One downside of living in South Houston is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In South Houston, the average commute to work is 30.54 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small city, South Houston does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in South Houston is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.27% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in South Houston in 2022 was $21,830, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,320 for a family of four. However, South Houston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
South Houston is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call South Houston home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in South Houston, accounting for 92.00% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of South Houston residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in South Houston include German, European, African, Scots-Irish, and English.
In addition, South Houston has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (33.23%).
The most common language spoken in South Houston is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
