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Williamson County

Texas · 752,827 residents (2025 est.) · 1,116 sq mi
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Williamson County is home to 672,688 people in Texas. Since 2000 the county has more than doubled, up 422,721 people. Few US counties rank higher on income. Households here earn about 42% more than in Texas as a whole. 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, against 36% nationally. Households take in $111,340 a year at the median, 35% more than the country as a whole.

At a glance
Wealthier
above the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 37.3
US median: 38.9
More educated
48% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 98%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
672,688
+169%since 2000
from 249,967 in 2000
752,827 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
603 / sq mi
+81%since 2009
from 334 / sq mi in 2009
US average: 281
Median age
37.3
+15%since 2000
from 32.3 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
1,116 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
86K246K406K566K726K19902000201020202024Williamson County
2024673K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 56%(40,481)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 96.9%(46,150)
US avg: 6%
10 to 147%(47,020)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 196.5%(43,413)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 245.6%(37,500)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3414.5%(97,312)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4417%(114,398)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5413.5%(90,772)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6410.2%(68,734)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 747.7%(52,070)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 843.9%(26,450)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.2%(8,388)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$111,340
+1%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $60,642 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$53,505
+118%since 2000
from $24,547 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
68.0%
+22.8 ptssince 2009
from 45.2% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
6.4%
+1.6 ptssince 2000
from 4.8% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.415
+12%since 2010
from 0.370 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information11.5%
US avg: 10.8%
Retail trade8.9%
US avg: 9.9%
Other services7.8%
US avg: 6.7%
Wholesale trade6.6%
US avg: 6.9%
Public administration5.8%
US avg: 4.8%
Finance & insurance4.4%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical3.6%
US avg: 5.1%
Arts, entertainment, food2.5%
US avg: 1.9%
Transportation & warehousing1.9%
US avg: 2.2%
Education & health services0.9%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.6%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.4%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0.3%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$447,000
+98%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $123,900 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,796
+25%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $787 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
66.4%
−7.8 ptssince 2000
from 74.2% in 2000
33.6% rent
Vacancy rate
3.9%
−2.5 ptssince 2009
from 6.5% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.65 people
−11%since 2009
from 2.97 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
21.1%
−5.7 ptssince 2009
from 26.8% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
46.4%
+3.3 ptssince 2009
from 43.1% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
4.0
+65%since 2009
from 2.4 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
88
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic73.5%(183,847)
Black5%(12,444)
Hispanic / Latino17.2%(42,990)
Asian2.6%(6,483)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic53.3%(358,479)
Black6.7%(45,037)
Hispanic / Latino24.7%(166,454)
Asian9.9%(66,854)
Other5.3%(35,864)
Diversity Score
80
+27%since 2009
from 63 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
22
−10%since 2020
from 24 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican18.5%(124,519)
Central American1.4%(9,404)
South American1.3%(8,918)
Puerto Rican1.1%(7,616)
Cuban0.6%(4,130)
Venezuelan0.5%(3,555)
Salvadoran0.5%(3,336)
Spaniard0.4%(2,966)
Honduran0.4%(2,486)
Peruvian0.3%(1,955)
Colombian0.3%(1,893)
Panamanian0.2%(1,323)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Dominican0.2%(1,206)
Guatemalan0.1%(967)
Nicaraguan0.1%(845)
Ecuadorian0.1%(543)
Costa Rican0.1%(447)
Chilean0%(319)
Bolivian0%(273)
Argentine0%(224)
Uruguayan0%(40)
Asian origin
Asian Indian5.2%(35,014)
Chinese1.2%(7,879)
Korean0.7%(4,858)
Vietnamese0.6%(4,196)
Filipino0.5%(3,688)
Pakistani0.5%(3,508)
Nepalese0.3%(2,030)
Taiwanese0.2%(1,356)
Bangladeshi0.1%(753)
Japanese0.1%(670)
Sri Lankan0%(262)
Thai0%(247)
+ 8 more asian origin groups with data
Laotian0%(224)
Indonesian0%(217)
Cambodian0%(211)
Malaysian0%(174)
Uzbek0%(163)
Kazakh0%(71)
Burmese0%(57)
Mongolian0%(53)
Pacific Islander origin
Chamorro0.1%(437)
Samoan0%(283)
Guamanian0%(85)
Tongan0%(55)
Fijian0%(4)
Ancestry
German14%(94,066)
English11.8%(79,348)
Irish8.3%(55,791)
American4%(26,662)
Italian3.3%(21,946)
Scottish2.4%(16,206)
French2%(13,651)
Polish1.8%(11,846)
Czech1.3%(9,069)
Scotch-Irish1.3%(8,752)
Swedish1%(6,557)
+ 51 more ancestry groups with data
Norwegian0.9%(5,813)
Arab0.8%(5,242)
