Wichita Falls, TX

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2023 Population

102,558

0.0742% 1-year growth

US Senator

John Cornyn

Republican Party

US Senator

Ted Cruz

Republican Party

2023 Poverty Rate

17.4%

1.95% 1-year decrease

2023 Median Property Value

$142,600

10.7% 1-year growth

About

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N/A of the households in Wichita Falls, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

95.5% of the residents in Wichita Falls, TX are U.S. citizens.

In 2023, the median property value in Wichita Falls, TX was $142,600, and the homeownership rate was N/A%.

Most people in Wichita Falls, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 14.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Wichita Falls, TX was N/A per household.

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Population & Diversity

Wichita Falls, TX is home to a population of 103k people, from which 95.5% are citizens. As of N/A, N/A% of Wichita Falls, TX residents were born outside of the country (N/A people).

In N/A, there were N/A times more N/A residents (N/A people) in Wichita Falls, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were N/A N/A and N/A N/A residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

95.5%

2023 Citizenship

95.5%

2022 Citizenship

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Wichita Falls, TX compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Gulf War (2001-)
3,077 ± 513
Vietnam
1,758 ± 252
Gulf War (1990s)
1,611 ± 293

Wichita Falls, TX has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.75 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Wichita Falls, TX employs N/A people. The largest industries in Wichita Falls, TX are Health Care & Social Assistance (7,625 people), Retail Trade (6,397 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (4,791 people), and the highest paying industries are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($81,521), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($76,439), and Management of Companies & Enterprises ($70,321).

Males in Texas have an average income that is 1.38 times higher than the average income of females, which is $58,213. The income inequality in Texas (measured using the Gini index) is N/A, which is N/A than the national average.

Employment

Occupations

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The most common job groups, by number of people living in Wichita Falls, TX, are . This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Wichita Falls, TX.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Texas (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

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The most common employment sectors for those who live in Wichita Falls, TX, are Health Care & Social Assistance (7,625 people), Retail Trade (6,397 people), and Accommodation & Food Services (4,791 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Wichita Falls, TX, though some of these residents may live in Wichita Falls, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

4.59%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.63%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.

Civics

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Texas

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John Cornyn

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.

Ted Cruz

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Texas

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Texas have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

In 2022, universities in Wichita Falls, TX awarded 1,387 degrees. The student population of Wichita Falls, TX in N/A is skewed towards N/A, with N/A male students and N/A female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Wichita Falls, TX are White (711 and 57.2%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (261 and 21%), Black or African American (167 and 13.4%), and Two or More Races (45 and 3.62%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

Measure

In 2022 in Wichita Falls, TX, the percentage of applicants admitted was 92.4%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 15.4%. The number of students enrolled in N/A was N/A (N/A% men and N/A% women).

The line chart shows the evolution of the percentage of applicants admitted, admitted who enrolled or the number of students enrolled according to the option selected in the upper button.

Completions

Student Diversity

In N/A, N/A men were awarded degrees from institutions in Wichita Falls, TX, which is N/A times N/A than the N/A female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2022 the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 711 degrees mean that there were 2.72 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 261 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

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This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Wichita Falls, TX was $142,600 in 2023, which is NaNM times the same as the national average of N/A. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $128,800 to $142,600, a 10.7% increase. The homeownership rate in Wichita Falls, TX is N/A%, which is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%.

People in Wichita Falls, TX have an average commute time of 14.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Wichita Falls, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of N/A per household.

Housing

Property

$142,600

Median Property Value 2023

±$5,472

$21,734

Median Property Taxes

±$1,006

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Wichita Falls, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Wichita Falls, TX compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

The following map shows all of the places in Wichita Falls, TX colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

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Number of Households

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The following chart displays the households in Wichita Falls, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Wichita Falls, TX is from Wichita Falls, TX.

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In N/A, the income inequality in N/A was N/A according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a N/A N/A from N/A to N/A, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat N/A even. The GINI for N/A was N/A than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed N/A evenly in N/A in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Wichita Falls, TX across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (71%)
Carpooled (11.4%)
Walked (8%)

In 2023, 71% of workers in Wichita Falls, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (11.4%) and those who walked to work (8%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

14.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Wichita Falls, TX have a shorter commute time (14.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.48% of the workforce in Wichita Falls, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Wichita Falls, TX compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

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The following chart displays the households in Wichita Falls, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Wichita Falls, TX have N/A.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

17.4% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Wichita Falls, TX (15.9k out of 91.2k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

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The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

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The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

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Employer Coverage

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Medicaid

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Medicare

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Non-Group

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Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Wichita Falls, TX changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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