Houston Acres vs Seneca Gardens

A side-by-side comparison of Houston Acres and Seneca Gardens: population, income, housing, and more.

Houston Acres and Seneca Gardens are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Houston Acres has the higher population (736 vs 690 in Seneca Gardens). Seneca Gardens has the higher median household income ($128,750 vs $104,583 in Houston Acres). Seneca Gardens has the higher median home value ($536,500 vs $243,800 in Houston Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Houston Acres	Seneca Gardens
Population	736	690
Median age	37.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$128,750
Median home value	$243,800	$536,500
Median gross rent	$1,857	$1,490
Housing units	265	301
Homeownership rate	83.4%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.7%	84.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston Acres	Seneca Gardens
Population	539 → 736 (+36.5%)	658 → 690 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$75,536 → $104,583 (+38.5%)	$119,444 → $128,750 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$182,900 → $243,800 (+33.3%)	$417,400 → $536,500 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,302 → $1,857 (+42.6%)	$1,333 → $1,490 (+11.8%)

Houston Acres

Population

539736

Median household income

$75,536$104,583

Median home value

$182,900$243,800

Median gross rent

$1,302$1,857

Seneca Gardens

Population

658690

Median household income

$119,444$128,750

Median home value

$417,400$536,500

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,490

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston Acres	Seneca Gardens
Under 5	8.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	26.4%	19.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.6%	6.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	17.0%
75 and over	5.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston Acres	Seneca Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	89.7%
Black or African American	15.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston Acres	Seneca Gardens
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.6%
High school graduate	14.9%	3.7%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	11.2%
Bachelor's degree	47.4%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	45.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston Acres	Seneca Gardens
Drove alone	75.1%	74.4%
Carpooled	0.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	24.1%	18.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston Acres	Seneca Gardens
1-unit, detached	99.6%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Houston Acres	Seneca Gardens
Poverty rate	13.2%	1.0%
Average household size	2.78	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1957	1941