AreaProfile

Channelview, Texas

Area Profile

43,605 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Channelview, in Harris County.

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How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Schools2066th of 2,668 published cities30
Housing affordabilityTop 40% of 4,223 published cities86
ClimateTop 27% of 4,223 published cities75
Physical resilience3518th of 4,182 published cities21
AccessTop 36% of 4,226 published cities95
Economic stability3248th of 4,226 published cities44
The quick read

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by inland flooding, hurricane and drought.

A major airport is 13 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
43,605
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$64,422
Bottom 46% nationally
Density
3,026/sq mi
14.4 sq mi of land
Median age
30.9
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Harris County
Texas
Metro area
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Nearest major airport
EFD
13 mi · Ellington
Median home value
$195,900
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$6,665$64,422Bottom 46%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,716$25,193Bottom 21%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate20.3%Top 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute31.6 minTop 27%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher15.2%Bottom 35%2024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation63.4%Top 40%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$67,610Bottom 48%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$49,410Bottom 36%2025 OEWS
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202467k64k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $64,422 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Fast Food and Counter Workers105,810$27,570
General and Operations Managers97,320$119,600
Retail Salespersons78,960$31,340
Stockers and Order Fillers72,970$36,890
Registered Nurses65,910$99,830
Customer Service Representatives65,510$40,380

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

33% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 31% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 16.0 students for every full-time teacher, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
9
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
16.0
across all schools here
Math proficiency
33.2%
Bottom 34% in Texas
Reading proficiency
31.4%
Bottom 16% in Texas
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
CHANNELVIEW H SCHANNELVIEW ISD2,91717.5
ALICE JOHNSON J HCHANNELVIEW ISD1,11215.932%29%
B H HAMBLEN ELCHANNELVIEW ISD88615.831%33%
MCGHEE ELCHANNELVIEW ISD77014.338%32%
DE ZAVALA ELCHANNELVIEW ISD63414.734%34%
MCMULLAN ELCHANNELVIEW ISD48213.838%38%
CRENSHAW ELCHANNELVIEW ISD48214.628%24%
EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERCHANNELVIEW ISD42720.3
ENDEAVOR HS-JOE FRANK CAMPBELL LEARNING CENTERCHANNELVIEW ISD9810.9

90.3% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against Texas’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,279 takes 24% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.0 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
23.8%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.0×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,279
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$195,900
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.04Top 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate72.2%Bottom 42%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±80713,788Top 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$137$1,279Top 29%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$11,319$195,900Top 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income23.8%Top 21%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate8.4%Bottom 44%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 93°F and January a low of 46°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 55.6 inches.

40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station HOUSTON HOBBY AP, 14.7 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND6.1"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation55.6"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low46°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high93°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing30°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

21 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, hurricane and drought.

HurricaneElevated
Inland floodingElevated
LandslideModerate
DroughtModerate

Low or minimal exposure: tornado, lightning, cold wave, heat wave, ice storm, strong wind, earthquake, hail, winter weather, wildfire, coastal flooding.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. Reported crime is also easy to misread: agency participation varies year to year, and a city that draws a large daytime workforce carries incidents its residents did not generate.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 13 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
EllingtonEFD13 mi9,001 ft
George Bush Intcntl/HoustonIAH19 mi12,001 ft
Sugar Land RgnlSGR35 mi8,000 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
HoustonHarris County2,328,25354vs Channelview
PasadenaHarris County149,43349vs Channelview
PearlandBrazoria County127,51465vs Channelview
The WoodlandsMontgomery County121,002vs Channelview
League CityGalveston County116,21575vs Channelview
Sugar LandFort Bend County110,01671vs Channelview
ConroeMontgomery County102,36067vs Channelview
AtascocitaHarris County99,354vs Channelview
BaytownHarris County85,20550vs Channelview
Missouri CityFort Bend County76,55860vs Channelview
SpringHarris County68,580vs Channelview
Texas CityGalveston County55,36465vs Channelview

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

ZIP codes in Channelview

1 published ZIP profiles
ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeArea Score
7753031,527$62,195