Waller is a place where college students are a big part of the character and culture of the town. Small towns have often struggled with declining populations over the past few decades, but the presence of such a large college student population has helped Waller to fight this trend. Not only does the college population add spending and jobs to local economy, but it also contributes a very tangible, youthful energy to the town.
Being a small city, Waller does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Waller is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.26% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Waller in 2022 was $23,874, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,496 for a family of four. However, Waller contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Waller is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Waller home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waller residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Waller also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.52% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Waller include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Jamaican.
The most common language spoken in Waller is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
