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The Woodlands, TX

116,251 Population
43.3 square miles 2,686.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$60,103 ±$7,503 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $36,472 ±$540
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $34,717 ±$230
$104,787 ±$16,579 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $70,893 ±$1,037
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $66,963 ±$513

3.9% ±0.9% (4,458  ±1,074) Persons below poverty line * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 13.3% 928,598 (±0.3% / ±17,585)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 14% 3,965,117 (±0.1% / ±39,408)

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

43,992 ±3,951 Number of households
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,601,401 ±10,498
  • Texas: 10,796,247 ±19,104
2.6 ±0.2 (115,680  ±12,369) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2.7 7,123,710 (±0 / ±13,231)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,965,772

1.5% ±1.5% (397  ±384) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 6.3% 114,161 (±0.5% / ±8,865)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 6% 434,357 (±0.2% / ±16,121)

Housing

47,091 ±4,227 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,823,969 ±4,881
  • Texas: 11,867,820 ±1,642

$429,500 ±$47,400 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $252,300 ±$3,316
  • nearly double the amount in Texas: $237,400 ±$1,389

14% ±4.4% (16,160  ±5,390.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 14% 994,780 (±0.6% / ±40,057.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14% 4,083,551 (±0.2% / ±68,340.6)

Social

96.7% ±12.6% (77,030  ±6,612.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 84.5% 3,947,963 (±1% / ±45,216.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 85.4% 16,415,784 (±0.4% / ±81,190.8)
63.6% ±1.7% (50,686  ±5,185.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 35.8% 1,675,719 (±0.6% / ±29,008.1)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,366,437 (±0.3% / ±48,097.5)

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

26.2% ±4.9% (30,442  ±6,569) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 24.1% 1,734,249 (±0.5% / ±33,616)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 17.3% 5,092,132 (±0.2% / ±51,263)

3.9% ±1.5% (3,303  ±1,311) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5% 265,605 (±0.3% / ±13,531)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,464 (±0.1% / ±23,343)
3,303 Total veterans ±1,311 2,980 Male ±1,301 323 Female ±378

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