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77433Houston, Texas

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 77433.

65
Area Score
Top 34% of 695 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 28% of 727 published ZIP areas65
GrowthTop 37% of 701 published ZIP areas59
Housing affordabilityTop 3% of 800 published ZIP areas100
ClimateTop 35% of 779 published ZIP areas74
Physical resilience666th of 800 published ZIP areas21
Access673rd of 779 published ZIP areas89
Economic stabilityTop 10% of 800 published ZIP areas78
The quick read

Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles, with rent taking 16% of median household income.

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

Its Area Score of 65 places 77433 in the top 34% of published ZIP profiles.

At a glance

Population
116,550
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$143,934
Top 5% nationally
Density
1,971/sq mi
59.1 sq mi of land
Median age
34.4
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Houston
Texas
Metro area
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Nearest major airport
SGR
23 mi · Sugar Land Rgnl
Median home value
$409,400
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 5.2% is lower than 26% of the 1,061 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 0.5% over the past year, to 1,173,923 employed residents.

52% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 89% of measured US ZIP areas.

Household income is higher than at least 95% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$9,888$143,934Top 5%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,851$52,876Top 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate7.0%Bottom 31%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute39.0 minTop 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher51.6%Top 11%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment1,173,923Top 22%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)3.2%Top 12%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-0.5%Top 41%June 2026
Labor force1,237,839Top 22%June 2026
Labor force participation68.6%Top 19%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$67,610Top 46%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$49,410Bottom 40%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.7%Top 26%June 2026
Unemployment rate5.2%Top 26%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024144k121k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $143,934 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.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Houston, TX, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,960 takes 16% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 2.8 times median household income here, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
16.3%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.8×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,960
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$409,400
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income2.84Bottom 41%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate81.5%Top 43%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±1,28835,892Top 1%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$117$1,960Top 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$16,794$409,400Top 19%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income16.3%Bottom 40%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2.5%Bottom 10%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 →
Development Momentum
59/ 100
Top 37% of 701 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

At 4.9 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
11K
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
4.9
Top 36% nationally
Year over year
−3%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
44.7%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Houston, TX, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 94°F and January a low of 43°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 50.8 inches.

30°50°70°90°110°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station HOUSTON HOOKS MEM AP, 13.9 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND5.6"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation50.8"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low43°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high94°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing32°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. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 23 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Sugar Land RgnlSGR23 mi8,000 ft
George Bush Intcntl/HoustonIAH24 mi12,001 ft
EllingtonEFD42 mi9,001 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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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
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
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)

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.

77433 vs Houston

How this ZIP area compares with Houston as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

77433
Houston
Median household income
$143,934
vs
$64,813
Per capita income
$52,876
vs
$42,430
Population density
1,971/sq mi
vs
3,634/sq mi
Median home value
$409,400
vs
$277,800
Median gross rent
$1,960
vs
$1,361
Homeownership rate
81.5%
vs
42.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher
51.6%
vs
36.6%
Poverty rate
7.0%
vs
19.9%
Median age
34.4
vs
34.4

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.