Humble vs West University Place

A side-by-side comparison of Humble and West University Place: population, income, housing, and more.

Humble and West University Place are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Humble has the higher population (16,489 vs 14,907 in West University Place). West University Place has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $52,927 in Humble). West University Place has the higher median home value ($1,406,600 vs $191,200 in Humble).

Population, income & housing

	Humble	West University Place
Population	16,489	14,907
Median age	32.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,927	$250,001
Median home value	$191,200	$1,406,600
Median gross rent	$1,216	$3,000
Housing units	6,497	5,372
Homeownership rate	36.6%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	90.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Humble	West University Place
Population	15,864 → 16,489 (+3.9%)	15,603 → 14,907 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$41,845 → $52,927 (+26.5%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$122,900 → $191,200 (+55.6%)	$1,113,500 → $1,406,600 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,216 (+25.6%)	$2,260 → $3,000 (+32.7%)

Humble

Population

15,86416,489

Median household income

$41,845$52,927

Median home value

$122,900$191,200

Median gross rent

$968$1,216

West University Place

Population

15,60314,907

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$1,113,500$1,406,600

Median gross rent

$2,260$3,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Humble	West University Place
Under 5	5.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	21.5%	23.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	17.8%	5.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	9.6%
75 and over	4.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Humble	West University Place
White (non-Hispanic)	19.4%	73.7%
Black or African American	21.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.7%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	56.2%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Humble	West University Place
No high school diploma	18.6%	0.9%
High school graduate	36.8%	1.6%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	7.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	56.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Humble	West University Place
Drove alone	80.0%	65.9%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.4%	22.4%
Other means	3.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Humble	West University Place
1-unit, detached	38.9%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	25.1%	0.4%
20 or more units	13.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Humble	West University Place
Poverty rate	18.1%	2.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1983	1991