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Wichita Falls, TX
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Living in Wichita Falls



Wichita Falls is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 102,664 people and 39 constituent neighborhoods, Wichita Falls is the 40th largest community in Texas.

Wichita Falls is a military town: the armed forces employs 7.00% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Healthcare and Retail are important in the local economy and are the city’s largest civilian employers, employing 16.65% and 13.92% of the civilian workforce respectively.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Wichita Falls spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.58 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

The education level of Wichita Falls citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.17% of adults in Wichita Falls have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Wichita Falls in 2018 was $26,434, 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 $105,736 for a family of four. However, Wichita Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wichita Falls is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wichita Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wichita Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wichita Falls also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.16% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wichita Falls include German, Irish, English, European, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Wichita Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.