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Total population: 101,202 (Urban population: 98,891 (95,360 inside urbanized areas, 3,531 inside urban clusters), Rural population: 2,311 (38 farm, 2,273 nonfarm))

Wichita Falls, Texas Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 41,842 (37,878 occupied: 21,855 owner occupied, 16,023 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  42%
State:  36%

Housing density: 592 houses/condos per square mile


Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $160,760.


Median contract rent in 2007: $512 (lower quartile is $388, upper quartile is $657)


Housing units in Wichita Falls with a mortgage: 11,828 (291 second mortgage, 667 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,245





Wichita Falls,TX index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $86,100 (it was $60,900 in 2000)
Wichita Falls:  $86,100
Texas:  $120,900
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $50,600 - $130,200

Median year house/condo built: 1965

Median year apartment built: 1970

Household type by relationship

Households: 92,981
  • In family households: 77,770 (18,964 male householders, 6,148 female householders)
    19,648 spouses, 27,568 children (24,846 natural, 727 adopted, 1,995 stepchildren), 1,782 grandchildren, 522 brothers or sisters, 508 parents, 1,099 other relatives, 1,531 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 15,211 (5,795 male householders (4,714 living alone)), 7,001 female householders (6,145 living alone)), 2,415 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 10,940 (5,249 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 10,638 2-persons, 6,011 3-persons, 5,099 4-persons, 2,233 5-persons, 825 6-persons, 306 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 10,859 1-person, 1,623 2-persons, 231 3-persons, 54 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 15 6-persons.

16,439 married couples with children.
6,450 single-parent households (1,204 men, 5,246 women).

85.9% of residents of Wichita Falls speak English at home.
9.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 6,244 (6.0%)
(42.7% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  5.7
State:  5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  4.3
State:  3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wichita Falls, Texas:
  • 1 room: 16
  • 2 rooms: 165
  • 3 rooms: 703
  • 4 rooms: 2,058
  • 5 rooms: 6,715
  • 6 rooms: 6,275
  • 7 rooms: 3,226
  • 8 rooms: 1,455
  • 9 or more rooms: 1,242



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wichita Falls, Texas:
  • 1 room: 543
  • 2 rooms: 1,328
  • 3 rooms: 3,235
  • 4 rooms: 3,762
  • 5 rooms: 3,962
  • 6 rooms: 2,080
  • 7 rooms: 754
  • 8 rooms: 214
  • 9 or more rooms: 145



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 321
  • 1995 to 1998: 1,839
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,156
  • 1980 to 1989: 6,240
  • 1970 to 1979: 8,732
  • 1960 to 1969: 6,833
  • 1950 to 1959: 8,043
  • 1940 to 1949: 3,790
  • 1939 or earlier: 4,888


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Wichita Falls:
  • no bedroom: 83
  • 1 bedroom: 757
  • 2 bedrooms: 5,104
  • 3 bedrooms: 12,608
  • 4 bedrooms: 3,038
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 265



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wichita Falls:
  • no bedroom: 628
  • 1 bedroom: 4,653
  • 2 bedrooms: 5,927
  • 3 bedrooms: 4,125
  • 4 bedrooms: 656
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 34



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders



Cars and other vehicles available in Wichita Falls in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 834
  • 1 vehicle: 6,315
  • 2 vehicles: 10,372
  • 3 vehicles: 3,367
  • 4 vehicles: 741
  • 5 or more vehicles: 226



Cars and other vehicles available in Wichita Falls in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 2,039
  • 1 vehicle: 8,348
  • 2 vehicles: 4,603
  • 3 vehicles: 861
  • 4 vehicles: 114
  • 5 or more vehicles: 58


Wichita Falls, TX house values


Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Wichita Falls, TX:

  • Less than $10,000: 459
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 266
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 444
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 461
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 510
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 593
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 741
  • $40,000 to $49,999: 1616
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 1736
  • $60,000 to $69,999: 1598
  • $70,000 to $79,999: 1852
  • $80,000 to $89,999: 1686
  • $90,000 to $99,999: 1500
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 3307
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 2075
  • $150,000 to $174,999: 1040
  • $175,000 to $199,999: 723
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 859
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 425
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 408
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 211
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 185
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 26
  • $1,000,000 or more: 25
 


Wichita Falls rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Wichita Falls:

  • Less than $100: 323 people
  • $100 to $149: 224
  • $150 to $199: 312
  • $200 to $249: 375
  • $250 to $299: 478
  • $300 to $349: 709
  • $350 to $399: 985
  • $400 to $449: 1,264
  • $450 to $499: 1,448
  • $500 to $549: 1,191
  • $550 to $599: 1,144
  • $600 to $649: 1,022
  • $650 to $699: 724
  • $700 to $749: 576
  • $750 to $799: 415
  • $800 to $899: 639
  • $900 to $999: 256
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 278
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 121
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 173
  • $2,000 or more: 208
  • No cash rent: 1,920
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 1,524
  • 1990 to 1994: 1,078
  • 1985 to 1989: 776
  • 1980 to 1984: 944
  • 1975 to 1979: 758
  • 1970 to 1974: 375
  • 1970 to 1974: 257
  • 1965 to 1969: 532

