Houston vs Licking

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

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

Licking has the higher population (2,816 vs 2,407 in Houston). Houston has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $32,813 in Licking). Houston has the higher median home value ($115,200 vs $109,000 in Licking).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	Licking
Population	2,407	2,816
Median age	35.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$32,813
Median home value	$115,200	$109,000
Median gross rent	$728	$614
Housing units	1,107	842
Homeownership rate	57.5%	56.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	Licking
Population	2,592 → 2,407 (-7.1%)	2,705 → 2,816 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $41,250 (+57.1%)	$28,086 → $32,813 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $115,200 (+13.4%)	$88,900 → $109,000 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $728 (+20.3%)	$578 → $614 (+6.2%)

Houston

Population

2,5922,407

Median household income

$26,250$41,250

Median home value

$101,600$115,200

Median gross rent

$605$728

Licking

Population

2,7052,816

Median household income

$28,086$32,813

Median home value

$88,900$109,000

Median gross rent

$578$614

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston	Licking
Under 5	5.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.5%	7.8%
18 to 24	13.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	15.4%	19.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	17.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	8.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.1%
75 and over	9.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	Licking
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	75.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	16.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	Licking
No high school diploma	19.4%	18.8%
High school graduate	48.5%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	Licking
Drove alone	84.9%	64.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	23.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.5%
Walked	3.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	Licking
1-unit, detached	79.1%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	6.1%
20 or more units	5.1%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Houston	Licking
Poverty rate	30.9%	36.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1966	1974