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Total population: 2,242,193 (Urban population: 2,239,078 (2,238,989 inside urbanized areas, 88 inside urban clusters), Rural population: 3,115 (55 farm, 3,060 nonfarm))

Houston, Texas Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 782,378 (718,231 occupied: 329,006 owner occupied, 389,225 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  54%
State:  36%

Housing density: 1350 houses/condos per square mile



Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $175,257.


Median contract rent in 2007: $609 (lower quartile is $490, upper quartile is $766)


Housing units in Houston with a mortgage: 185,615 (8,870 second mortgage, 10,034 home equity loan, 284 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 109,919





Houston,TX index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $124,100 (it was $77,500 in 2000)
Houston:  $124,100
Texas:  $120,900
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $86,500 - $208,900

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $191,817
Here:  $191,817
State:  $170,389

Townhouses or other attached units: $206,577
Here:  $206,577
State:  $159,697

In 2-unit structures: $206,246
Here:  $206,246
State:  $140,401

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $139,885
Here:  $139,885
State:  $134,235

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $161,759
Here:  $161,759
State:  $158,654

Mobile homes: $28,250
Here:  $28,250
State:  $42,156

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $39,315
Here:  $39,315
State:  $34,447

Median year house/condo built: 1970

Median year apartment built: 1976

Household type by relationship

Households: 1,921,593
  • In family households: 1,608,311 (316,549 male householders, 145,388 female householders)
    320,903 spouses, 601,297 children (562,704 natural, 11,160 adopted, 27,433 stepchildren), 56,158 grandchildren, 39,658 brothers or sisters, 20,505 parents, 61,179 other relatives, 46,674 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 313,282 (130,813 male householders (102,885 living alone)), 126,147 female householders (109,724 living alone)), 56,322 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 33,255 (18,661 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 160,054 2-persons, 106,891 3-persons, 91,696 4-persons, 54,005 5-persons, 27,122 6-persons, 22,169 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 212,609 1-person, 37,485 2-persons, 4,475 3-persons, 1,532 4-persons, 498 5-persons, 198 6-persons, 163 7-or-more-persons.

316,235 married couples with children.
139,405 single-parent households (24,861 men, 114,544 women).

58.7% of residents of Houston speak English at home.
33.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 516,105 (26.4%)
(26.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  6.0
State:  5.8

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  3.4
State:  3.8

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Houston, Texas:
  • 1 room: 1,211
  • 2 rooms: 7,934
  • 3 rooms: 26,150
  • 4 rooms: 26,559
  • 5 rooms: 66,453
  • 6 rooms: 79,106
  • 7 rooms: 53,895
  • 8 rooms: 34,049
  • 9 or more rooms: 33,649



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Houston, Texas:
  • 1 room: 38,029
  • 2 rooms: 71,461
  • 3 rooms: 95,284
  • 4 rooms: 89,745
  • 5 rooms: 57,134
  • 6 rooms: 23,514
  • 7 rooms: 8,728
  • 8 rooms: 3,636
  • 9 or more rooms: 1,694



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 19,401
  • 1995 to 1998: 35,937
  • 1990 to 1994: 31,310
  • 1980 to 1989: 138,990
  • 1970 to 1979: 217,658
  • 1960 to 1969: 145,791
  • 1950 to 1959: 105,193
  • 1940 to 1949: 47,488
  • 1939 or earlier: 40,610


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Houston:
  • no bedroom: 6,932
  • 1 bedroom: 18,907
  • 2 bedrooms: 69,815
  • 3 bedrooms: 157,775
  • 4 bedrooms: 65,063
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 10,514



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Houston:
  • no bedroom: 44,329
  • 1 bedroom: 167,626
  • 2 bedrooms: 128,358
  • 3 bedrooms: 40,703
  • 4 bedrooms: 7,626
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 583



Owners and renters by unit type in %



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders



Cars and other vehicles available in Houston in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 16,347
  • 1 vehicle: 106,350
  • 2 vehicles: 147,561
  • 3 vehicles: 44,216
  • 4 vehicles: 11,456
  • 5 or more vehicles: 3,076



