Census Reporter

Houston, TX

2,304,388 Population
637.5 square miles 3,614.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 34.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 34.5 ±0.2

Economics

$30,080 ±$677 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $31,863 ±$341
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $28,714 ±$144
$47,793 ±$1,185 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $61,708 ±$615
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $56,565 ±$300

20.9% ±1% (473,620  ±21,786) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 14.8% 986,610 (±0.5% / ±31,046)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 15.7% 4,261,337 (±0.2% / ±60,018)

27.3 minutes ±0.4 (29,086,680  ±569,415) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 30 90,558,810 (±0.3 / ±1,044,303)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 26.5 322,173,345 (±0.1 / ±1,917,058)

Families

867,915 ±8,198 Number of households
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,333,038 ±10,068
  • Texas: 9,535,612 ±20,125
2.6 ±0 (2,272,022  ±4,749) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2.9 6,691,456 (±0 / ±5,898)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.9 27,254,392 (±0)

6.5% ±0.7% (38,721  ±3,986) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.9% 101,370 (±0.4% / ±6,731)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.9% 403,366 (±0.2% / ±14,265)

Housing

964,435 ±7,769 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,556,349 ±2,117
  • Texas: 10,754,268 ±644

$163,700 ±$4,257 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $181,400 ±$2,235
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $161,500 ±$797

18.5% ±0.9% (419,162  ±19,407.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 15.5% 1,030,720 (±0.5% / ±31,938)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 15.9% 4,366,642 (±0.2% / ±60,958.1)

Social

78.6% ±1.1% (1,169,621  ±19,024.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 83.3% 3,603,280 (±0.8% / ±34,462.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 82.9% 14,739,272 (±0.4% / ±62,129.6)
32.5% ±0.8% (483,493  ±12,050.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 32% 1,384,097 (±0.5% / ±20,261.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 28.9% 5,135,687 (±0.2% / ±35,358.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2016 5-year data

30.3% ±0.6% (698,395  ±14,354) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 23.5% 1,588,661 (±0.4% / ±24,073)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17% 4,729,920 (±0.2% / ±40,770)

4.1% ±0.3% (70,198  ±4,872) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.4% 267,689 (±0.2% / ±10,267)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 7.1% 1,460,627 (±0.1% / ±20,030)
70,198 Total veterans ±4,872 63,615 Male ±4,777 6,583 Female ±1,367

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