Conroe vs The Woodlands

A side-by-side comparison of Conroe and The Woodlands: population, income, housing, and more.

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

The Woodlands has the higher population (116,916 vs 96,976 in Conroe). The Woodlands has the higher median household income ($141,353 vs $75,245 in Conroe). The Woodlands has the higher median home value ($479,400 vs $283,100 in Conroe).

Population, income & housing

	Conroe	The Woodlands
Population	96,976	116,916
Median age	32.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,245	$141,353
Median home value	$283,100	$479,400
Median gross rent	$1,350	$1,792
Housing units	40,219	45,301
Homeownership rate	55.2%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	65.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conroe	The Woodlands
Population	84,358 → 96,976 (+15.0%)	113,819 → 116,916 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$60,343 → $75,245 (+24.7%)	$122,634 → $141,353 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$187,300 → $283,100 (+51.1%)	$374,200 → $479,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,350 (+24.4%)	$1,566 → $1,792 (+14.4%)

Conroe

Population

84,35896,976

Median household income

$60,343$75,245

Median home value

$187,300$283,100

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,350

The Woodlands

Population

113,819116,916

Median household income

$122,634$141,353

Median home value

$374,200$479,400

Median gross rent

$1,566$1,792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conroe	The Woodlands
Under 5	7.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	22.0%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	17.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	16.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.9%
75 and over	5.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conroe	The Woodlands
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	64.7%
Black or African American	11.4%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	31.2%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conroe	The Woodlands
No high school diploma	12.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	23.9%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	27.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conroe	The Woodlands
Drove alone	76.5%	71.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.5%	1.3%
Walked	1.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.8%	18.6%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conroe	The Woodlands
1-unit, detached	54.0%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	7.5%
20 or more units	12.0%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Conroe	The Woodlands
Poverty rate	11.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	2004	2000