Felton vs Houston

A side-by-side comparison of Felton and Houston: population, income, housing, and more.

Felton and Houston are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Felton has the higher population (1,129 vs 456 in Houston). Houston has the higher median household income ($100,208 vs $62,000 in Felton). Felton has the higher median home value ($276,800 vs $265,600 in Houston).

Population, income & housing

	Felton	Houston
Population	1,129	456
Median age	46.3 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,000	$100,208
Median home value	$276,800	$265,600
Median gross rent	$884	$1,050
Housing units	580	223
Homeownership rate	65.6%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Felton	Houston
Population	1,355 → 1,129 (-16.7%)	452 → 456 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$66,071 → $62,000 (-6.2%)	$54,554 → $100,208 (+83.7%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $276,800 (+44.7%)	$166,900 → $265,600 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $884 (+2.9%)	$1,188 → $1,050 (-11.6%)

Felton

Population

1,3551,129

Median household income

$66,071$62,000

Median home value

$191,300$276,800

Median gross rent

$859$884

Houston

Population

452456

Median household income

$54,554$100,208

Median home value

$166,900$265,600

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Felton	Houston
Under 5	4.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	15.1%	22.1%
75 and over	11.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Felton	Houston
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	86.0%
Black or African American	15.6%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	3.7%
Two or more races	6.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Felton	Houston
No high school diploma	6.4%	11.5%
High school graduate	35.3%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Felton	Houston
Drove alone	83.2%	71.7%
Carpooled	2.5%	0.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	27.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Felton	Houston
1-unit, detached	74.5%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Felton	Houston
Poverty rate	7.4%	14.1%
Average household size	2.00	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1995	1942