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Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area

7,796,182 Population
8,838.1 square miles 882.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,976 ±$543 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$81,417 ±$936 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.4% ±0.5% (1,105,434  ±41,219) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.1 minutes ±0.3 (102,652,470  ±1,394,002) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

2,768,708 ±9,921 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0 (7,712,285  ±1,167) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.6% ±0.4% (110,990  ±8,289) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

3,044,006 ±1,431 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$327,400 ±$2,789 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.3% ±0.5% (1,022,046  ±37,366.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

85.5% ±0.8% (4,348,703  ±40,725.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
37.3% ±0.5% (1,896,297  ±26,298.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

41% ±0.4% (2,986,637  ±31,806.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

25.4% (1,979,300  ±30,946) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.5% ±0.2% (263,840  ±10,709) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
263,840 Total veterans ±10,709 221,418 Male ±9,296 42,422 Female ±4,993

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