The Waco metro area has the most thrift stores per resident of any Texas metro area, according to a study by Lusso Leather. The study used U.S. Census Bureau data.
The study ranked Texas metro areas with populations above 250,000 by the number of thrift and secondhand stores per 100,000 people. The Waco area had 8.19 such stores per 100,000 residents, which the study said was the highest in the state.
The Waco area had 25 thrift and secondhand stores for a population of 305,370.