Census Reporter

Houston, TX

2,326,090 Population
637 square miles 3,651.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 34.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 34.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,162 ±$596 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $32,996 ±$358
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $30,641 ±$164
$51,203 ±$904 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $65,394 ±$823
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $60,629 ±$279

20.4% ±1% (466,418  ±22,587) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 14.3% 986,768 (±0.5% / ±36,395)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14.9% 4,180,675 (±0.2% / ±65,525)

27.8 minutes ±0.5 (30,120,990  ±700,823) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 30 93,859,860 (±0.3 / ±1,185,769)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 336,985,505 (±0.1 / ±1,969,834)

Families

849,105 ±8,526 Number of households
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,359,266 ±11,530
  • Texas: 9,776,083 ±21,679
2.7 ±0 (2,291,133  ±8,128) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2.9 6,914,301 (±0 / ±7,849)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.9 28,101,594 (±0)

6% ±0.6% (37,168  ±3,619) 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: 5.9% 104,865 (±0.5% / ±8,983)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.4% 383,580 (±0.2% / ±15,108)

Housing

976,745 ±8,825 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,637,669 ±2,947
  • Texas: 11,101,498 ±754

$179,100 ±$5,044 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $204,700 ±$3,060
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $186,000 ±$1,168

17.4% ±0.8% (398,713  ±19,039.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 14.6% 1,007,945 (±0.5% / ±31,968.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 15.3% 4,341,108 (±0.2% / ±64,275.2)

Social

78.6% ±1.2% (1,191,967  ±20,999.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 83.7% 3,771,641 (±0.8% / ±36,669.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 84% 15,513,128 (±0.4% / ±68,444.5)
32.9% ±0.8% (499,461  ±13,265.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 33.1% 1,490,351 (±0.5% / ±22,814.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 30.3% 5,600,777 (±0.2% / ±39,326.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

29.7% ±0.7% (691,484  ±16,742) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 23.6% 1,648,768 (±0.4% / ±28,822)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.2% 4,928,025 (±0.2% / ±47,230)

3.6% ±0.2% (63,351  ±4,183) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.1% 259,499 (±0.2% / ±9,507)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6.8% 1,435,787 (±0.1% / ±19,773)
63,351 Total veterans ±4,183 57,815 Male ±3,924 5,536 Female ±1,284

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