Houston Acres vs Watterson Park

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

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

Both have a population of 736. Houston Acres has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $38,984 in Watterson Park). Houston Acres has the higher median home value ($243,800 vs $187,500 in Watterson Park).

Population, income & housing

	Houston Acres	Watterson Park
Population	736	736
Median age	37.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$38,984
Median home value	$243,800	$187,500
Median gross rent	$1,857	$820
Housing units	265	409
Homeownership rate	83.4%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.7%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston Acres	Watterson Park
Population	539 → 736 (+36.5%)	1,074 → 736 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$75,536 → $104,583 (+38.5%)	$30,948 → $38,984 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$182,900 → $243,800 (+33.3%)	$131,000 → $187,500 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,302 → $1,857 (+42.6%)	$479 → $820 (+71.2%)

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

Watterson Park

Population

1,074736

Median household income

$30,948$38,984

Median home value

$131,000$187,500

Median gross rent

$479$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston Acres	Watterson Park
Under 5	8.2%	9.6%
5 to 17	26.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	17.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	21.9%
65 to 74	6.1%	6.0%
75 and over	5.2%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston Acres	Watterson Park
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	42.7%
Black or African American	15.9%	32.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston Acres	Watterson Park
No high school diploma	4.2%	20.8%
High school graduate	14.9%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	47.4%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston Acres	Watterson Park
Drove alone	75.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	0.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.1%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston Acres	Watterson Park
1-unit, detached	99.6%	48.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	17.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Houston Acres	Watterson Park
Poverty rate	13.2%	24.0%
Average household size	2.78	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1957	1959