The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Houston has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Houston a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One of the benefits of Houston is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.16 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Houston is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Houston rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.01% of adults 25 and older in Houston have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Houston in 2022 was $24,125, which is lower middle income relative to Missouri, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,500 for a family of four. However, Houston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Houston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Houston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Houston include German, Irish, English, French, and Czech.
The most common language spoken in Houston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Italian.
