What is the population of Watauga city?

Watauga city has 23,336 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #145 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Watauga city?

Median household income in Watauga city is $91,669 a year, 16.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Watauga city?

Median gross rent is $1,826 a month and the median home value is $233,400, so rent absorbs about 23.9% of median household income.

Is Watauga city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Watauga city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Watauga, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Watauga, Texas (Watauga, TX — Census place “Watauga city”) is 23,336 residents, ranking #145 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $91,669, the median home is worth $233,400 and median gross rent runs $1,826 a month. Looking for the Watauga Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Watauga, TX: 76148.

Population: 23,336Watauga city residents
Median household income: $91,669Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $233,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,826Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 80.4%Owner-occupied households

Watauga ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Watauga.

The Watauga TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

76148

What the numbers mean in Watauga city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Watauga city median would spend about 23.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.1% of residents and 80.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Watauga city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Watauga city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 23,336 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #145 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 36.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Watauga city earn a median of $91,669 a year, 16.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 42% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 10.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Watauga city is valued at $233,400, 23.1% below the national figure and 30% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,826 a month, 29.9% above the national figure, or roughly $21,912 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 80.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Watauga city?: Watauga city has 23,336 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #145 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Watauga city?: Median household income in Watauga city is $91,669 a year, 16.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Watauga city?: Median gross rent is $1,826 a month and the median home value is $233,400, so rent absorbs about 23.9% of median household income.
Is Watauga city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Watauga city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Watauga city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.