Wichita Falls

Population & Demographics

Wichita Falls, TX

Wichita Falls is home to 102,581 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 39,419 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
102,581
people
Population

102,581 residents

Median age 33.8 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Wichita Falls population & demographics

Who lives in Wichita Falls — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
102,581
Median age
33.8yrs
Median household income
$60,177
Median home value
$156,800
Median gross rent
$1,022/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
25.4%
Poverty rate
17.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Wichita Falls

How Wichita Falls breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White57.1%
Hispanic or Latino23.2%
Black12.6%
Two or more races3.9%
Asian2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Some other race0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Wichita Falls

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Wichita Falls.

Wichita Falls at a glance
Employed Residents
39,419
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
13.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
62.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
7.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Fort Worth
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Wichita Falls proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Wichita Falls commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

91
Commute Score

91 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Wichita Falls

39,419 commutes, one dot at a time

Wichita Falls

Where 39,419 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Wichita Falls, by worker count.

1Wichita Falls0.0 mi24,596
2Fort Worth104.0 mi977
3Dallas125.3 mi816
4Burkburnett13.4 mi622
5Austin252.0 mi361
6Houston338.8 mi356
7Abilene123.1 mi353
8Lubbock195.5 mi345

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Wichita Falls.

1Wichita Falls0.0 mi24,596
2Burkburnett13.4 mi1,815
3Iowa Park9.6 mi1,333
4Fort Worth104.0 mi457
5Henrietta19.5 mi449
6Lawton49.8 mi362
7Vernon47.6 mi362
8Dallas125.3 mi360

Top industries

The sectors that employ Wichita Falls’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance26.2%
RTRetail Trade12.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services11.1%
EDEducational Services10.2%
MFManufacturing7.3%
PAPublic Administration4.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.5%
COConstruction4.0%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.6%
Connectivity

Internet options for Wichita Falls

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

11 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps27%
5 Gbps27%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Wichita Falls

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