Wichita Falls, TX Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 96.2%
Number of people working at home: 890 (1.9% of all workers)


Wichita Falls travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 1824
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 8644
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 12753
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 11417
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 6369
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 1334
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 2188
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 155
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 211
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 576
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 706
  • 90 or more minutes: 698
 


Wichita Falls mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 36,577 (77%)
  • Carpooled: 5,109 (11%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 216 (0%)
  • Taxi: 39 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 82 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 61 (0%)
  • Walked: 4,353 (9%)
  • Other means: 438 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 890 (2%)
 


Wichita Falls, TX household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 4440
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 3028
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 2856
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 3390
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 3510
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 2948
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 2654
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 2508
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 1817
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 3194
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 3161
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 2243
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 866
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 444
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 347
  • $200,000 or more: 502
 


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 30655
 United States or American: 9844
 German: 9725
 Irish: 6239
 English: 6218
 Scotch-Irish: 1709
 Italian: 1639
 French (except Basque): 1470
 Scottish: 1153
 Dutch: 918
 Polish: 784
 Norwegian: 646
 European: 572
 Swedish: 401
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 367
 Subsaharan African:: 317
 British: 308
 African: 279
 French Canadian: 273
 Welsh: 234
 Finnish: 232
 Czech: 206
 Hungarian: 190
 Arab:: 184
 Danish: 182
 Greek: 167
 Russian: 143
 Lebanese: 140
 Czechoslovakian: 131
 Jamaican: 121
 Portuguese: 105
 Scandinavian: 102
 Swiss: 95
 Canadian: 80
 Dutch West Indian: 67
 Turkish: 64
 West Indian: 61
 British West Indian: 60
 Austrian: 56
 Acadian/Cajun: 50
 Armenian: 41
 Romanian: 39
 Belgian: 32
 Slavic: 30
 Brazilian: 30
 Celtic: 26
 Other Arab: 25
 Ukrainian: 23
 Northern European: 23
 Bahamian: 21
 Lithuanian: 20
 Nigerian: 16
 Other Subsaharan African: 15
 Slovak: 15
 German Russian: 14
 Arab/Arabic: 14
 Haitian: 13
 Croatian: 12
 Slovene: 12
 Eastern European: 11
 U.S. Virgin Islander: 9
 Latvian: 8
 Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 8
 Icelander: 7
 Ethiopian: 7
 Other West Indian: 7
 Albanian: 7
 Iranian: 6
 Serbian: 6
 Australian: 6
 Pennsylvania German: 5
 Syrian: 5


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):



  • Mexico (40%)
  • Vietnam (10%)
  • Germany (9%)
  • Philippines (6%)
  • United Kingdom (4%)
  • India (3%)
  • Other Caribbean (3%)


Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 59863
  • Northeast: 3902
  • Midwest: 9618
  • South: 14194
  • West: 7880

44% of Wichita Falls residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Texas.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 434
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 328
  • 5th and 6th grade: 732
  • 7th and 8th grade: 993
  • 9th grade: 717
  • 10th grade: 987
  • 11th grade: 937
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,152
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,798
  • Less than 1 year of college: 2,362
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,090
  • Associate degree: 1,923
  • Bachelor's degree: 5,060
  • Master's degree: 1,373
  • Professional school degree: 491
  • Doctorate degree: 287


Educational Attainment for Males


Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 346
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 259
  • 5th and 6th grade: 496
  • 7th and 8th grade: 1,086
  • 9th grade: 927
  • 10th grade: 1,110
  • 11th grade: 1,113
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,120
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 9,681
  • Less than 1 year of college: 2,782
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,042
  • Associate degree: 1,775
  • Bachelor's degree: 4,577
  • Master's degree: 1,283
  • Professional school degree: 279
  • Doctorate degree: 112


Educational Attainment for Females




Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.6%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 9.4%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 10.3%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 3.8%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 11.8%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 9.7%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 8.4%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 9.8%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 5.1%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 3.1%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 9.3%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.8%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $42,618
  • Black householders: $19,922
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $22,105
  • Asian householders: $27,843
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $23,247
  • Some other race householders: $36,486
  • Two or more races householders: $31,962
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $36,035

Wichita Falls household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Wichita Falls household income for Black householders

Wichita Falls household income for Asian householders

Wichita Falls household income for Some other race householders

Wichita Falls household income for Two or more races householders

Wichita Falls household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Wichita Falls marital status for males

Wichita Falls marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $96,703
  • Black or African American householders: $55,420
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $76,203
  • Asian householders: $80,586
  • Some other race householders: $45,524
  • Two or more races householders: $70,972
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $50,613

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 29,230
  • One, attached: 1,649
  • Two: 1,563
  • 3 or 4: 1,712
  • 5 to 9: 2,584
  • 10 to 19: 1,057
  • 20 to 49: 697
  • 50 or more: 1,973
  • Mobile homes: 1,308
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 69

Median worth of mobile homes: $20,900


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Wichita Falls:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (65%)
  • Electricity (34%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Utility gas (51%)
  • Electricity (47%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 734
Here:  6.5%
Texas:  6.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 360
Here:  6.1%
Texas:  6.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 760
Here:  11.2%
Texas:  15.4%



School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students



School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)


 

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