Birmingham vs Missouri City

A side-by-side comparison of Birmingham and Missouri City: population, income, housing, and more.

Birmingham and Missouri City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Missouri City has the higher population (262 vs 171 in Birmingham). Birmingham has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $51,042 in Missouri City). Birmingham has the higher median home value ($129,200 vs $83,800 in Missouri City).

Population, income & housing

	Birmingham	Missouri City
Population	171	262
Median age	41.4 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$51,042
Median home value	$129,200	$83,800
Median gross rent	$893	$1,045
Housing units	79	142
Homeownership rate	76.1%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Birmingham	Missouri City
Population	217 → 171 (-21.2%)	569 → 262 (-54.0%)
Median household income	$61,719 → $61,250 (-0.8%)	$48,467 → $51,042 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $129,200 (+21.2%)	$75,000 → $83,800 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $893 (-0.3%)	$890 → $1,045 (+17.4%)

Birmingham

Population

217171

Median household income

$61,719$61,250

Median home value

$106,600$129,200

Median gross rent

$896$893

Missouri City

Population

569262

Median household income

$48,467$51,042

Median home value

$75,000$83,800

Median gross rent

$890$1,045

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Birmingham	Missouri City
Under 5	4.7%	0.8%
5 to 17	18.7%	2.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	2.7%
35 to 44	24.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	20.6%
55 to 64	5.8%	27.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	16.4%
75 and over	6.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Birmingham	Missouri City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Birmingham	Missouri City
No high school diploma	12.6%	19.9%
High school graduate	52.1%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Birmingham	Missouri City
Drove alone	70.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	21.9%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Birmingham	Missouri City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Birmingham	Missouri City
Poverty rate	19.4%	3.8%
Average household size	2.41	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1954	1951