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Houston, TX

2,313,238 Population
640.4 square miles 3,612 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 34.5 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 34.8 ±0.1

Economics

$33,626 ±$369 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $35,125 ±$238
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $32,177 ±$121
$53,600 ±$580 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $69,328 ±$503
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $63,826 ±$218

19.6% ±0.4% (447,326  ±9,841) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 13.5% 927,139 (±0.3% / ±18,239)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14.2% 3,984,260 (±0.1% / ±39,546)

27.6 minutes ±0.1 (28,581,980  ±248,928) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 30 91,549,120 (±0.1 / ±577,284)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 26.6 329,257,250 (±0.1 / ±1,084,687)

Families

874,827 ±4,177 Number of households
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,407,993 ±5,139
  • Texas: 9,906,070 ±18,881
2.6 ±0 (2,279,412  ±2,914) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2.9 6,900,303 (±0 / ±3,052)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,039,855 (±0)

6% ±0.3% (35,981  ±1,549) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 99,483 (±0.2% / ±3,187)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 396,357 (±0.1% / ±6,274)

Housing

982,694 ±3,298 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,646,682 ±980
  • Texas: 11,112,975 ±3,353

$186,800 ±$3,062 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $208,100 ±$1,376
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $187,200 ±$597

18% ±0.4% (410,849  ±9,128.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 14.8% 1,016,524 (±0.2% / ±14,961.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 15.3% 4,311,981 (±0.1% / ±29,217.6)

Social

79.7% ±0.6% (1,210,026  ±10,158.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 84.3% 3,786,059 (±0.4% / ±19,227.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 84.4% 15,565,117 (±0.2% / ±37,477.2)
34.3% ±0.4% (520,712  ±6,434.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 33.6% 1,508,624 (±0.3% / ±12,137.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 30.7% 5,662,178 (±0.1% / ±23,301.1)

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

28.9% ±0.4% (668,490  ±8,824) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 23.3% 1,623,239 (±0.2% / ±13,513)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 16.8% 4,822,952 (±0.1% / ±26,828)

4% ±0.1% (69,023  ±2,276) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.1% 262,397 (±0.1% / ±4,689)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.8% 1,435,527 (±0.1% / ±11,744)
69,023 Total veterans ±2,276 62,022 Male ±2,317 7,001 Female ±849

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