Cars and other vehicles available in Houston in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 66,916
  • 1 vehicle: 212,100
  • 2 vehicles: 92,929
  • 3 vehicles: 13,580
  • 4 vehicles: 2,444
  • 5 or more vehicles: 1,256


Houston, TX house values


Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Houston, TX:

  • Less than $10,000: 2145
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 1073
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 2096
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 2546
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 3322
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 4102
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 4632
  • $40,000 to $49,999: 13095
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 17034
  • $60,000 to $69,999: 19089
  • $70,000 to $79,999: 19006
  • $80,000 to $89,999: 19963
  • $90,000 to $99,999: 20441
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 50624
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 40553
  • $150,000 to $174,999: 23337
  • $175,000 to $199,999: 17961
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 25645
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 17124
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 19258
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 11254
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 11427
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 3397
  • $1,000,000 or more: 5641
 


Houston rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Houston:

  • Less than $100: 4,663 people
  • $100 to $149: 2,884
  • $150 to $199: 3,349
  • $200 to $249: 3,797
  • $250 to $299: 6,080
  • $300 to $349: 9,376
  • $350 to $399: 16,674
  • $400 to $449: 26,678
  • $450 to $499: 34,917
  • $500 to $549: 37,360
  • $550 to $599: 38,948
  • $600 to $649: 33,859
  • $650 to $699: 29,782
  • $700 to $749: 25,628
  • $750 to $799: 21,311
  • $800 to $899: 29,325
  • $900 to $999: 17,809
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 22,106
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 8,498
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 5,939
  • $2,000 or more: 4,259
  • No cash rent: 9,293
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 158,596
  • 1990 to 1994: 110,842
  • 1985 to 1989: 70,200
  • 1980 to 1984: 74,244
  • 1975 to 1979: 49,108
  • 1970 to 1974: 24,085
  • 1970 to 1974: 11,548
  • 1965 to 1969: 17,482

Houston, TX Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 92.8%
Number of people working at home: 19,706 (2.3% of all workers)


Houston travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 14407
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 58361
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 98346
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 129850
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 126281
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 50103
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 158438
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 24740
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 30987
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 68498
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 41819
  • 90 or more minutes: 20150
 


Houston mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 604,686 (72%)
  • Carpooled: 133,983 (16%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 47,691 (6%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 259 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 140 (0%)
  • Railroad: 126 (0%)
  • Ferryboat: 42 (0%)
  • Taxi: 1,183 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 674 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 3,859 (0%)
  • Walked: 19,413 (2%)
  • Other means: 9,924 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 19,706 (2%)
 


Houston, TX household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 83410
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 49047
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 51295
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 54592
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 53450
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 51342
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 43717
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 41126
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 32608
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 55918
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 60444
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 57368
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 33156
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 16290
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 16419
  • $200,000 or more: 18715
 


