Compare Houston Metro Area, TX vs Texas (TX) vs United States

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Metric	Houston Metro Area, TX Metro Area	Texas (TX) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	7,442,788	30,188,424	334,922,499
Rent	$1,430	$1,403	$1,413
Year built	1993	1992	1980
Household income	$82,168	$78,476	$80,734
Per capita income	$42,619	$40,752	$44,673
Poverty rate	13.9%	13.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.1%	4.0%
Household size	2.8	2.7	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	50.3%	48.5%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	7,442,788	30,188,424	334,922,499
Adults over 25	4,837,926	19,717,474	230,807,303
Total households	2,661,739	10,992,816	129,227,496
Household size	2.8	2.7	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$82,168	$78,476	$80,734
Per capita income	$42,619	$40,752	$44,673
Poverty rate	13.9%	13.8%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.1%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	50.3%	48.5%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,430	$1,403	$1,413
Year built	1993	1992	1980
Households that rent	38.8%	37.4%	34.8%
Households that own	61.2%	62.6%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.5	5.4	5.5
Race
White	40.2%	48.5%	61%
Black	17.3%	12.2%	12.2%
Asian	8.3%	5.6%	6%
Two or more races	21.8%	23.5%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	38.2%	39.7%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	61.8%	60.3%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	86.6%	85.6%	84.9%
Commute time to work	30.0 min	27.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	13.4%	14.4%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	31.3%	31.3%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	22.6%	24.3%	26%
Some college or associate degree	10.1%	10.6%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	36%	33.8%	35.7%