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Houston, TX

2,296,253 Population
640.6 square miles 3,584.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 35 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,834 ±$421 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $39,997 ±$261
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $37,514 ±$130
$60,440 ±$734 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $78,061 ±$600
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $73,035 ±$227

19.6% ±0.4% (443,001  ±9,995) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.4% 947,628 (±0.2% / ±16,786)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 13.9% 3,990,326 (±0.1% / ±37,547)

27.4 minutes ±0.1 (27,289,490  ±252,820) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 29.8 89,761,240 (±0.1 / ±558,264)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

897,510 ±4,089 Number of households
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,524,403 ±5,748
  • Texas: 10,490,553 ±15,608
2.5 ±0 (2,259,143  ±620) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,058,855 (±0 / ±708)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,634,506

5.7% ±0.3% (34,248  ±1,677) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 102,462 (±0.2% / ±3,093)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.7% 406,661 (±0.1% / ±6,428)

Housing

1,006,392 ±3,580 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,760,561 ±547
  • Texas: 11,654,971 ±1,030

$235,000 ±$2,817 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $253,600 ±$1,482
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $238,000 ±$621

17.1% ±0.4% (387,102  ±9,179.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 14.1% 992,673 (±0.2% / ±16,280)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,235,358 (±0.1% / ±32,193.8)

Social

79.6% ±0.6% (1,204,754  ±10,398.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 84.7% 3,900,854 (±0.4% / ±18,805.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 85.2% 16,118,614 (±0.2% / ±40,407)
35.2% ±0.4% (531,963  ±6,567.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 34.9% 1,605,193 (±0.3% / ±12,274.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 32.3% 6,101,787 (±0.1% / ±24,416.5)

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

28.9% ±0.5% (664,495  ±10,343) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 23.6% 1,688,354
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,987,855

3.6% ±0.1% (63,152  ±2,079) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 5% 262,814 (±0.1% / ±5,100)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,416,973 (±0.1% / ±11,246)
63,152 Total veterans ±2,079 56,505 Male ±1,935 6,647 Female ±715

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