Compare Houston, TX vs Texas (TX) vs United States
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| Metric |
Houston, TX City |
Texas (TX) State |
United States Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Total population | 2,328,253 | 30,188,424 | 334,922,499 |
| Rent | $1,361 | $1,403 | $1,413 |
| Year built | 1982 | 1992 | 1980 |
| Household income | $64,813 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Per capita income | $42,430 | $40,752 | $44,673 |
| Poverty rate | 19.9% | 13.8% | 12.5% |
| Unemployment rate | 4.0% | 4.1% | 4.0% |
| Household size | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Rent over 30% of income | 51.5% | 48.5% | 47.6% |
| Demographics | |||
| Total population | 2,328,253 | 30,188,424 | 334,922,499 |
| Adults over 25 | 1,550,897 | 19,717,474 | 230,807,303 |
| Total households | 930,404 | 10,992,816 | 129,227,496 |
| Household size | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Income & Poverty | |||
| Household income | $64,813 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Per capita income | $42,430 | $40,752 | $44,673 |
| Poverty rate | 19.9% | 13.8% | 12.5% |
| Unemployment rate | 4.0% | 4.1% | 4.0% |
| Rent over 30% of income | 51.5% | 48.5% | 47.6% |
| Housing | |||
| Rent | $1,361 | $1,403 | $1,413 |
| Year built | 1982 | 1992 | 1980 |
| Households that rent | 57.9% | 37.4% | 34.8% |
| Households that own | 42.1% | 62.6% | 65.2% |
| Rooms per home (all homes) | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| Race | |||
| White | 30.4% | 48.5% | 61% |
| Black | 22.7% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| Asian | 6.9% | 5.6% | 6% |
| Two or more races | 24% | 23.5% | 12.6% |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic or Latino | 44.2% | 39.7% | 19.3% |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 55.8% | 60.3% | 80.7% |
| Commute | |||
| Commute rate | 87% | 85.6% | 84.9% |
| Commute time to work | 27.0 min | 27.0 min | 26.0 min |
| Work from home | 13% | 14.4% | 15.1% |
| Education | |||
| Less than high school | 32.3% | 31.3% | 27.5% |
| High school graduate or GED | 21.4% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college or associate degree | 9.6% | 10.6% | 10.7% |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 36.6% | 33.8% | 35.7% |