Houck, AZ

Census Place

Add Comparison
2023 Population
809
4.12% 1-year growth
US Senator
Mark Kelly
Democratic Party
US Senator
Ruben Gallego
Democratic Party
2023 Median Age
35.7
3.25% 1-year decrease
2023 Poverty Rate
33.6%
4.66% 1-year decrease
2023 Median Household Income
$27,885
10.8% 1-year growth
2023 Median Property Value
$42,800
11.6% 1-year decline
2023 Employed Population
277
14.5% 1-year growth

About

In 2023, Houck, AZ had a population of 809 people with a median age of 35.7 and a median household income of $27,885. Between 2022 and 2023 the population of Houck, AZ grew from 777 to 809, a 4.12% increase and its median household income grew from $25,156 to $27,885, a 10.8% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Houck, AZ are American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) (90.2%), Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) (4.94%), Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander (Non-Hispanic) (2.84%), American Indian & Alaska Native (Hispanic) (0.742%), and White (Non-Hispanic) (0.618%).

None of the households in Houck, AZ reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.5% of the residents in Houck, AZ are U.S. citizens.

In 2023, the median property value in Houck, AZ was $42,800, and the homeownership rate was 94.2%.

Most people in Houck, AZ drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 36.7 minutes. The average car ownership in Houck, AZ was 2 cars per household.

United StatesArizonaApache County, AZNavajo & Apache Counties PUMA, AZ

Population & Diversity

Houck, AZ is home to a population of 809 people, from which 99.5% are citizens. As of 2023, 0.494% of Houck, AZ residents were born outside of the country (4 people).

In 2023, there were 18.3 times more American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) residents (730 people) in Houck, AZ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 40 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 23 Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.5%
2023 Citizenship
99.4%
2022 Citizenship

As of 2023, 99.5% of Houck, AZ residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.4%. In 2022, the percentage of US citizens in Houck, AZ was 99.4%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Houck, AZ compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

View Data
Save Image

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Houck, AZ
  1. American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic)
    730 ± 165
  2. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    40 ± 48
  3. Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander (Non-Hispanic)
    23 ± 25
1.36%
Hispanic Population
11 people

In 2023, there were 18.3 times more American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) residents (730 people) in Houck, AZ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 40 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 23 Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

1.36% of the people in Houck, AZ are hispanic (11 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Houck, AZ as a share of the total population.

View Data
Save Image

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for Arizona.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    487,424 ± 16,556 people
  2. India
    44,278 ± 5,150 people
  3. Canada
    39,616 ± 4,873 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Arizona was Mexico, the natal country of 487,424 Arizona residents, followed by India with 44,278 and Canada with 39,616.

View Data
Save Image

Foreign-Born Population

0.494%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
4 people
0.644%
2022 Foreign-Born Population
5 people

As of 2023, 0.494% of Houck, AZ residents (4 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 13.8%. In 2022, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Houck, AZ was 0.644%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Houck, AZ compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

View Data
Save Image

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    15 ± 23
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    9 ± 22
  3. World War II
    0 ± 14

Houck, AZ has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.67 times greater than any other conflict.

View Data
Save Image

Economy

The economy of Houck, AZ employs 277 people. In 2023, the largest industries in Houck, AZ were Health Care & Social Assistance (78 people), Public Administration (58 people), and Educational Services (35 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services ($45,313), Public Administration ($36,250), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($29,792).

Employment

Occupations

277
2023 Value
± 90
14.5%
1 Year growth
± 43.6%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Houck, AZ grew at a rate of 14.5%, from 242 employees to 277 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Houck, AZ, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (48 people), Business & Financial Operations Occupations (31 people), and Healthcare Support Occupations (29 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Houck, AZ.

View Data
Save Image

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Arizona (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.

View Data
Save Image

Industries

Employment by Industries

277
2023 Value
± 90
14.5%
1 Year growth
± 43.6%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Houck, AZ grew at a rate of 14.5%, from 242 employees to 277 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Houck, AZ, are Health Care & Social Assistance (78 people), Public Administration (58 people), and Educational Services (35 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Houck, AZ, though some of these residents may live in Houck, AZ and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

View Data
Save Image

Median Earnings by Industry

$32,750
Median earning men ± $9,871
$35,278
Median earning women ± $13,335

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Public Administration ($34,250), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($29,583), and Retail Trade ($28,750).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Public Administration ($40,547), Retail Trade ($35,625), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($32,500).

