77024
77079
77094
77056
77057
77063
77042
77077
77082
WestPark Toll area
77083
77072
77099
77036
77074
Southwest Houston
77031
77085
77071
77053
77081
77096
77035
77045
Bunker Hill Village
Addicks
Cinco Ranch/Katy
Uptown/Galleria
Westheimer Corridor
Westheimer Corridor
Westheimer Corridor
Westheimer Corridor
Westheimer Corridor
Mission Bend
Alief
Alief
Sharpstown
Sharpstown
Along S Beltway
Along S Beltway
Along S Beltway
Along S Beltway
Along I610 Loop
Along I610 Loop
SW Houston
SW Houston
32%
64%
127%
99%
57%
41%
54%
72%
75%
54%
23%
32%
1%
13%
19%
53%
27%
5%
-8%
4%
9%
2%
16%
26%
41%
38%
23%
19%
22%
28%
27%
20%
9%
14%
0%
4%
9%
14%
12%
1%
-5%
3%
5%
-2%
350
1,552
376
598
2,540
5,144
8,724
6,851
12,280
19,700
18,244
18,289
17,994
9,057
6,933
6,495
18,028
14,080
4,233
6,401
16,640
15,426
1%
4%
4%
3%
6%
16%
22%
13%
27%
31%
30%
36%
22%
20%
38%
49%
61%
46%
7%
17%
39%
50%
$79,942
$47,987
$148,214
$55,000
$42,996
$34,633
$38,768
$43,463
$43,238
$54,490
$32,119
$37,990
$27,603
$32,387
$37,231
$62,955
$43,757
$48,140
$30,472
$30,167
$33,408
$45,814
28%
15%
95%
18%
8%
12%
6%
11%
22%
63%
22%
26%
8%
12%
33%
79%
49%
69%
3%
13%
22%
66%
$246,928
$348,440
$437,792
N/A
$453,645
$89,191
$128,103
$198,880
$145,877
$131,467
$110,649
N/A
$114,332
$113,531
$138,831
$109,047
$140,112
$100,080
$216,174
$142,995
$113,051
$90,953
36,797
34,950
10,021
18,812
40,069
32,730
39,906
52,045
46,167
63,284
61,672
50,786
83,180
45,314
18,027
13,297
29,487
30,362
56,508
37,685
42,634
30,670
7
7
17
13
8
8
8
10
13
11
9
7
8
9
7
21
8
11
7
6
6
11
%
Black
Growth
00-09
Black
pop
Total
pop
Home
owner
Growth
09-14
Black
income
Avg home
value
West Houston
SOUTHWEST HOUSTON
Southwest Houston contains some of the most multicultural communities in Texas. It is home to more than 200,000 African Americans, about one quarter of the total population. They share this area with Hispanic and many Asian ethnicities. Other Black ethnicities, such as African and Caribbean immigrant’s have also put down roots in this area. African American growth has slowed down in areas around Sharpstown as they are choosing to move to communities to the west, such as Alief and Mission Bend, or south along the beltway bordering Stafford and Missouri City which have a higher percentage of Blacks. This area along the Beltway has experienced significant growth in African American population and has the highest rates of homeownership in Southwest Houston. It has a mix of young and middle-aged low, lower middle and some upper middle income families trying to provide better lives for their children than they had..
The West Houston communities of Alief and Mission Bend are about 1/3 Black which includes immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean. There is a mix of singles, couples, and families with income ranges from lower middle to upper middle. Mission Bend is just west of Alief and consists of more single family homes.
Total %
growth
Southwest Houston contains some of the most multicultural communities in Texas. It is home to more than 200,000 African Americans, about one quarter of the total population. They share this area with Hispanic and many Asian ethnicities. Other Black ethnicities, such as African and Caribbean immigrant’s have also put down roots in this area.
KEY ZIP CODE LEGEND
YELLOW: More than 10%increase in Black population since 2000, Blacks are more than 17% (median) of the total population, Income $35K and over (median)
GREEN: More than 100% Increase in Black population since 2000 but less than 17% Black, Income $35K and over (median)
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Southwest Houston tends to get a bad reputation because of crime reports coming mainly from Sharpstown's many apartment communities and also the perceptions of all of the minorities living in the area. But the area is large and, like anywhere else, it depends on the neighborhood in question.
The area commonly referred to as West Houston, mainly along the Westheimer Rd corridor and including Uptown/Galleria, is a strip of established transitioning communities. The growing numbers of African American and other ethnicities in the area are replacing some of the majority white-owned and rented housing that already exists in the area.
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