City safety & data profile

HuntsvilleTX

Huntsville, TX is a 41K-resident city in Walker County with a median household income of $47,529.

Walker County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Huntsville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Huntsville has a population larger than 74% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $236,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

41K
Population (place)
Top 26%
By size
$47,529
Median income (place)
$236,600
Median home (place)
23.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Huntsville

Huntsville posts a median household income higher than 7% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Huntsville area.

Bottom 8%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Huntsville

Where Huntsville income ranks nationally

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

$47,529 Bottom 7% higher than 7% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Huntsville $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 Huntsville, TX beyond the headline numbers

Huntsville sits inside Walker County, Texas, at roughly 30.72°N, -95.55°W. Population 40,938, $47,529 median household income. Median home value $236,600, median rent $1,035. Poverty rate 23.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Huntsville, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

23.9% of Huntsville, 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 Huntsville runs about 5.0 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 6.3% of Huntsville 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: 19.1% in Huntsville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Huntsville workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Huntsville's median age is 31.3 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Huntsville 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)
40,938
Huntsville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$47,529
-47% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$236,600
-43% vs avg
Median Age (place)
31.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Walker County): Huntsville'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
80K+18%
Median Income
$52,324+39%
Median Home Value
$226,900+106%
Poverty Rate
18.4%-29%
Unemployment
8.9%+68%

Economics

Economics indicators for Huntsville, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,035/mo
Poverty Rate
23.9% +93% vs avg
Unemployment 10.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 24.3%
Work From Home 6.3%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 53.9%
African American 23.4%
Asian 1.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
42.9%
Obesity
38.2%
High Blood Pressure
32.3%
Physical Inactivity
28.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
19.1%
Binge Drinking
18.4%
Current Smoking
15%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.3%
Diabetes
11.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 46.2%
Annual Checkup 71.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.2%
Stroke
3.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
HUNTSVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
HUNTSVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
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What alerts and safety updates affect Huntsville?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-HUNTSVILLE-TX · Huntsville

Huntsville: 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 Huntsville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Huntsville, TX? ▼
Huntsville, TX has a population of 40,938 people, located in Walker County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Huntsville? ▼
The median household income in Huntsville, TX is $47,529 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 23.9%.
What is the median home value in Huntsville? ▼
The median home value in Huntsville, TX is $236,600. Median rent is $1,035/month.
What are the top health concerns in Huntsville? ▼
The top health indicators in Huntsville include Short Sleep Duration (42.9%), Obesity (38.2%), High Blood Pressure (32.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Huntsville? ▼
Huntsville has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Huntsville? ▼
The median age in Huntsville, TX is 31.3 years. 24.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (23.9% here).

New Haven, CT 23.9% Merced, CA 23.9% Lima, OH 23.9% Platteville, WI 23.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($47,529 here).

Ferguson, MO $47,524 Kankakee, IL $47,514 Alpena, MI $47,545 North Adams, MA $47,500

Compare Huntsville 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.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Conroe, TX 69K The Woodlands, TX 94K Tomball, TX 12K Spring, TX 54K New Caney, TX 20K Cypress, TX 201K Humble, TX 16K College Station, TX 108K
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Using Huntsville'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 Huntsville 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 Huntsville 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 (Walker 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.