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Watauga city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Watauga city is a Census city of 23,233 people across 4.16 square miles of land, in Tarrant County. Median household income is $91,171, 78.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 12 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.1 m.
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Watauga
What Watauga is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.16 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,586
- County holding the largest share of its areaTarrant County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Watauga
- Population23,233
- Median age36.2
- Population under 185,743
- Share under 1824.7 percent
- Population 65 and over3,352
- Share 65 and over14.4 percent
- Households7,951
- Family households5,982
- Share of households that are families75.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Watauga
- Median household income$91,171
- Per capita income$34,638
- Civilian labor force12,665
- Employed12,022
- Unemployed643 plus or minus 206
- Unemployment rate5.1 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over16,094
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher24.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.2 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Watauga
- Housing units8,299
- Occupied units7,951
- Vacant units348 plus or minus 172
- Vacancy rate4.2 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Owner occupied6,199
- Renter occupied1,752
- Ownership rate78.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$250,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,982
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.1 percent
- Single family units7,893
- Share single family95.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more367 plus or minus 152
- Share in buildings of two or more4.4 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Mobile homes27 plus or minus 43
- Median year structure built1984
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Watauga gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute9,868
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,286 plus or minus 335
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.0 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,991
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more50.6 percent
- Drove alone70.8 percent
- Carpooled11.0 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home16.2 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Watauga (7(a))
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$8,088,600
- Average approval$674,050
- Median approval$267,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,850,000
- Largest approval$3,040,000
- Jobs supported123
- Jobs per approval10.3
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full4
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises33.3 percent
- Distinct lenders9
- Distinct industries by NAICS11
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Watauga (504)
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$2,672,000
- Average approval$534,400
- Median approval$595,000
- Largest approval$870,000
- Jobs supported23
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off1
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Watauga
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480613
- Currently effective map date03/21/19
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Tarrant County, not Watauga
Tarrant County context, not Watauga figures
These are Tarrant County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Watauga measurements.
- Establishments in Tarrant County47,656
- Employment at those establishments, Tarrant County882,289
- Covered employment, Tarrant County1,010,352
- Average annual pay, Tarrant County$72,674
- Average weekly wage, Tarrant County$1,398
- Housing units permitted, Tarrant County18,858
- Of those, single family, Tarrant County9,380
- County product, 2024, Tarrant County$178,003,332,000
- County product change over the prior year, Tarrant County6.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Tarrant County$79,101
Every figure in this section is published for Tarrant County as a whole and is not a measurement of Watauga. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Watauga questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Watauga, Texas?
23,233, in 7,951 households. Watauga city covers 4.16 square miles of land, which is 5,586 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Watauga in?
Tarrant County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Watauga?
$91,171. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $250,500. Median gross rent is $1,982 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Watauga businesses?
12 7(a) approvals totalling $8.1 m, across 9 lenders, median approval $267,600, plus 5 504 approvals worth $2.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Watauga, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Watauga borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Watauga. only 5 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Watauga in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Watauga appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480613, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Watauga figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Tarrant County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Watauga.
Is zoning published for Watauga?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.