Houston vs Speers

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

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

Houston has the higher population (1,219 vs 1,061 in Speers). Houston has the higher median household income ($70,550 vs $67,292 in Speers). Houston has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $153,600 in Speers).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	Speers
Population	1,219	1,061
Median age	43.5 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,550	$67,292
Median home value	$186,100	$153,600
Median gross rent	$890	$983
Housing units	667	579
Homeownership rate	63.2%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	Speers
Population	1,352 → 1,219 (-9.8%)	1,067 → 1,061 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$52,292 → $70,550 (+34.9%)	$70,060 → $67,292 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $186,100 (+32.5%)	$113,200 → $153,600 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $890 (+25.5%)	$797 → $983 (+23.3%)

Houston

Population

1,3521,219

Median household income

$52,292$70,550

Median home value

$140,500$186,100

Median gross rent

$709$890

Speers

Population

1,0671,061

Median household income

$70,060$67,292

Median home value

$113,200$153,600

Median gross rent

$797$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston	Speers
Under 5	7.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.3%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	8.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	16.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	6.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	18.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	18.4%
75 and over	11.0%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	Speers
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	93.3%
Black or African American	4.9%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	Speers
No high school diploma	5.8%	2.1%
High school graduate	44.3%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	Speers
Drove alone	74.2%	86.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	2.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.7%
Walked	1.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	8.7%
Other means	2.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	Speers
1-unit, detached	67.9%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.5%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Houston	Speers
Poverty rate	17.9%	11.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1940	1952