Código postal 77079 — Houston, TX

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El código postal 77079 cubre Houston, Texas, con una población de unos 35,540 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $103,089.

Población: 35,5404,594 per square mile
Edad media: 362.7 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $103,0891.4× the Texas median
Tasa de pobreza: 6.5%5.9 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $745,756up 37.1% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,6201.2× the Texas median
Título universitario o superior: 67.9%32.9 points above the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 50.8%14.2 points below the US average
Zona horaria: Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 1,796

Dónde está 77079

Houston, Texas — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	35,540
Edad media	36
Hogares familiares	60.7%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	24.8%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	31.1%
Blanca (no hispana)	54.8%
Negra (no hispana)	12.9%
Asiática (no hispana)	8.2%
Hispana o latina	20.2%
Veteranos	3.9%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$103,089
Ingreso por persona	$71,644
Tasa de pobreza	6.5%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	7.4%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	4.0%
$10–15k	1.1%
$15–20k	1.2%
$20–25k	2.2%
$25–30k	1.7%
$30–35k	3.0%
$35–40k	3.6%
$40–45k	2.6%
$45–50k	2.5%
$50–60k	6.1%
$60–75k	8.5%
$75–100k	12.1%
$100–125k	7.1%
$125–150k	8.2%
$150–200k	9.9%
$200k or more	26.2%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	16,290
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$205,109
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	26.6%
Returns, under $25k	22.4%
Returns, $25k–$50k	15.7%
Returns, $50k–$75k	12.6%
Returns, $75k–$100k	7.8%
Returns, $100k–$200k	14.9%
Returns, $200k or more	26.6%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$636,100
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,620
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	27.9%
Ocupada por su propietario	50.8%
Viviendas vacías	9.4%
Año medio de construcción	1978

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	39.3%
Casa adosada	10.4%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	4.7%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	15.7%
20 o más viviendas	29.9%
Casa móvil	0.1%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$745,756as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 5.8%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 37.1%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 49.9%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$1,594as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	down 2.1%
Typical asking rent, 5 years	up 11.4%
Typical asking rent, 10 years	up 23%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$256,451 in 2000 to $745,756 in 2026.

Alquiler típico solicitado

$1,296 in 2016 to $1,594 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	3.7%
Licenciatura o superior	67.9%
Bachillerato o superior	95.7%
Trabaja desde casa	16.3%
Conduce solo al trabajo	73.2%
Usa el transporte público	0.4%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	14.7%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	30.5% 2.9 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	9% 3 pts below the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	8.1% 5.1 pts below the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	28.4% 5.7 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	12.8% 7.5 pts below the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	10.3% 1 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	20% 1.9 pts below the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	16.5% 8.9 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	18.7% 6.4 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	18.6% 2.6 pts above the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	73.6% 1.1 pts below the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	7.1% 0.6 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	8.8% 1.6 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	4.3% 1.9 pts below the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	75.1% 1.6 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	87.9% 2 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	10.9% 3.9 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	62.5% 1.8 pts below the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	3.9% 2.7 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	65.8% 4.5 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	22.6% 8.1 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Discapacidad auditiva	5% 1.7 pts below the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	34.8% 1.4 pts below the national average of 36.2%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	5.4% 3 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Mamografía	74.7% 1.2 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	13.8% 3 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	8.9% 5.1 pts below the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	9.4% 4.1 pts below the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	2.5% 1.5 pts below the national average of 4%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	34.9% 1.5 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	2.3% 1.1 pts below the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	7.2% 5.8 pts below the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	3.6% 2 pts below the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	1,796
Personas empleadas	41,588
Nómina anual	$5,859,964,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 71.4% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Very Low to Relatively High en los 11 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	73.7 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	16.2 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Huracán	90.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	88.6Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	73.1Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	67.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	65.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	65.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	48.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	36.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	35.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	34.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	31.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	24.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	20.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	12.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Texas y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Texas	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$103,089	$76,292	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$71,644	$39,446	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	6.5%	13.8%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$636,100	$260,400	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,620	$1,339	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	50.8%	62.6%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	67.9%	33.1%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	3.7%	5.1%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	16.3%	12.8%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	24.8%	17.2%	13.9%
Edad media	36	35.5	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	HOUSTON SUGARLAND MEM, TX US17.8 km away
Lluvia al año	50 in

Average high and low by month

enero	64.3°F / 45.3°F3.63 in rain
febrero	68.1°F / 49.5°F2.83 in rain
marzo	74.1°F / 55.3°F3.49 in rain
abril	80.1°F / 60.4°F4.26 in rain
mayo	87.1°F / 68.6°F5.24 in rain
junio	92.3°F / 74.1°F4.22 in rain
julio	95°F / 75.7°F4.16 in rain
agosto	94.2°F / 75.7°F5.27 in rain
septiembre	89.7°F / 71.5°F4.42 in rain
octubre	83.3°F / 62°F4.65 in rain
noviembre	73.6°F / 52.7°F3.78 in rain
diciembre	66.5°F / 46.4°F3.76 in rain

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Lejos de un supermercado	28% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 2 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Spring Branch Independent School District	69.3% de la superficie de este código postal
Katy Independent School District	29.7% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	27más vulnerable que el 27% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	28más vulnerable que el 28% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	26más vulnerable que el 26% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	55más vulnerable que el 55% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	31más vulnerable que el 31% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	14.1 out of 20Above average

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

77077 Houston, TX	a 2.9 km
77043 Houston, TX	a 5 km
77042 Houston, TX	a 5.3 km
77082 Houston, TX	a 6.4 km
77411 Alief, TX	a 7 km
77024 Houston, TX	a 7.5 km
77072 Houston, TX	a 8.4 km
77413 Barker, TX	a 8.5 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Harris County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Central (UTC-06:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	7.74 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.07 sq mi
Densidad de población	4,594 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	29.7738, -95.5980

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.