Wake VillageTX
A town of 5,796, founded in 1944.
Is Wake Village a good place to live?
Wake Village grades D overall, 464th among Texas's 640 graded towns, mostly because of schools. Its schools rank behind 79% of the state's. What it does well: crime is low: it reports less per resident than 60% of U.S. towns. Wake Village’s average trip to work is 20 minutes, where Texas’ towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes.
99% of working residents leave Wake Village for work
Where Wake Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Wake Village grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Wake Village is from typical.
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Moving to Wake Village: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wake Village, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Wake Village.
Wake Village fares better on crime within Texas than nationally, has home values rising while Texas’s fall and has more 90° days than most of the country, though not than most of Texas.
Wake Village earns a C− for schools
Its public schools are run by Texarkana ISD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Village ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 539 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
About two in five of Wake Village’s working residents commute to Texarkana
Wake Village has 649 jobs for its 2,401 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 19.9 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Most working residents leave Wake Village for work: only 1% work in town. 14% of Wake Village residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Wake Village has lost 35 jobs, to 649 in 2023.
| Wake Village | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Residents of Wake Village are less healthy than 74% of U.S. towns
Wake Village beats the Texas average on 2 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 42% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Wake Village.
| Wake Village | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 8.1% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Wake Village | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 12.9% | 19.1% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 77.2% | 74.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.4% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A typical Wake Village home is worth about $206K
Values rose 4.2% in the past year while the Texas typical home fell 1.5%.
The typical Wake Village home is worth about $206,000, 30% below the Texas typical home. Wake Village’s median rent is $989 a month.
| Wake Village | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 52% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $989 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Wake Village has mild winters and hot summers
The Texarkana weather station records that about 82 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 90% of Texas places with climate records. July afternoons average 92.6°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 89% of Texas places with climate records; January nights average 34.4°.
Wake Village has mild winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Wake Village is 93°F. About 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Wake Village | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 93°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 34°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than Texas overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 19% of residents (24% statewide); children under 18 are 29% of residents (25% statewide). Wake Village has lost 2.2% of its people since 2020, down to 5,796 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Wake Village | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 14% | 18% |
| Median age | 38.3 years | 35.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 23% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.6 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Wake Village | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.6% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.5% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.5% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.6% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.4% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.5% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.3% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.6% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.1% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.9% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.7% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.3% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.8% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Wake Village earns a B for safety
At 14.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 74% of Texas’s graded towns.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Wake Village faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by tornadoes
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Wake Village.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Wake Village has set aside 1.6% of its land for conservation
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is King Park, at 25 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. King Park | — | 25 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wake Village. Close and well known come first.
35 mi National Historic SitePresident William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site7K visitors a year
5 mi MuseumAce of Clubs House
35 mi MuseumHistoric Washington State Park
5 mi MuseumMuseum of Regional History
5 mi MuseumFour States Auto MuseumPhoto credits
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ace of Clubs House: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Historic Washington State Park: The original uploader was Billy Hathorn at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Regional History: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Four States Auto Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Wake Village
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Wake Village
About 3 of every 100 Wake Village residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Wake Village
City in Texas, United States
Wake Village is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Texarkana, Texas. It is part of the Texarkana metropolitan area. The population was 5,945 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 341 ft
- Area code
- 903
Wake Village’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Wake Village.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Village | #464 | D | C− | B | C− | C |
| Texarkana | #625 | D− | C− | D | C | D |
| Nash | #460 | D | C | B | C− | C− |
Questions about Wake Village
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wake Village, TX a good place to live?
Wake Village grades D overall, better than 13% of U.S. towns and #464 of 640 in Texas. It grades C for health, B for safety and C− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Wake Village, TX expensive?
Yes. That is 3.7 years of the area's median household income ($55,646 across the Texarkana, TX-AR metro area).