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Texas·Harris County
100 neighborhoods·2.3M people·$278K median·3,661/mi²
violent · property Part-I incidents per 1,000 residents/yr · Houston PD reported, 2020–2021 · not official UCR · neighborhood comparison only. · Source: Crime Open Database (CODE), M. Ashby, CC BY 4.0.
Hispanic 44 · White 23 · Black 22 · Asian 7 · Multiracial 3 · Other 1
Married couple 36 · Living alone 35 · Other 30
Professional 29 · Health 22 · Retail 20 · Manufacturing 15 · Leisure 9 · Public admin 3 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 40 · Sales · office 18 · Service 18 · Production · transport 13 · Construction · maintenance 11
Drive alone 68 · Carpool 21 · Work from home 13 · Transit 3 · Walk 2 · Bike 0
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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| Neighborhood | Pop. | Home value |
|---|---|---|
| Clear Lake | 60,795 | $284K |
| Inwood | 53,966 | $206K |
| Briar Forest | 53,471 | $488K |
| Alief | 51,491 | $187K |
| Gulfton | 47,491 | $333K |
| West Oaks | 46,293 | $312K |
| Greater Heights | 45,957 | $677K |
| Sharpstown | 40,340 | $213K |
The median home value in Houston is $277,800 (Census ACS) — 0.6× the US median of $458,812.
Houston has 2,328,253 residents across 669 census tracts and 287 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 34.4; the population is 44.2% Hispanic or Latino, 23.2% White, 22.3% Black, 6.9% Asian, 2.8% Multiracial and 0.6% Other; the average household has 2.5 people; 36.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 19.9% (Census ACS).
WILCHESTER EL (89%), MANDARIN IMMERSION MAGNET SCHOOL (86%) and RUMMEL CREEK EL (85%) lead the elementary schools; MEMORIAL MIDDLE (83%), LANIER MIDDLE (79%) and PROJECT CHRYSALIS MIDDLE (76%) lead the middle schools; ALIEF EARLY COLLEGE H S (94%), ISCHOOL HIGH - ATASCOCITA (93%) and DEBAKEY H S FOR HEALTH PROF (90%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,361/month, 14% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Houston is $64,813 a year, 25% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Houston, median rent is $1,361/month and the median home value is $277,800 (Census ACS).
Houston reported 10.9 violent crimes and 45.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 93°F; winter lows average 46°F; there are 105 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 54 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Houston are lightning (94), tornado (93) and heat wave (87), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.04g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Houston, 2% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).