City safety & data profile

HoustonTX

Houston, TX is a 2.3M-resident city in Harris County with a median household income of $64,813.

Harris County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Houston, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Houston has a population larger than 99% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $277,800, and 28 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

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Data updated 2026-09-03

2.3M
Population (place): Top 1%
By size: $64,813
Median income (place): $277,800
Median home (place): 19.9%
Poverty rate (place)

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The read on Houston

Houston posts a median household income higher than 29% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 recent safety alert is on record and 28 hospitals serve the Houston area.

Bottom 30%
by median income, US cities: 1
safety alert on record: 28
hospitals in & near Houston

Where Houston income ranks nationally

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

$64,813 Bottom 29% higher than 29% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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

Houston

2,314,157
San Antonio

1,526,656
Dallas

1,326,087
Fort Worth

1,008,106
Austin

974,447
El Paso

678,815
Arlington

388,125
Corpus Christi

316,239
Plano

283,558
Laredo

256,153

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

Southlake

$250,001
University P…

$250,001
West Univers…

$250,001
Bellaire

$244,015
Colleyville

$218,328
Trophy Club

$201,054
Prosper

$195,281
Lakeway

$190,060
Murphy

$175,699
Keller

$174,950

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

The quick read

Reading Houston, TX beyond the headline numbers

Houston sits inside Harris County, Texas, at roughly 29.76°N, -95.36°W. Population 2,314,157, $64,813 median household income. Median home value $277,800, median rent $1,361. Poverty rate 19.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

28 hospitals in/around Houston, 3.7/5 avg rating, 10 with an ER.

19.9% of Houston, 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.

A median home in Houston runs about 4.3 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

13% of Houston workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 24% in Houston, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

3.2% of Houston workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Houston's median age is 34.4 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Houston 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)

2,314,157

Houston · Census Place

Median Income (place)

$64,813

-28% vs avg

Median Home Value (place)

$277,800

-33% vs avg

Median Age (place)

34.4

years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Harris County): Houston'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 Houston, TX
Indicator	Value
Median Rent	$1,361/mo
Poverty Rate	19.9% +60% vs avg
Unemployment	6.9%
Bachelor's Degree+	36.6%
Work From Home	13%
Public Transit	3.2%

Population

White 30.4%

African American 22.7%

Asian 6.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration

40.8%

Obesity

38%

High Blood Pressure

33.1%

Physical Inactivity

28.8%

Lack of Health Insurance

24%

Frequent Mental Distress

17.1%

Binge Drinking

16.7%

Diabetes

13.9%

Frequent Physical Distress

13.6%

Current Smoking

13.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 50.2%

Annual Checkup 72.7%

Other Measures

Current Asthma

9.4%

Coronary Heart Disease

5.6%

Stroke

3.5%

Hospitals 28 total

Rating Distribution

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Average Rating

3.7/5

Total Hospitals

With ER

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