Houston vs Magnolia

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

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

Houston has the higher population (456 vs 237 in Magnolia). Magnolia has the higher median household income ($116,667 vs $100,208 in Houston). Houston has the higher median home value ($265,600 vs $208,900 in Magnolia).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	Magnolia
Population	456	237
Median age	46.0 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$100,208	$116,667
Median home value	$265,600	$208,900
Median gross rent	$1,050	$1,313
Housing units	223	106
Homeownership rate	85.5%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	Magnolia
Population	452 → 456 (+0.9%)	337 → 237 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$54,554 → $100,208 (+83.7%)	$59,107 → $116,667 (+97.4%)
Median home value	$166,900 → $265,600 (+59.1%)	$132,700 → $208,900 (+57.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,050 (-11.6%)	$1,071 → $1,313 (+22.6%)

Houston

Population

452456

Median household income

$54,554$100,208

Median home value

$166,900$265,600

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,050

Magnolia

Population

337237

Median household income

$59,107$116,667

Median home value

$132,700$208,900

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston	Magnolia
Under 5	3.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	4.2%
55 to 64	9.6%	19.8%
65 to 74	22.1%	17.7%
75 and over	6.4%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	Magnolia
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	57.8%
Black or African American	4.2%	30.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	Magnolia
No high school diploma	11.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	51.5%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	Magnolia
Drove alone	71.7%	84.4%
Carpooled	0.4%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.9%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	Magnolia
1-unit, detached	95.5%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Houston	Magnolia
Poverty rate	14.1%	11.5%
Average household size	2.06	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1942	1938