City safety & data profile

ChannelviewTX

Channelview, TX is a 38K-resident city in Harris County with a median household income of $64,422.

Harris County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Channelview, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Channelview has a population larger than 72% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $195,900.

Data updated 2026-09-04

38K
Population (place)
Top 28%
By size
$64,422
Median income (place)
$195,900
Median home (place)
20.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Channelview

Channelview posts a median household income higher than 29% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 30%
by median income, US cities

Where Channelview income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$64,422 Bottom 29% higher than 29% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Channelview $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Channelview, TX beyond the headline numbers

Channelview sits inside Harris County, Texas, at roughly 29.78°N, -95.11°W. Population 38,289, $64,422 median household income. Median home value $195,900, median rent $1,279. Poverty rate 20.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

20.3% of Channelview, TX residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Channelview runs about 3.0 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 6.7% of Channelview workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 32.8% in Channelview, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Channelview's median age is 30.9 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Channelview from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
38,289
Channelview · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$64,422
-28% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$195,900
-53% vs avg
Median Age (place)
30.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Harris County): Channelview's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
4.8M+16%
Median Income
$74,983+41%
Median Home Value
$276,600+111%
Poverty Rate
16.3%-12%
Unemployment
6.7%-22%

Economics

Economics indicators for Channelview, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,279/mo
Poverty Rate
20.3% +64% vs avg
Unemployment 6.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 15.2%
Work From Home 6.7%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 19.4%
African American 13.5%
Asian 2.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
42.4%
Obesity
40.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
32.8%
Physical Inactivity
32.8%
High Blood Pressure
31.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.4%
Binge Drinking
17.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
15%
Current Smoking
14.9%
Diabetes
14.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 43.2%
Annual Checkup 69.8%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.3%
Stroke
3.3%

What alerts and safety updates affect Channelview?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Channelview right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet TX-CHANNELVIEW · Channelview

Channelview: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Channelview; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Channelview, TX? ▼
Channelview, TX has a population of 38,289 people, located in Harris County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Channelview? ▼
The median household income in Channelview, TX is $64,422 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 20.3%.
What is the median home value in Channelview? ▼
The median home value in Channelview, TX is $195,900. Median rent is $1,279/month.
What are the top health concerns in Channelview? ▼
The top health indicators in Channelview include Short Sleep Duration (42.4%), Obesity (40.9%), Lack of Health Insurance (32.8%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Channelview? ▼
The median age in Channelview, TX is 30.9 years. 15.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Channelview, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (20.3% here).

North Little Rock, AR 20.3% Johnson City, TN 20.3% Lancaster, PA 20.3% Adrian, MI 20.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($64,422 here).

Seymour, IN $64,426 Aberdeen, SD $64,405 New Ulm, MN $64,449 Oxford, MS $64,451

Compare Channelview with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Cloverleaf, TX 23K Deer Park, TX 34K Jacinto City, TX 11K Galena Park, TX 11K Pasadena, TX 154K Baytown, TX 76K La Porte, TX 35K South Houston, TX 18K
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Using Channelview's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Channelview area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Channelview against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Harris County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.