Census Reporter

Houston, TX

2,316,797 Population
640.2 square miles 3,618.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 34.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.1 ±0.1

Economics

$33,377 ±$834 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $35,190 ±$485
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $32,267 ±$223
$52,450 ±$1,188 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $69,193 ±$1,380
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $64,034 ±$500

19.7% ±1% (449,733  ±22,186) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 12.9% 899,953 (±0.5% / ±37,139)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.6% 3,865,010 (±0.3% / ±70,183)

28.5 minutes ±0.3 (30,540,910  ±570,266) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 30.7 98,147,450 (±0.2 / ±1,089,256)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 27.2 351,917,720 (±0.2 / ±2,453,143)

Families

876,504 ±9,872 Number of households
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,436,438 ±12,238
  • Texas: 9,985,126 ±25,440
2.6 ±0 (2,282,115  ±3,872) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2.9 6,985,870 (±0 / ±4,967)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,395,188 (±0)

5.4% ±0.6% (32,920  ±3,683) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 98,373 (±0.4% / ±7,382)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.5% 390,925 (±0.2% / ±12,308)

Housing

987,158 ±9,121 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,690,001 ±1,990
  • Texas: 11,283,892 ±954

$195,800 ±$5,711 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $219,100 ±$2,006
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $200,400 ±$1,201

17.3% ±1% (395,509  ±22,156.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 14.3% 999,235 (±0.5% / ±35,551.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 15% 4,294,700 (±0.2% / ±64,565.9)

Social

80% ±1.2% (1,222,804  ±21,620) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 84.6% 3,868,728 (±0.9% / ±40,482.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 84.7% 15,890,162 (±0.4% / ±75,187)
34% ±0.8% (519,768  ±13,183.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 33.3% 1,522,732 (±0.5% / ±24,596.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 30.8% 5,776,533 (±0.2% / ±42,322.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

28.3% ±0.9% (655,105  ±20,108) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 23.4% 1,654,511 (±0.4% / ±29,242)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,951,156 (±0.2% / ±53,285)

3.8% ±0.3% (66,643  ±4,808) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5% 260,807 (±0.2% / ±8,976)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,405,059 (±0.1% / ±15,978)
66,643 Total veterans ±4,808 58,429 Male ±4,589 8,214 Female ±1,842

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