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Houston, MO

2,226 Population
3.6 square miles 611.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±9.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Texas County: 42.9 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,125 ±$4,777 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Texas County: $24,108 ±$1,444
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$40,000 ±$7,088 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas County: $50,036 ±$4,346
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

30% ±8% (624  ±190) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas County: 19.8% † 4,673 (±3% / ±700)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.8 minutes ±2.8 (10,615  ±3,305) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Texas County: 25.4 212,435 (±1.6 / ±17,242)
  • about half the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

944 ±156 Number of households
  • Texas County: 9,503 ±289
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.5 (2,114  ±314) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas County: 2.5 23,664 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.4% ±5.7% (28  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas County: 5.7% † 265 (±2.4% / ±114)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,084 ±154 Number of housing units
  • Texas County: 11,006 ±42
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,400 ±$26,210 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas County: $146,700 † ±$18,419
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.8% ±5.3% (304  ±124.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas County: 9.3% † 2,290 (±1.9% / ±475.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.5% ±3.5% (1,299  ±196.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Texas County: 86.4% 15,451 (±3.9% / ±716)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16% ±4.9% (246  ±83.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Texas County: 16.5% † 2,944 (±2.1% / ±378.9)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.7% ±0.9% (16  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas County: 1.1% 269
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±3.7% (153  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas County: 11.8% † 2,303 (±1.6% / ±310)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
153 Total veterans ±70 144 Male ±70 9 Female ±14

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