Houston vs The Woodlands
Houston, TX compared with The Woodlands, TX · 28 miles apart
Houston has 2,397,315 residents to The Woodlands’s 121,002. Houston comes out ahead on median rent. The Woodlands does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.
| Houston, TX | The Woodlands, TX | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 2,397,315 | 121,002 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 3,741 | 2,792 |
| Median household income | $64,813 | $140,701 |
| Median home value | $277,800 | $511,700 |
| Median rent | $1,361 | $1,822 |
| Homeownership | 42.1% | 72.5% |
| Average commute | 27.2 min | 27 min |
| Median age | 34.4 | 40.6 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 36.6% | 66.1% |
| Poverty rate | 19.9% | 5.6% |
| Unemployment | 6.9% | 4.9% |
| Price to income | 4.3× | 3.6× |
| Clear days a year | 38 | — |
| Days above 90°F | 78 | — |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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