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Houston County, TX

22,107 Population
1,231 square miles 18 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$25,346 ±$2,263 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $37,514 ±$130
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$51,043 ±$5,361 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $73,035 ±$227
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

17.6% ±3.2% (3,374  ±609) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.9% 3,990,326 (±0.1% / ±37,547)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

27.7 minutes ±2.8 (202,130  ±23,402) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

7,464 ±237 Number of households
  • Texas: 10,490,553 ±15,608
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.6 ±0.1 (19,077  ±62) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,634,506
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

9% ±4.1% (338  ±156) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 5.7% 406,661 (±0.1% / ±6,428)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

10,840 ±36 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 11,654,971 ±1,030
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$128,300 ±$14,788 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Texas: $238,000 ±$621
  • about half the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

11.2% ±2.5% (2,442  ±,545.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,235,358 (±0.1% / ±32,193.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

82.4% ±4% (13,444  ±,656.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 85.2% 16,118,614 (±0.2% / ±40,407)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
14.8% ±1.8% (2,411  ±,294.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Texas: 32.3% 6,101,787 (±0.1% / ±24,416.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

2.9% (649  ±194) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,987,855
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

9% ±1.2% (1,605  ±217) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,416,973 (±0.1% / ±11,246)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
1,605 Total veterans ±217 1,485 Male ±199 120 Female ±68

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