stephenville city	21,682 ±30
Murphy city	21,188 ±56

Rankings this appears in

No. 15 Places in Texas by median rent
No. 40 Places in Texas by homeownership rate
No. 53 Places in Texas by median age
No. 75 Places in Texas by median household income
No. 98 Places in Texas by poverty rate
No. 113 Places in Texas by foreign-born share

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026