THE WACO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Blackland Prairie setting.
Waco city has 91 square miles of land in McLennan County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Blackland Prairie, within Texas Blackland Prairies.
Fine-textured clay soils distinguish the Blackland Prairie landscape from surrounding Texas regions. Its historic prairie setting now includes a mixture of agricultural areas and expanding developed corridors.
Regional context: Texas Blackland Prairies ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Waco and McLennan County
Waco is associated with McLennan County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Waco by land and water
The Census records 12.4 square miles of water within Waco, or 12% of its total area. It is 9.8 percentage points higher than the 2.2% recorded for McLennan County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Waco city has 138.3 times the land area of nearby Beverly Hills city (0.66 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

