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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area

7,206,841 Population
8,268.8 square miles 871.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,472 ±$540 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $34,717 ±$230
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$70,893 ±$1,037 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $66,963 ±$513
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

14.1% ±0.5% (1,000,281  ±37,426) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,122,538 (±0.3% / ±79,332)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

28.9 minutes ±0.3 (80,486,090  ±1,252,971) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 25.9 295,281,060 (±0.2 / ±2,182,981)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

2,601,401 ±10,498 Number of households
  • Texas: 10,796,247 ±19,104
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.7 ±0 (7,123,710  ±13,231) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,965,772
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

6.3% ±0.5% (114,161  ±8,865) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 6% 434,357 (±0.2% / ±16,121)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

2,823,969 ±4,881 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 11,867,820 ±1,642
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$252,300 ±$3,316 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $237,400 ±$1,389
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

14% ±0.6% (994,780  ±40,057.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14% 4,083,551 (±0.2% / ±68,340.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

84.5% ±1% (3,947,963  ±45,216.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 85.4% 16,415,784 (±0.4% / ±81,190.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
35.8% ±0.6% (1,675,719  ±29,008.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,366,437 (±0.3% / ±48,097.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

39.5% ±0.5% (2,659,822  ±35,159.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 34.9% 9,632,426 (±0.2% / ±60,129.2)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

24.1% ±0.5% (1,734,249  ±33,616) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 17.3% 5,092,132 (±0.2% / ±51,263)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

5% ±0.3% (265,605  ±13,531) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,464 (±0.1% / ±23,343)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
265,605 Total veterans ±13,531 234,149 Male ±11,737 31,456 Female ±4,274

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