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Houston, TX

2,293,288 Population
640.6 square miles 3,579.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 34.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35 ±0.1

Economics

$35,578 ±$422 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $36,821 ±$258
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $34,255 ±$134
$56,019 ±$612 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $72,551 ±$578
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $67,321 ±$214

19.5% ±0.5% (440,369  ±11,707) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 13.3% 928,598 (±0.3% / ±17,585)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14% 3,965,117 (±0.1% / ±39,408)

27.5 minutes ±0.2 (27,609,920  ±258,573) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 29.8 89,803,304 (±0.1 / ±527,655)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,335,260 (±0.1 / ±1,164,079)

Families

878,906 ±3,898 Number of households
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,459,818 ±5,168
  • Texas: 10,239,341 ±15,384
2.6 ±0 (2,258,890  ±3,211) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2.8 6,971,946 (±0 / ±3,929)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,293,548

5.9% ±0.3% (35,459  ±1,821) 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: 5.8% 102,047 (±0.2% / ±4,091)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 401,736 (±0.1% / ±6,321)

Housing

990,632 ±3,554 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,702,734 ±1,191
  • Texas: 11,433,880 ±1,306

$200,700 ±$3,514 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $221,400 ±$1,220
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $202,600 ±$599

17.5% ±0.4% (396,873  ±8,779.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 14.4% 1,003,672 (±0.2% / ±15,993.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.9% 4,237,650 (±0.1% / ±32,280)

Social

79.5% ±0.6% (1,198,437  ±10,189.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 84.4% 3,832,386 (±0.4% / ±18,177.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 84.8% 15,793,288 (±0.2% / ±39,237.5)
34.7% ±0.4% (523,334  ±6,571.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 34.2% 1,551,421 (±0.3% / ±11,883.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 31.5% 5,871,195 (±0.1% / ±25,404.1)

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

28.9% ±0.4% (662,251  ±8,197) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 23.5% 1,656,356 (±0.2% / ±13,378)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17% 4,904,169 (±0.1% / ±24,977)

3.8% ±0.1% (65,632  ±2,185) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.1% 261,867 (±0.1% / ±4,354)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.7% 1,426,641 (±0.1% / ±10,418)
65,632 Total veterans ±2,185 58,833 Male ±2,102 6,799 Female ±758

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