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The Woodlands, TX

117,970 Population
43.3 square miles 2,726.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 35.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$71,409 ±$7,668 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $39,528 ±$464
  • nearly double the amount in Texas: $38,123 ±$223
$137,335 ±$16,300 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $74,863 ±$959
  • nearly double the amount in Texas: $72,284 ±$443

10.7% ±5.1% (12,488  ±6,077) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 14.3% 1,036,576 (±0.5% / ±34,220)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,113,641 (±0.3% / ±72,677)

28.6 minutes ±0.7 (1,266,920  ±83,643) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • a little less than 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

45,943 ±2,992 Number of households
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,682,645 ±10,104
  • Texas: 11,087,708 ±20,293
2.6 ±0.2 (117,458  ±11,395) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2.7 7,258,372 (±0 / ±1,073)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 † 29,420,404 (±50.1 / ±-555,555,600)

4.9% ±3.3% (1,326  ±896) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 101,556 (±0.4% / ±7,428)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 420,463 (±0.2% / ±14,628)

Housing

47,776 ±2,907 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,890,739 ±904
  • Texas: 12,135,376 ±1,261

$456,700 ±$23,515 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $284,100 ±$2,790
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $275,400 ±$1,356

15.8% ±3.6% (18,547  ±4,559.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 13.7% 993,826 (±0.5% / ±36,908.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,255,243 (±0.2% / ±65,296.3)

Social

95.2% ±10.6% (76,496  ±5,422.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 85.1% 4,052,048 (±0.8% / ±40,127.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86.1% 16,875,375 (±0.4% / ±78,881.7)
70.3% ±8.3% (56,504  ±4,598.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 36% 1,715,458 (±0.6% / ±26,554.5)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 33.9% 6,651,408 (±0.3% / ±48,274.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

26.5% ±5.9% (31,205  ±7,579) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 24% † 1,757,731 (±1,812.5% / ±36,353)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.2% † 5,169,126 (±318.5% / ±59,698)

4.8% ±1.9% (4,251  ±1,742) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 4.9% 267,659 (±0.2% / ±10,837)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,401,173 (±0.1% / ±22,051)
4,251 Total veterans ±1,742 2,954 Male ±947 1,297 Female ±1,357

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