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 1160762
 German: 82956
 United States or American: 71531
 English: 70311
 Irish: 52897
 Subsaharan African:: 27315
 Italian: 25596
 French (except Basque): 22133
 Scotch-Irish: 16776
 African: 14671
 Polish: 14090
 Scottish: 13806
 Arab:: 10220
 Nigerian: 8627
 European: 8373
 Czech: 6642
 British: 6324
 Russian: 6289
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 5948
 Dutch: 5921
 Norwegian: 5603
 Swedish: 5458
 French Canadian: 4558
 Iranian: 4226
 Greek: 3361
 Welsh: 2796
 Arab/Arabic: 2504
 Lebanese: 2448
 Hungarian: 2202
 Jamaican: 2114
 Danish: 2022
 Canadian: 1873
 Czechoslovakian: 1697
 Yugoslavian: 1608
 Austrian: 1428
 Swiss: 1377
 Ukrainian: 1364
 Egyptian: 1234
 Romanian: 1132
 Other Arab: 1129
 Palestinian: 1118
 Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 1043
 Portuguese: 966
 Ethiopian: 838
 West Indian: 838
 Brazilian: 825
 Eastern European: 823
 Scandinavian: 797
 Syrian: 776
 Lithuanian: 775
 Turkish: 722
 Belgian: 710
 South African: 706
 Other Subsaharan African: 659
 Armenian: 650
 Acadian/Cajun: 646
 Northern European: 582
 Israeli: 563
 Haitian: 552
 Jordanian: 545
 Finnish: 544
 Australian: 540
 Slovak: 536
 Ghanian: 532
 Kenyan: 442
 British West Indian: 432
 Croatian: 427
 Belizean: 379
 Albanian: 301
 Somalian: 300
 Liberian: 251
 U.S. Virgin Islander: 246
 Serbian: 245
 Bulgarian: 242
 Moroccan: 239
 Slovene: 228
 Iraqi: 227
 Latvian: 219
 Celtic: 217
 Guyanese: 199
 Slavic: 180
 Bahamian: 130
 Basque: 130
 Alsatian: 104
 Sudanese: 99
 Pennsylvania German: 87
 Barbadian: 85
 Sierra Leonean: 84
 Dutch West Indian: 68
 New Zealander: 67
 Maltese: 67
 Icelander: 52
 Macedonian: 46
 Ugandan: 46
 Afghan: 44
 Other West Indian: 44
 Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 42
 Estonian: 41
 Cypriot: 33
 Senegalese: 31
 Cape Verdean: 26
 Luxemburger: 24
 Bermudan: 17
 German Russian: 17
 Carpatho Rusyn: 9
 Zimbabwean: 3


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):



  • Mexico (53%)
  • El Salvador (9%)
  • Vietnam (5%)
  • Honduras (3%)
  • India (3%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)
  • Guatemala (2%)


Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 1044324
  • Northeast: 57365
  • Midwest: 94241
  • South: 173796
  • West: 50500

51% of Houston residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Texas.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 22,774
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 11,374
  • 5th and 6th grade: 33,834
  • 7th and 8th grade: 23,213
  • 9th grade: 26,229
  • 10th grade: 16,526
  • 11th grade: 17,128
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 29,103
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 110,722
  • Less than 1 year of college: 28,676
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 75,624
  • Associate degree: 21,278
  • Bachelor's degree: 105,465
  • Master's degree: 36,936
  • Professional school degree: 19,013
  • Doctorate degree: 9,905


Educational Attainment for Males


Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 22,471
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 10,876
  • 5th and 6th grade: 30,176
  • 7th and 8th grade: 23,059
  • 9th grade: 23,336
  • 10th grade: 17,421
  • 11th grade: 18,759
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 29,166
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 134,577
  • Less than 1 year of college: 38,536
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 86,149
  • Associate degree: 26,108
  • Bachelor's degree: 102,322
  • Master's degree: 34,212
  • Professional school degree: 11,645
  • Doctorate degree: 4,541


Educational Attainment for Females




Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.2%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 11.8%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 11.3%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 8.3%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 12.5%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 4.9%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 5.9%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 12.1%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 7.8%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 10.7%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.4%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 11.7%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $70,273
  • Black householders: $28,516
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $39,821
  • Asian householders: $46,913
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $33,960
  • Some other race householders: $33,447
  • Two or more races householders: $41,791
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $33,303

Houston household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Houston household income for Black householders

Houston household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Houston household income for Asian householders

Houston household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders

Houston household income for Some other race householders

Houston household income for Two or more races householders

Houston household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Houston marital status for males

Houston marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $183,347
  • Black or African American householders: $84,708
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $110,649
  • Asian householders: $138,031
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $132,586
  • Some other race householders: $91,433
  • Two or more races householders: $110,489
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $95,116

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 364,905
  • One, attached: 42,105
  • Two: 16,323
  • 3 or 4: 32,534
  • 5 to 9: 46,999
  • 10 to 19: 64,550
  • 20 to 49: 38,334
  • 50 or more: 168,562
  • Mobile homes: 7,703
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 363

Median worth of mobile homes: $13,100


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Houston:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (68%)
  • Electricity (30%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Electricity (75%)
  • Utility gas (23%)
  • No fuel used (1%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17,559
Here:  7.2%
Texas:  6.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8,210
Here:  7.5%
Texas:  6.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15,294
Here:  17.1%
Texas:  15.4%



School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students



School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)


 

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