Cabool vs Houston

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

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

Cabool has the higher population (2,460 vs 2,407 in Houston). Houston has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $30,781 in Cabool). Houston has the higher median home value ($115,200 vs $100,400 in Cabool).

Population, income & housing

	Cabool	Houston
Population	2,460	2,407
Median age	38.7 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$30,781	$41,250
Median home value	$100,400	$115,200
Median gross rent	$638	$728
Housing units	1,138	1,107
Homeownership rate	51.2%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cabool	Houston
Population	2,426 → 2,460 (+1.4%)	2,592 → 2,407 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$25,399 → $30,781 (+21.2%)	$26,250 → $41,250 (+57.1%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $100,400 (+9.8%)	$101,600 → $115,200 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $638 (+22.2%)	$605 → $728 (+20.3%)

Cabool

Population

2,4262,460

Median household income

$25,399$30,781

Median home value

$91,400$100,400

Median gross rent

$522$638

Houston

Population

2,5922,407

Median household income

$26,250$41,250

Median home value

$101,600$115,200

Median gross rent

$605$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cabool	Houston
Under 5	9.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	13.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.6%
75 and over	9.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cabool	Houston
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cabool	Houston
No high school diploma	17.8%	19.4%
High school graduate	39.2%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cabool	Houston
Drove alone	77.8%	84.9%
Carpooled	15.6%	7.0%
Public transit	0.1%	1.2%
Walked	0.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	3.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cabool	Houston
1-unit, detached	67.3%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	14.9%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	3.2%
20 or more units	9.2%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Cabool	Houston
Poverty rate	34.4%	30.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1977	1966