Pop & Emp

Population & Employment Forecasts to 2050

The following data for Greater West Houston is presented by regional analysis zones (RAZ). It is derived from reports by the Houston Galveston Area Council forecasts for 2020, 2025 and 2035. Projections to 2050 are calculated by the West Houston Association by annualizing earlier period growth and projecting that over the balance of the 2050 period.

Greater West Houston Population & Employment

Forecast to 2050

Extrapolation of Population Forecasts to 2050

Measure	2007	2050	Change 2007 - 2050	%Change 2007 - 2050	Annual Growth
Population	1,198,000	2,164,000	966,000	81%	22,000
Households *	441,000	833,000	392,000	89%	9,000
Housing Units*	474,000	883,000	409,000	86%	9,500
Single-Family*	308,000	550,000	242,000	79%	5,700
Multi-Family*	166,000	333,000	167,000	100%	3,800

*Extrapolation of households, units and families provided by Charles Savino, CDS Market Research

West Houston Region Employment and Population Data By RAZ Units

WHR Regional	Employment						Population
Analysis Zones	1990	2000	2005	2025	2035	2050	1990	2000	2005	2025	2035	2050
146	2,899	3,984	5,974	14,261	23,350	31,650	32,455	52,704	60,747	118,050	138,619	175,440
145	782	1,553	2,248	5,425	6,785	9,027	3,009	4,646	6,332	28,596	47,558	65,949
144	1,672	2,637	6,243	14,209	18,725	25,620	2,669	19,068	32,664	56,167	75,391	99,529
143	994	741	1,393	1,798	2,155	2,761	1,302	1,291	2,075	3,675	4,671	6,120
142	1,933	3,009	4,383	6,700	7,989	10,123	5,120	7,641	7,846	15,111	21,064	26,817
141	2,274	2,868	2,432	3,821	4,831	5,672	5,681	7,452	10,217	16,737	20,778	26,489
140	2,488	2,993	4,786	7,013	8,275	10,539	11,194	16,275	15,230	24,446	29,105	34,604
119	13,524	20,214	17,177	25,460	30,606	35,060	41,790	52,714	60,035	75,851	81,466	93,788
118	5,187	6,445	10,216	19,520	26,466	35,046	18,495	46,721	60,663	99,625	140,665	180,927
117	771	778	1,016	3,062	3,917	5,262	3,266	5,051	6,292	24,696	42,675	58,800
116	3,627	5,651	8,188	11,669	13,044	16,212	21,513	35,369	44,440	92,046	124,655	162,920
115	185	106	418	1,790	3,109	4,396	661	1,416	2,093	18,276	40,914	57,842
114	5,569	14,758	22,613	26,818	30,657	37,471	27,479	40,479	43,690	54,715	62,968	72,606
113	2,541	4,672	9,184	15,977	20,065	26,662	27,136	45,707	49,960	86,343	115,910	145,997
112	1,644	2,205	4,023	6,027	6,713	8,645	6,636	10,269	9,241	11,468	12,629	13,640
111	7,496	10,646	14,441	19,500	23,141	28,496	29,747	49,488	46,525	53,654	58,079	61,761
110	3,020	4,543	3,495	5,868	7,912	9,356	18,236	22,597	21,589	24,433	26,017	27,483
107	13,113	25,022	31,427	43,651	51,113	62,295	42,543	68,186	72,382	82,408	90,325	99,813
106	3,579	9,784	11,439	14,982	18,176	21,773	9,310