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Houston city, Alaska: commercial real estate data.
Houston city is a Census city of 1,834 people across 23.95 square miles of land, in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Median household income is $73,015, 70.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Houston
What Houston is
- Census place typecity
- Land area23.95 sq mi
- Water area1.31 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land77
- County holding the largest share of its areaMatanuska-Susitna Borough, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Houston
How many people live in Houston
- Population1,834
- Median age40.2
- Population under 18297 plus or minus 68
- Share under 1816.2 percent
- Population 65 and over310 plus or minus 67
- Share 65 and over16.9 percent
- Households735
- Family households428
- Share of households that are families58.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Houston
Income and work in Houston
- Median household income$73,015 plus or minus $18,540
- Per capita income$39,790
- Civilian labor force949
- Employed835
- Unemployed114 plus or minus 41
- Unemployment rate12.0 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Adults 25 and over1,334
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher12.3 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.7 percent plus or minus 1.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Houston
Housing in Houston
- Housing units1,000
- Occupied units735
- Vacant units265
- Vacancy rate26.5 percent
- Owner occupied519
- Renter occupied216 plus or minus 63
- Ownership rate70.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$295,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$887
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.6 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Single family units826
- Share single family82.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more143 plus or minus 55
- Share in buildings of two or more14.3 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Mobile homes31 plus or minus 15
- Median year structure built1994
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Houston
How Houston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute740
- Commuting under 15 minutes145 plus or minus 50
- Share commuting under 15 minutes19.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more380 plus or minus 85
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more51.4 percent
- Drove alone65.6 percent
- Carpooled10.1 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.9 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home11.7 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, not Houston
Matanuska-Susitna Borough context, not Houston figures
These are Matanuska-Susitna Borough figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Houston measurements.
- Establishments in Matanuska-Susitna Borough2,822
- Employment at those establishments, Matanuska-Susitna Borough23,971
- Covered employment, Matanuska-Susitna Borough29,515
- Average annual pay, Matanuska-Susitna Borough$58,329
- Average weekly wage, Matanuska-Susitna Borough$1,122
- Housing units permitted, Matanuska-Susitna Borough85
- Of those, single family, Matanuska-Susitna Borough37
- County product, 2024, Matanuska-Susitna Borough$4,465,288,000
- County product change over the prior year, Matanuska-Susitna Borough6.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Matanuska-Susitna Borough$76,065
Every figure in this section is published for Matanuska-Susitna Borough as a whole and is not a measurement of Houston. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Houston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Houston, Alaska?
1,834, in 735 households. Houston city covers 23.95 square miles of land, which is 77 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Houston in?
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Houston?
$73,015. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $295,000. Median gross rent is $887 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Houston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Matanuska-Susitna Borough as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Houston.
Is zoning published for Houston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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