Waxahachie is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 48,617 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Waxahachie is the 87th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Waxahachie, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Waxahachie, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Waxahachie’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Waxahachie does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $85,723.00.

Waxahachie real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Waxahachie house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Waxahachie has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.75% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Waxahachie is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

In terms of college education, Waxahachie is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.41% of adults in Waxahachie have a college degree.

The per capita income in Waxahachie in 2022 was $38,706, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $154,824 for a family of four. However, Waxahachie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Waxahachie is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Waxahachie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waxahachie residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Waxahachie also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.46% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Waxahachie include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.

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