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Harris County · Texas

ZIP code 77019

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 77019 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
23,662

ZCTA residents

Median income
$108,353

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$724,900

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
8.25%

Combined state + local

Quick answer

ZIP 77019 sits in Harris County, Texas and is home to 23,662 people. Median household income is $108,353, the median home is worth $724,900 and median gross rent is $1,886. 41.2% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 8.25% combined.

County
Harris County

FIPS 48201

State
Texas (TX)

1,989 ZIPs covered

Area codes
281, 346, 713, 832

NANPA codes serving this area

Metro area
Houston

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 77019

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
23,662ZIP 77019 residents
Median household income
$108,353Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$724,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,886Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
36.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
41.2%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 77019 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 77019 is a mid-size town in Harris County, Texas, with 23,662 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #510 of 1,989 ranked by population — larger than 74% of them. The median age here is 36.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in ZIP 77019 earn a median of $108,353 a year, 38% above the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 10.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 77019 is valued at $724,900, 138.9% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,886 a month, 34.1% above the national figure, or roughly $22,632 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 6.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is out of reach on local earnings alone and the ownership market leans on outside income, equity or dual high earners. 41.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Home values sit at 6.7× median household income, far past the 3.9× national mark, so ownership costs here are set by something other than local wages — second homes, retirees with equity, or commuters earning elsewhere.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

Reading ZIP 77019 in context

How 77019 sits inside Harris County and Texas.

ZIP 77019 is tabulated inside Harris County, Texas, one of 132 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 1,989 across Texas. This is a mid-sized suburban ZIP inside a county that is split across many delivery areas. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 77019 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 77019 reports a median household income of $108,353, 57% above the $68,808 county median, and 59% above the $68,103 typical TX ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $724,900, 212% above the county figure and 272% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,886 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

A taxable purchase made inside 77019 carries 8.25% at the register, assembled from the Houston jurisdiction stack: the Texas state rate plus every county, municipal and special district levy that reaches this address. Because those district boundaries were drawn for schools, transit and hospital funding rather than for mail delivery, two addresses inside 77019 can legitimately fall under different totals — the rate shown here is the one that applies to the dominant jurisdiction.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 77019 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 77019

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
8.25%Houston jurisdiction stack
Tax on $100
$8Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$83Before any exemptions

This ZIP falls inside the Houston rate area, so state, county, city and district levies are published here as a full stack.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
21%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
6.7×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$3,761/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
10.1%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 77019 compares

ZIP 77019 against the median ZIP in Harris County and across Texas.

MeasureZIP 77019County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$108,353$68,808$68,103+59%
Median home value$724,900$232,600$194,900+272%
Median gross rent$1,886$1,334$1,105+71%
Population23,66232,4525,317+345%

Medians are computed across the 132 ZIP areas in Harris County and the 1989 ZIP areas in Texas.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 1989 Texas ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 89% of 1,756 state ZIPs

#189
Home value

above 99% of 1,705 state ZIPs

#25
Population

larger than 74% of 1,989 state ZIPs

#510

Comparable ZIP codes

Texas ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
78645Travis County$108,393$387,200$1,455
76179Tarrant County$108,428$299,300$1,840
78027Kendall County$108,434$279,700—
76210Denton County$108,438$348,400$1,774
79511Howard County$108,438$265,700$1,173
77659Hardin County$108,461$233,800$1,184

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Harris County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Harris County, Texas.

ZIP 77019 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 77019?
ZIP 77019 lies mostly in Harris County, Texas. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 77019?
Purchases are taxed at 8.25% combined, built from the Houston jurisdiction stack.
Is 77019 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $1,886 a month, about 21% of median household income, and the median home is worth $724,900 — +272% against the typical Texas ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 77019, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.