Waco is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 143,984 people and 37 associated neighborhoods, Waco is the 25th largest community in Texas.

A relatively large number of people in Waco telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.43% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, Waco really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, Waco is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes Waco more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change Waco’s character and quality of life.

Not only is Waco a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That’s because Waco is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Waco a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In terms of college education, Waco is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.95% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Waco in 2022 was $26,825, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,300 for a family of four. However, Waco contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Waco is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Waco home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waco residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Waco also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.43% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Waco include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Waco is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.