Atascocita vs Houston

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

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

Houston has the higher population (2,300,419 vs 93,926 in Atascocita). Atascocita has the higher median household income ($114,443 vs $62,894 in Houston). Atascocita has the higher median home value ($283,700 vs $253,400 in Houston).

Population, income & housing

	Atascocita	Houston
Population	93,926	2,300,419
Median age	35.5 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$114,443	$62,894
Median home value	$283,700	$253,400
Median gross rent	$1,794	$1,313
Housing units	32,077	1,023,112
Homeownership rate	83.3%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atascocita	Houston
Population	81,557 → 93,926 (+15.2%)	2,310,432 → 2,300,419 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$100,292 → $114,443 (+14.1%)	$52,338 → $62,894 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$198,500 → $283,700 (+42.9%)	$171,800 → $253,400 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,470 → $1,794 (+22.0%)	$1,041 → $1,313 (+26.1%)

Atascocita

Population

81,55793,926

Median household income

$100,292$114,443

Median home value

$198,500$283,700

Median gross rent

$1,470$1,794

Houston

Population

2,310,4322,300,419

Median household income

$52,338$62,894

Median home value

$171,800$253,400

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atascocita	Houston
Under 5	6.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	21.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	17.8%
35 to 44	16.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.3%
75 and over	3.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atascocita	Houston
White (non-Hispanic)	36.9%	23.6%
Black or African American	24.5%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	30.7%	44.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atascocita	Houston
No high school diploma	7.2%	19.7%
High school graduate	20.2%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atascocita	Houston
Drove alone	79.7%	69.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	10.1%
Public transit	1.1%	3.3%
Walked	0.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.1%	11.7%
Other means	1.2%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atascocita	Houston
1-unit, detached	89.7%	43.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	18.2%
20 or more units	5.7%	26.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Atascocita	Houston
Poverty rate	6.8%	19.7%
Average household size	2.96	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	2005	1981