Zip Code 77031 - Population, Income & Demographics

The median income of households in 77031 was $46,892. An estimated 7.7% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 4.6% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 82.5% of households received earnings. An estimated 23.6% of households received Social Security and an estimated 17.1 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $19,437. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2019-2023, 23.6 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 36.3% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 17% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 20.9% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2019-2023, 20.8 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 62.1% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 16.2% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 30.3% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 77031 in 2019-2023, 63.6% had health insurance coverage and 36.4% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 36.1% and public coverage was 34.8%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 28.5%.

In 2019-2023, 77031 had a total population of 15,740 - 7,779 (49.4%) females and 7,961 (50.6%) males. The median age was 38.5 years. An estimated 21.3% of the population was under 18 years, 34.6% was 19 to 44 years, 24.7% was 45 to 64 years, and 14.3 % was 65 years and older.

In 2019-2023, there were 6,071 households in 77031. The average household size was 2.58 people.

Married-couple households made up 41.5% of the households in 77031 while cohabiting couple households made up 10.2% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 24.5% of all households, while 23.8% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 14% of households were male householders living alone, and 12.2% were female householders living alone, for a total of 26.2% of all households.

In 77031, 31.7% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 28.7% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2019-2023, an estimated 58.2% of the people living in 77031 were U.S. natives. 46.6% of the 77031 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 41.8% of 77031 residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. 31.3% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 66.4 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 77031 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2019-2023 for 77031.

Among people at least five years old living in 77031 in 2019-2023, 58 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 48.4% of people at least five years old; 31.6% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2019-2023, 87.1 % of the people at least one year old living in 77031 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2019-2023, 67.5 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 22.8% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 32.5% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 77031 was 3,504 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 227 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 2,505. College or graduate school enrollment was 772.

In 77031, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 10.9 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 1.8% of people under 18 years old, to 8.6% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 35% of those 65 and over.

In 77031, 59.6 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 35.5% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 79% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 10.8% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 9.6 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2019-2023, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 77031 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 65.8% of 77031 workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 12.6% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 28.3 minutes to get to work.

In 2019-2023, 77031 had a total of 6,906 housing units. Of these housing units, 50.3% 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"). 48.9% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 0.8% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

1.2% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 0.5% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 77031 was 4.6 rooms, and of these housing units 43.2% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2019-2023, 77031 had 6,071 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 835 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 44.4% while renters occupied 55.6%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.64 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.53.

15.4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 7.7% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 9.1% and another 16.7% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 77031:

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 77031 was $227,100.

Of the owner-occupied households, 60.9 % had a mortgage. 39.1% 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 $1,735 and for owners without a mortgage it was $710.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 77031 was $1,083. 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.