Housing mix
Houston, TX housing supply, ownership, and rent
What the latest ACS housing mix can and cannot tell buyers and renters comparing options in Houston, TX.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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The local figures answer the first question: Houston, TX's current ACS housing baseline includes 1,040,576 total housing units, 930,404 occupied units, and 110,172 vacant units. For the decision at hand, those counts may still help a borrower establish the scale of the measured housing base before comparing tenure, rent, current listings, property condition, and financing. The figures describe stock across the survey period; they do not say that 110,172 homes were listed for sale or available to rent at one moment. In practical terms, reading 1,040,576 total units with 930,404 occupied and 110,172 vacant units keeps the release internally grounded while leaving live availability to current listing and property evidence.
Houston, TX's ACS median gross rent is $1,361, while renter-occupied units account for 57.9% of occupied housing and owner-occupied units account for 42.1%.