Houston Population 2024 Forecast. If texas wants to rein in its high housing costs, it needs more homes, texas comptroller glenn hegar's office. The average household income in houston is $97,458 with a poverty rate of 19.6%.

Houston is currently growing at a rate of 0.21% annually and its population has increased by 0.86% since the most recent census, which recorded a population of 2,299,269 in 2020. 1 most populous american city by 2100, with austin (estimated future population 22.2 million) sliding in.