77081

The median income of households in 77081 was $43,251. An estimated 4.7% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 1.6% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 92.2% of households received earnings. An estimated 8.1% of households received Social Security and an estimated 5.3 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $16,769. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2020-2024, 31.8 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 50.5% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 22.7% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 24.8% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2020-2024, 22.4 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 81.8% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 11.9% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 51.8% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 77081 in 2020-2024, 54.5% had health insurance coverage and 45.5% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 24.2% and public coverage was 33.1%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 16.3%.

In 2020-2024, 77081 had a total population of 50,129 - 24,603 (49.1%) females and 25,526 (50.9%) males. The median age was 28.5 years. An estimated 27.6% of the population was under 18 years, 49.5% was 19 to 44 years, 15.5% was 45 to 64 years, and 5.1 % was 65 years and older.

In 2020-2024, there were 19,337 households in 77081. The average household size was 2.58 people.

Married-couple households made up 22.6% of the households in 77081 while cohabiting couple households made up 23.5% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 25.6% of all households, while 28.3% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 18.3% of households were male householders living alone, and 11.7% were female householders living alone, for a total of 30% of all households.

In 77081, 37.5% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 10% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2020-2024, an estimated 45.7% of the people living in 77081 were U.S. natives. 36.9% of the 77081 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 54.3% of 77081 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 11.3% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 40.9 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 77081 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 77081.

Among people at least five years old living in 77081 in 2020-2024, 80.9 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 70.5% of people at least five years old; 56.4% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2020-2024, 87.3 % of the people at least one year old living in 77081 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2020-2024, 54 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 18% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 46% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 77081 was 9,772 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 468 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 7,710. College or graduate school enrollment was 1,594.

In 77081, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 6.1 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 2.6% of people under 18 years old, to 5.6% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 32.5% of those 65 and over.

In 77081, 70.7 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 25.4% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 90.2% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 4.4% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 5.3 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 77081 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 53.1% of 77081 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 15.6% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 29.6 minutes to get to work.

In 2020-2024, 77081 had a total of 21,033 housing units. Of these housing units, 9.3% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 90.2% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 0.5% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

2.6% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 2.3% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 77081 was 2.9 rooms, and of these housing units 9.2% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2020-2024, 77081 had 19,337 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 1,696 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 6.6% while renters occupied 93.4%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.2 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.61.

8.4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 1% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 20.7% and another 5.7% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 77081:

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 77081 was $274,000.

Of the owner-occupied households, 38.5 % had a mortgage. 61.5% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $2,773 and for owners without a mortgage it was $552.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 77081 was $1,014. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.