Houston vs Spring

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

Houston and Spring 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 67,103 in Spring). Spring has the higher median household income ($86,888 vs $62,894 in Houston). Houston has the higher median home value ($253,400 vs $221,300 in Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	Spring
Population	2,300,419	67,103
Median age	34.3 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,894	$86,888
Median home value	$253,400	$221,300
Median gross rent	$1,313	$1,656
Housing units	1,023,112	22,974
Homeownership rate	42.0%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	Spring
Population	2,310,432 → 2,300,419 (-0.4%)	60,976 → 67,103 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$52,338 → $62,894 (+20.2%)	$71,376 → $86,888 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$171,800 → $253,400 (+47.5%)	$155,600 → $221,300 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,041 → $1,313 (+26.1%)	$1,399 → $1,656 (+18.4%)

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

Spring

Population

60,97667,103

Median household income

$71,376$86,888

Median home value

$155,600$221,300

Median gross rent

$1,399$1,656

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston	Spring
Under 5	6.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	19.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	17.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	14.5%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.3%
75 and over	4.7%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	23.6%	30.2%
Black or African American	22.5%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.8%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	40.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	Spring
No high school diploma	19.7%	12.0%
High school graduate	21.5%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	Spring
Drove alone	69.7%	80.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	6.5%
Public transit	3.3%	1.1%
Walked	1.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	9.2%
Other means	2.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	Spring
1-unit, detached	43.0%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	18.2%	3.3%
20 or more units	26.1%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Houston	Spring
Poverty rate	19.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.47	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1981	1991