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Willow Grove, Texas.

A community in McLennan County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see McLennan County’s.

Living in Willow Grove, McLennan County, Texas

Willow Grove, in McLennan County, had 2,082 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $89,036 a year and half less, against $66,643 across McLennan County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in McLennan County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in McLennan County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,082 in the 2020 census
Household income $89,036 the median, give or take $7,940 · McLennan County: $66,643
Unemployment 4.3% McLennan County, August 2026; 4.4% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Willow Grove for the Census survey to measure.
  • 806households
  • 12%of adults have a degree
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 24 mintypical commute
  • 15%work from home

What people in McLennan County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. McLennan County had 122,992 jobs in 2025, 0.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 58° and 36°; warmest in August, 95° and 75° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 36° F M A M J J A 95° 75° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 58° and 36°; warmest in August, 95° and 75° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 36° F M A M J J A 95° 75° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 36°; warmest in August, with highs near 95° and lows near 75°. About 38 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Waco Dam weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in McLennan County

  1. Baylor UniversityUniversity or college4,153
  2. Waco ISDSchool district2,214FTE
  3. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,115
  4. Hillcrest Baptist Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,864FTE
  5. Texas State Technical CollegeTwo-year college1,716
  6. L3Harris AS IAS WacoAircraft conversions1,400
  7. Midway ISDSchool district1,263FTE
  8. Sanderson Farms Waco ProcessingPoultry processing1,164

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 237 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 39,655 people in all across the county; Willow Grove has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. TornadoesRelatively high
  2. Cold wavesRelatively high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  5. HailRelatively moderate
  6. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Willow Grove’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on McLennan County.