# Woodway, Texas electricity: Oncor wires and 3,999 competitive homes

_Updated October 19, 2026. Data: ERCOT Oct 5, 2026; Power to Choose Oct 19, 2026, 7:59 AM CT._

**In short:** ERCOT counts 3,999 active residential meters with a Woodway address, all on Oncor's wires (October 5, 2026). Nearly every Woodway address in our data is on Oncor's wires and can pick a retail provider.

## Moving to Woodway

Local numbers for setting up a home in Woodway, each checked on the official source. More contacts: https://powerhopper.energy/texas-electricity/woodway/move-in-information

- **City hall (ask about water service):** City of Woodway: City Hall (main line), 254-772-4480.
- **Natural gas:** Atmos Energy: customer service, 888-286-6700.
- **Public schools:** Midway ISD, Waco ISD.
- **Driver license:** Texas DPS Driver License Office: Waco-CDL Testing Only, 512-424-2600.

## Who delivers electricity in Woodway?
ERCOT counts 3,999 active residential meters with a Woodway address, all on Oncor's wires (October 5, 2026).

## Can every address in Woodway choose?
No split flag on any ZIP code that holds Woodway's 3,999 competitive homes; most streets here can shop.

## What is different about Woodway?
- The Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 estimate for Woodway is 9,753 people, up 3.7% on the 2020 estimates base of 9,408. The largest one-year change was +126 people, from July 2021 to July 2022. July 1 estimates in between: 9,464 (2021), 9,590 (2022), 9,678 (2023), 9,676 (2024). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Woodway covers 6.6 square miles of land (Census 2025 Gazetteer). That works out to about 1,481 residents and 565 occupied households per square mile of land, with roughly 2.6 residents for every Woodway household. (Source: https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Woodway-addressed homes make up 0.1% of the 3,564,530 residential meters on Oncor's competitive system. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Vacancy signal: 2.8 percent of residential meters in Woodway's core ZIP codes were de-energized on October 5, 2026 (330 off, 11,440 on), per ERCOT. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- One ZIP code, 76712, holds almost every Woodway-addressed competitive home (3,999); it also carries 7,437 Waco addresses. Taken whole, 76712 has 1.04 competitive meters per Census household: 11,440 meters, 10,959 households. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Among the 19 cities and towns that reach into McLennan County, Woodway places 4 for competitive homes on its postal city; the next one up is Robinson, at 4,902. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- By the Census Bureau's 2025 estimates, Woodway is the number 5 city or town by population among the 21 that reach into McLennan County, one place ahead of Lacy-Lakeview (7,240 residents). (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv)
- Mailing cities on the 11,440 competitive home meters in 76712, Woodway's main ZIP code: Waco 7,437, Woodway 3,999. A mailing city is not a city limit, so the service address, not the postal name, settles which utility serves a home. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203)
- Electric bills over $250 a month: 33.1 percent of households in 76712, Woodway's main ZIP code, per the ACS 2020-2024; the same survey puts median household income there at $97,903 and the renter share at 29.5 percent. (Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)
- Waco, 5 miles from Woodway, has the most competitive homes nearby (60,431); Bellmead has the fewest per household, still 1.05. (Source: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/)

## By the numbers
- Population (July 1, 2025 estimate): 9,753
- Population (2020 estimates base): 9,408
- Occupied households (ACS 2020-2024): 3,719
- Active residential meters with a Woodway address: 3,999
- Active business meters with a Woodway address: 645
- Residential meters per Census household: 1.08
- Delivery utilities (homes): Oncor 3,999
- Counties: McLennan
- ZIP codes touching Woodway: 1
- Split ZIP codes (flagged below): 0

## Plan prices (median ¢/kWh at 500 / 1,000 / 2,000 kWh)
- Oncor: 14.1 / 13.4 / 13.2; delivery 6.8673¢/kWh + $4.06/mo

## ZIP codes
**Not every address in these ZIP codes has retail choice; check your exact address.**

| ZIP | Postal cities | Land in city | Competitive homes | Households | Ratio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76712 | Waco 65%, Woodway 35% | 13% | 11,440 | 10,959 | 1.04 | Near-full coverage.  |

## Business electricity in Woodway
645 active business meters. Power Hopper compares offers from retail electric providers and direct suppliers; for high-consumption businesses we can run a competitive bid. No savings or bidder count is promised. Businesses in Texas retail-choice areas can request a rate review online.

## Questions
**Can Woodway residents pick their own electric company?** Most Woodway homes can. ERCOT's October 5, 2026 extract has 3,999 Woodway-addressed homes on Oncor's competitive system, compared with 3,719 households in the Census survey. No Woodway ZIP code carries a split flag, but only an address lookup is certain.
**Which Woodway ZIP code has the most homes on the competitive market?** 76712. It holds 3,999 Woodway-addressed competitive homes; counting every address in the ZIP, ERCOT has 11,440 meters for roughly 10,959 households, a 1.04 ratio.
**What is the average electricity rate in Woodway?** On October 19, 2026, the median fixed-rate Power to Choose listing on Oncor's wires was 13.4¢ per kWh at 1,000 kWh a month (170 listings); Oncor's delivery charge of 6.8673¢ per kWh plus $4.06 a month is included. A median is not a quote.
**I'm moving to Woodway. How do I set up electricity?** 14.6% of 76712 residents moved within a year (ACS), and 6 meters in 76712 turned from vacant to active Oct. 7-18, 2026. Check that your Woodway address is on Oncor's wires, then choose a plan and start date.
**Why does my Woodway home have a Waco address?** 76712 covers part of Woodway, but the Postal Service names most of it Waco: that postal city is on 65 percent of the ZIP's 11,440 competitive home meters, Woodway on 35 percent. Your mailing city is not your city limits; the service address decides the utility.
**Who do I call in Woodway when the power goes out?** Call Oncor (oncor.com/outages), the wires utility for Woodway's 3,999 competitive homes; a retail provider can't fix lines.

## Sources
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203): full extract as of Oct 5, 2026; daily files Oct 7-18, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B25003 households, B01003 population): https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- Census Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-place and ZCTA-to-county relationship files: https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/
- EIA-861 (2024) utility service territories by county: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/
- PUCT Power to Choose residential offer export, Oct 19, 2026, 7:59 AM CT: https://www.powertochoose.org/en-us/Plan/ExportToCsv
- PUCT: Choosing an Electric Plan: https://www.puc.texas.gov/consumer-help/electricity/electric-plan/
- PUCT broker directory (BR260201): https://www.puc.texas.gov/industry/electric/directories/brk/alpha_brk/
- Oncor Electric Delivery: https://www.oncor.com/
- Oncor delivery tariff (effective October 4, 2026): https://interchange.puc.texas.gov/Documents/59249_105_1676040.PDF
- Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census Bureau 2025 Gazetteer Files, Texas places (land and water area): https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html
- Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census Bureau Vintage 2025 city and town population estimates: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/cities/totals/sub-est2025_48.csv
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/
- ERCOT TDSP ESIID Extract (report 203), Oct 5, 2026: https://www.ercot.com/misapp/GetReports.do?reportTypeId=203
- Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/

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