AreaProfile

Spring, Texas

Area Profile

68,580 residents. Jobs, income, climate, physical risk, development and airport access for Spring, in Harris County.

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How this area ranks
Housing affordabilityTop 28% of 1,876 published cities88
ClimateTop 38% of 1,876 published cities73
Physical resilience1509th of 1,849 published cities21
AccessTop 36% of 1,876 published cities97
Economic stabilityTop 33% of 1,876 published cities67
The quick read

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

A major airport is 6 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
68,580
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$88,997
Top 26% nationally
Density
3,049/sq mi
22.5 sq mi of land
Median age
32.7
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Harris County
Texas
Metro area
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Nearest major airport
IAH
6 mi · George Bush Intcntl/Houston
Median home value
$231,500
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$3,319$88,997Top 26%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,732$34,497Top 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate10.4%Bottom 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute36.5 minTop 13%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher25.6%Top 38%2024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation70.3%Top 17%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$67,610Bottom 48%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$49,410Bottom 37%2025 OEWS
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202489k78k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $88,997 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.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,711 takes 23% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 2.6 times median household income here, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
23.1%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.6×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,711
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$231,500
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income2.60Bottom 41%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate74.4%Bottom 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±99323,546Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$68$1,711Top 15%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$5,610$231,500Top 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income23.1%Top 25%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate5.1%Bottom 29%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 95°F and January a low of 44°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 51.8 inches.

30°50°70°90°110°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station HOUSTON INTERCONT AP, 5.9 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND6.0"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation51.8"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall0.1"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low44°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high95°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing31°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.

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 6 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
George Bush Intcntl/HoustonIAH6 mi12,001 ft
EllingtonEFD34 mi9,001 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 County2,328,25357vs Spring
PasadenaHarris County149,43353vs Spring
PearlandBrazoria County127,51464vs Spring
The WoodlandsMontgomery County121,002vs Spring
League CityGalveston County116,21577vs Spring
Sugar LandFort Bend County110,01671vs Spring
ConroeMontgomery County102,36068vs Spring
AtascocitaHarris County99,354vs Spring
BaytownHarris County85,20553vs Spring
Missouri CityFort Bend County76,55862vs Spring
Texas CityGalveston County55,36469vs Spring
GalvestonGalveston County53,42459vs Spring

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)

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 Spring

1 published ZIP profiles
ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeArea Score
7737369,739$88,617