View Data
Save Image

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Arizona.
Y-Axis
2.3%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 3.15M people employed in Arizona. This represents a 2.3% 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 9.21%.

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

View Data
Save Image

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Arizona went to Donald J. Trump with 52.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (46.7%), followed by Jill Stein (0.54%).

Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego are the senators currently representing the state of Arizona. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Arizona is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Houck, AZ. Showing the available data for Arizona.
2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (52.2%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (46.7%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Jill Stein (0.54%)
    Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Arizona went to Donald J. Trump with 52.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (46.7%), followed by Jill Stein (0.54%).

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

View Data
Save Image

Senator Elections

US Senators from Arizona

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Arizona.
Mark Kelly
Senator from Arizona3
Assumed office on December 2, 2020
Elected to the seat to succeed Martha McSally, who had been appointed to the seat following the death of John McCain and the resignation of Jon Kyl.
Ruben Gallego
Senator from Arizona1
Assumed office on January 3, 2025

Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego are the senators currently representing Arizona.

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 Arizona over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

View Data
Save Image

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Arizona

Arizona is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Arizona have changed over time starting in 2008.

View Data
Save Image
View Data
Save Image

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

View Data
Save Image
View Data
Save Image

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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

In 2023, 1.11% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 1.22% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

View Data
Save Image

Educational Attainment

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

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2023 were High School or Equivalent (1.42M), Some college (1.42M), and Bachelors Degree (1.06M).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

View Data
Save Image

Housing & Living

The median property value in Houck, AZ was $42,800 in 2023, which is 0.141 times smaller than the national average of $303,400. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $48,400 to $42,800, a 11.6% decrease. The homeownership rate in Houck, AZ is 94.2%, which is higher than the national average of 65%.

People in Houck, AZ have an average commute time of 36.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Houck, AZ is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$42,800
Median Property Value 2023
±$11,233
$258
Median Property Taxes
±$59

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 Houck, AZ the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Houck, AZ compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

View Data
Save Image
View Data
Save Image

Rent vs Own

94.2%
Homeownership
2023
85%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2023

In 2023, 94.2% of the housing units in Houck, AZ were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 96.6%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Houck, AZ compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

View Data
Save Image

Equity

Income by Location

Use the dropdown to filter by race/ethnicity.
Race/Ethnicity

The following map shows all of the places in Houck, AZ colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

View Data
Save Image

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$27,885
Median Household Income
± $7,620
274
Number of Households
± 59

In 2023, the median household income of the 274 households in Houck, AZ grew to $27,885 from the previous year's value of $25,156.

The following chart displays the households in Houck, AZ 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 < $10k range.

View Data
Save Image

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Houck, AZ is from Arizona.
0.457
2023 Wage GINI in Arizona
0.457
2022 Wage GINI in Arizona

In 2023, the income inequality in Arizona was 0.457 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.105% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Arizona was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Arizona in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Arizona across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

View Data
Save Image

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023
  1. Drove Alone (83.8%)
  2. Worked At Home (9.03%)
  3. Carpooled (6.14%)

In 2023, 83.8% of workers in Houck, AZ drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (9.03%) and those who carpooled to work (6.14%).

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.

View Data
Save Image

Commute Time

36.7 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Houck, AZ have a longer commute time (36.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 6.35% of the workforce in Houck, AZ have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Houck, AZ compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

View Data
Save Image
View Data
Save Image

Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Houck, AZ distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Houck, AZ have 2 cars.

View Data
Save Image

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

33.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Houck, AZ (272 out of 809 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Males 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Houck, AZ is Native American, followed by Two Or More and White.

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.

View Data
Save Image

Health

81.6% of the population of Houck, AZ has health coverage, with 19.7% on employee plans, 50.6% on Medicaid, 7.05% on Medicare, 3.96% on non-group plans, and 0.371% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Arizona see 1,505 patients per year on average, which represents a 1.25% decrease from the previous year (1,524 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1509 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 549 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 44.6% were men and 55.4% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 27.8% under 18 years, 20% between 18 and 34 years, 41.8% between 35 and 64 years, and 10.4% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 44.6% were men and 55.4% were women.

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

View Data
Save Image

Uninsured People

18.4%
Uninsured
19.7%
Employer Coverage
50.6%
Medicaid
7.05%
Medicare
3.96%
Non-Group
0.371%
Military or VA

Between 2022 and 2023, the percent of uninsured citizens in Houck, AZ declined by 17.3% from 22.3% to 18.4%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Houck, AZ changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

View Data
Save Image