Baytown vs Houston

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

Baytown 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 84,538 in Baytown). Houston has the higher median household income ($62,894 vs $61,699 in Baytown). Houston has the higher median home value ($253,400 vs $187,900 in Baytown).

Population, income & housing

	Baytown	Houston
Population	84,538	2,300,419
Median age	33.9 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,699	$62,894
Median home value	$187,900	$253,400
Median gross rent	$1,217	$1,313
Housing units	33,865	1,023,112
Homeownership rate	53.1%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baytown	Houston
Population	76,635 → 84,538 (+10.3%)	2,310,432 → 2,300,419 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$57,270 → $61,699 (+7.7%)	$52,338 → $62,894 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$119,900 → $187,900 (+56.7%)	$171,800 → $253,400 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,217 (+28.8%)	$1,041 → $1,313 (+26.1%)

Baytown

Population

76,63584,538

Median household income

$57,270$61,699

Median home value

$119,900$187,900

Median gross rent

$945$1,217

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)

	Baytown	Houston
Under 5	7.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	17.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.3%
75 and over	4.4%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baytown	Houston
White (non-Hispanic)	28.8%	23.6%
Black or African American	15.2%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	44.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baytown	Houston
No high school diploma	21.3%	19.7%
High school graduate	31.6%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baytown	Houston
Drove alone	81.9%	69.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.6%	3.3%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.9%	11.7%
Other means	2.1%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baytown	Houston
1-unit, detached	59.0%	43.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	18.2%
20 or more units	9.7%	26.1%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Baytown	Houston
Poverty rate	17.7%	19.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1981	1981