Channelview vs Houston

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

Channelview 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 43,536 in Channelview). Channelview has the higher median household income ($65,775 vs $62,894 in Houston). Houston has the higher median home value ($253,400 vs $186,300 in Channelview).

Population, income & housing

	Channelview	Houston
Population	43,536	2,300,419
Median age	31.2 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,775	$62,894
Median home value	$186,300	$253,400
Median gross rent	$1,202	$1,313
Housing units	13,680	1,023,112
Homeownership rate	75.6%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Channelview	Houston
Population	43,055 → 43,536 (+1.1%)	2,310,432 → 2,300,419 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$63,581 → $65,775 (+3.5%)	$52,338 → $62,894 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$124,900 → $186,300 (+49.2%)	$171,800 → $253,400 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$977 → $1,202 (+23.0%)	$1,041 → $1,313 (+26.1%)

Channelview

Population

43,05543,536

Median household income

$63,581$65,775

Median home value

$124,900$186,300

Median gross rent

$977$1,202

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)

	Channelview	Houston
Under 5	6.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	25.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	17.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	8.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.3%
75 and over	3.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Channelview	Houston
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	23.6%
Black or African American	10.3%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.3%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	71.8%	44.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Channelview	Houston
No high school diploma	29.0%	19.7%
High school graduate	31.2%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Channelview	Houston
Drove alone	81.6%	69.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.2%	3.3%
Walked	0.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.3%	11.7%
Other means	1.9%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Channelview	Houston
1-unit, detached	68.7%	43.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	18.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	26.1%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Channelview	Houston
Poverty rate	19.8%	19.7%
Average household size	3.47	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1988	1981