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Houston city, Houston County, MN

982 Population
1.2 square miles 797.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±5.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Houston County: 45.1 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,295 ±$3,749 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Houston County: $44,963 ±$2,676
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,759 ±$4,963 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Houston County: $79,825 ±$7,881
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.4% ±7.2% (181  ±72) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Houston County: 6.6% † 1,213 (±1.1% / ±210)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28 minutes ±3.5 (10,850  ±2,234) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Houston County: 23.8 194,785 (±0.9 / ±10,559)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

369 ±62 Number of households
  • Houston County: 8,134 ±170
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.6 (930  ±130) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Houston County: 2.3 18,382 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.1% ±6% (21  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Houston County: 5.8% † 205 (±2.1% / ±74)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

407 ±59 Number of housing units
  • Houston County: 8,774 ±42
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$180,100 ±$19,064 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Houston County: $239,000 ±$7,362
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.6% ±6.9% (199  ±72) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Houston County: 8.9% † 1,633 (±1.5% / ±273.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.3% ±4% (549  ±76.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Houston County: 95.4% 12,810 (±3.9% / ±527.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.3% ±6.1% (133  ±39) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Houston County: 30.1% 4,043 (±2.4% / ±317.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about two-thirds of 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

1.6% ±1.4% (16  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Houston County: 2.2% 406
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±3.2% (40  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Houston County: 6.7% † 984 (±0.8% / ±118)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
40 Total veterans ±22 38 Male ±21 2 Female ±3

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