Houston vs New Braunfels
Houston, TX compared with New Braunfels, TX · 164 miles apart
Houston has 2,397,315 residents to New Braunfels’s 122,492. Houston comes out ahead on median rent. New Braunfels does better on median household income, homeownership, average commute.
| Houston, TX | New Braunfels, TX | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 2,397,315 | 122,492 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 3,741 | 2,715 |
| Median household income | $64,813 | $86,021 |
| Median home value | $277,800 | $339,400 |
| Median rent | $1,361 | $1,654 |
| Homeownership | 42.1% | 65.3% |
| Average commute | 27.2 min | 27.1 min |
| Median age | 34.4 | 37.1 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 36.6% | 38.6% |
| Poverty rate | 19.9% | 7.4% |
| Unemployment | 6.9% | 4.2% |
| Price to income | 4.3× | 3.9× |
| Clear days a year | 38 | — |
| Days above 90°F | 78 | — |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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