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Katy, TX

21,926 Population
14.5 square miles 1,507.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 34.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35 ±0.1

Economics

$44,090 ±$4,306 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $36,821 ±$258
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Texas: $34,255 ±$134
$115,250 ±$20,498 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $72,551 ±$578
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $67,321 ±$214

2.2% ±1.2% (484  ±252) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 13.3% 928,598 (±0.3% / ±17,585)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Texas: 14% 3,965,117 (±0.1% / ±39,408)

30.4 minutes ±2.6 (277,715  ±36,210) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 29.8 89,803,304 (±0.1 / ±527,655)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,335,260 (±0.1 / ±1,164,079)

Families

7,095 ±447 Number of households
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,459,818 ±5,168
  • Texas: 10,239,341 ±15,384
3.1 ±0.2 (21,788  ±132) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2.8 6,971,946 (±0 / ±3,929)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,293,548

11.1% ±4.9% (555  ±246) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.8% 102,047 (±0.2% / ±4,091)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 5.7% 401,736 (±0.1% / ±6,321)

Housing

7,896 ±559 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,702,734 ±1,191
  • Texas: 11,433,880 ±1,306

$290,200 ±$16,454 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $221,400 ±$1,220
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Texas: $202,600 ±$599

14.4% ±4.3% (3,068  ±909.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 14.4% 1,003,672 (±0.2% / ±15,993.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 14.9% 4,237,650 (±0.1% / ±32,280)

Social

94.8% ±5.4% (13,864  ±1,115.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 84.4% 3,832,386 (±0.4% / ±18,177.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 84.8% 15,793,288 (±0.2% / ±39,237.5)
46.7% ±4.8% (6,829  ±797.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 34.2% 1,551,421 (±0.3% / ±11,883.2)
  • about 1.5 times 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

15.8% ±2.8% (3,466  ±611) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 23.5% 1,656,356 (±0.2% / ±13,378)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 17% 4,904,169 (±0.1% / ±24,977)

7.6% ±2% (1,207  ±322) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.1% 261,867 (±0.1% / ±4,354)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.7% 1,426,641 (±0.1% / ±10,418)
1,207 Total veterans ±322 1,022 Male ±257 185 Female ±146

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