Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX

Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA)

2024 Population

193,174

US Senator

John Cornyn

Republican Party

US Senator

Ted Cruz

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

35.3

2.22% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

12.7%

1.87% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$80,114

2.47% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

Health

78.1% of the population of Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX has health coverage, with 41.6% on employee plans, 14.3% on Medicaid, 11% on Medicare, 9.92% on non-group plans, and 1.2% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Texas see 1,657 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,657 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1590 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 590 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.3% were men and 49.7% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.

1,657 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Texas

Primary care physicians in Texas see an average of 1,657 patients per year. This represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,657 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Texas in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 28% under 18 years, 21.6% between 18 and 34 years, 37.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 13.3% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.3% were men and 49.7% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

21.9%

Uninsured

41.6%

Employer Coverage

14.3%

Medicaid

11%

Medicare

9.92%

Non-Group

1.2%

Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX grew by 2.97% from 21.2% to 21.9%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

Economy

The economy of Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX employs 81.3k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX were Construction (7,474 people), Elementary & secondary schools (6,970 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (6,206 people), and the highest paying industries were Car washes ($256,901), Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals ($152,570), and Banking & related activities ($145,624).

Males in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX have an average income that is 1.47 times higher than the average income of females, which is $57,812. The income inequality in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX (measured using the Gini index) is 0.457, which is lower than than the national average.

Employment

Workforce Diversity

Measure

RACE/ETHNICITY

36,680

Women

45.1%

44,615

Men

54.9%

The workforce of Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX in 2024 was 81,295 people, with 45.1% woman, and 54.9% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX.

With the upper buttons you can see the distribution of the average salary and add a filter by race.

Occupations

81.3k

2024 Value

3.86%

1 Year growth

± 3.86%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX grew at a rate of 3.86%, from 78.3k employees to 81.3k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX, are Elementary & middle school teachers (2,365 people), Driver/sales workers & truck drivers (2,325 people), and Janitors & building cleaners (2,308 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Texas (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

81.3k

2024 Value

3.86%

1 Year growth

± 3.86%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX grew at a rate of 3.86%, from 78.3k employees to 81.3k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX, are Construction (7,474 people), Elementary & secondary schools (6,970 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (6,206 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX, though some of these residents may live in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$57,107

Median earning men ± $3,219

$36,636

Median earning women ± $1,824

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($84,894), Wholesale Trade ($77,817), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($74,880).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($61,125), Public Administration ($49,622), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($49,002).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.

Y-Axis

4.59%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.63%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX. Showing the available data for Texas.

2024 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (56.1%)
Republican Party
Kamala Harris (42.5%)
Democratic Party
Jill Stein (0.726%)
Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Texas for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Texas

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.

John Cornyn

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.

Ted Cruz

Senator from Texas

Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX was $257,500 in 2024, which is 0.774 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $238,500 to $257,500, a 7.97% increase. The homeownership rate in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX is 72.8%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX have an average commute time of 33.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$257,500

Median Property Value 2024

±$9,642

$48,617

Median Property Taxes

±$2,080

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

72.8%

Homeownership

2024

70.7%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 72.8% of the housing units in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 72.5%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$80,114

Median Household Income

± $3,893

66.7k

Number of Households

± 2,699

In 2024, the median household income of the 66.7k households in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX grew to $80,114 from the previous year's value of $78,180.

The following chart displays the households in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

0.457

2024 Wage GINI in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX

0.457

2023 Wage GINI in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX

In 2024, the income inequality in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX was 0.457 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0708% growth from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (72.7%)
Worked At Home (12.9%)
Carpooled (10.1%)

In 2024, 72.7% of workers in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (12.9%) and those who carpooled to work (10.1%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

33.2 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX have a longer commute time (33.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 4.45% of the workforce in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

12.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX (24.3k out of 191k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Males 6 - 11.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (Northeast), Conroe City (East) PUMA, TX is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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