Dutch0.8%(5,206)
Welsh0.6%(4,189)
British0.5%(3,457)
Russian0.5%(3,303)
Danish0.4%(2,897)
West Indian0.4%(2,590)
French Canadian0.3%(2,069)
Portuguese0.3%(2,023)
Swiss0.3%(1,901)
Nigerian0.3%(1,855)
Greek0.2%(1,406)
Brazilian0.2%(1,387)
Ukrainian0.2%(1,358)
Canadian0.2%(1,323)
Hungarian0.2%(1,282)
Lebanese0.2%(1,040)
Turkish0.2%(1,026)
Iranian0.2%(1,022)
Jamaican0.1%(966)
Ethiopian0.1%(958)
Austrian0.1%(828)
Iraqi0.1%(824)
Haitian0.1%(691)
Israeli0.1%(676)
Lithuanian0.1%(656)
Syrian0.1%(645)
Croatian0.1%(602)
Finnish0.1%(576)
Slovene0.1%(572)
Romanian0.1%(566)
Slovak0.1%(508)
Palestinian0.1%(477)
Belgian0.1%(465)
Jordanian0.1%(369)
Guyanese0%(305)
Egyptian0%(285)
Serbian0%(280)
Moroccan0%(256)
Kenyan0%(243)
Armenian0%(228)
Australian0%(197)
Bulgarian0%(80)
Somali0%(63)
Ghanaian0%(55)
Latvian0%(54)
Barbadian0%(53)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
48.4%
+14.8 ptssince 2000
from 33.6% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
94.1%
+5.3 ptssince 2000
from 88.8% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
17.8%
+8.6 ptssince 2000
from 9.2% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
27.9 min
+41%since 2000
from 19.7 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
63.9%
−15.4 ptssince 2009
from 79.3% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
7.7%
−5.0 ptssince 2009
from 12.7% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.3%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 0.5% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
25.4%
+20.3 ptssince 2009
from 5.2% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
0.8%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 1.1% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.2%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 0.2% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
3.0%
+0.4 ptssince 2009
from 2.6% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
3.9%
−3.2 ptssince 2011
from 7.0% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
70.7%
−1.9 ptssince 2011
from 72.7% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
77.4%
+2.2 ptssince 2020
from 75.2% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
12.1%
−1.3 ptssince 2009
from 13.4% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
52.9%
+9.9 ptssince 2009
from 43.0% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.8%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 50.0% in 2009
Female
50.2%
+0.2 ptssince 2009
from 50.0% in 2009
Foreign born
16.2%
+6.1 ptssince 2009
from 10.1% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
7.6%
−4.1 ptssince 2009
from 11.8% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
10.6%
+1.4 ptssince 2012
from 9.2% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
9.8%
−4.5 ptssince 2013
from 14.3% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
95.8%
+6.1 ptssince 2017
from 89.7% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
98.5%
+1.2 ptssince 2020
from 97.3% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
83.9%
+1.9 ptssince 2020
from 82.1% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
74.5%
−4.5 ptssince 2016
from 79.1% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
14.0%
−0.5 ptssince 2016
from 14.5% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married32%(85,385)
Married58.6%(156,168)
Widowed2%(5,215)
Divorced7.4%(19,828)
Women 15+
Never married25.9%(70,567)
Married56.2%(153,154)
Widowed6%(16,350)
Divorced11.9%(32,370)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
9.8%
−4.5 ptssince 2013
from 14.3% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
67.9%
+0.1 ptssince 2020
from 67.8% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
12.9%
+0.4 ptssince 2020
from 12.5% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
13.2%
+0.4 ptssince 2020
from 12.8% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
8.5%
−0.6 ptssince 2020
from 9.1% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
2.4%
−0.3 ptssince 2020
from 2.7% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
79.2%
−0.3 ptssince 2020
from 79.5% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
21.4%
−0.1 ptssince 2020
from 21.5% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)38.3%(14,911)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)33.3%(12,958)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era24.6%(9,559)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.3%(913)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1%(376)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 38,936 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Williamson County, Texas?

Williamson County, Texas has about 672,688 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Williamson County, Texas?

The typical household in Williamson County, Texas earns about $111,340 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Williamson County, Texas expensive?

In Williamson County, Texas, the median home is worth about $447,000, and the typical rent is about $1,796 a month.

How educated are people in Williamson County, Texas?

About 48.4% of adults age 25 and over in Williamson County, Texas hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Williamson County, Texas?

About 6.4% of people in Williamson County, Texas live below the federal poverty line.

Has Williamson County, Texas grown since 1990?

Yes, Williamson County, Texas has grown since 1990. The population has added about 533,137 residents, a change of about 382 percent over that period.

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