Census Reporter

Houston, TX

2,313,230 Population
636.5 square miles 3,634.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 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: 34.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 34.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,175 ±$695 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $32,441 ±$423
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $29,525 ±$142
$50,896 ±$727 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $63,802 ±$1,095
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $59,206 ±$490

20.6% ±0.9% (469,187  ±20,711) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 13.9% 946,689 (±0.5% / ±34,951)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,076,905 (±0.2% / ±62,508)

27.8 minutes ±0.5 (28,758,050  ±631,246) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 29.9 91,127,740 (±0.4 / ±1,248,132)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 26.5 328,391,065 (±0.1 / ±1,824,566)

Families

837,686 ±10,337 Number of households
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,324,758 ±11,003
  • Texas: 9,623,874 ±22,217
2.7 ±0 (2,279,331  ±8,480) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2.9 6,812,110 (±0 / ±7,194)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.9 27,698,085 (±0)

6.7% ±0.6% (40,474  ±3,774) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 99,484 (±0.4% / ±6,653)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 395,121 (±0.2% / ±11,292)

Housing

958,421 ±9,459 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,598,478 ±2,608
  • Texas: 10,933,375 ±871

$173,600 ±$4,337 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $192,900 ±$2,073
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $172,200 ±$747

19.1% ±1.1% (434,439  ±24,177.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 15.9% 1,081,247 (±0.6% / ±40,943.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 15.7% 4,390,245 (±0.3% / ±73,067.7)

Social

78.8% ±1.2% (1,186,556  ±20,197.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 83.5% 3,696,786 (±0.8% / ±37,383.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 83.6% 15,180,323 (±0.4% / ±68,147.1)
32.7% ±0.8% (492,535  ±12,196) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 32.4% 1,433,072 (±0.5% / ±23,106.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 29.6% 5,371,489 (±0.2% / ±40,733.7)

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

29.1% ±0.8% (672,969  ±17,951) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 23.6% 1,629,242 (±0.3% / ±22,403)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.2% 4,854,140 (±0.2% / ±42,073)

4.1% ±0.3% (70,305  ±4,578) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.3% 268,340 (±0.2% / ±8,653)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 7% 1,460,397 (±0.1% / ±19,003)
70,305 Total veterans ±4,578 62,354 Male ±4,144 7,951 Female ±1,402

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