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Population (year 2000): 1,202. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,614 (+34.3% change)
Males: 638 (53.1%), Females: 564 (46.9%)
Zip code:
99694
Median resident age: 34.1 years
Median household income: $39,615 (year 2000)
Median house value: $91,400 (year 2000)
Races in Houston:
- White Non-Hispanic (82.9%)
- American Indian (12.3%)
- Two or more races (5.5%)
- Hispanic (2.3%)
- Other race (0.9%)
Ancestries: German (13.3%), Irish (13.0%),
United States (9.5%), English (8.5%), Norwegian (5.4%), Dutch
(3.2%).
Elevation: 244 feet
Land area: 22.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Houston
- High school or higher: 84.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.1%
- Unemployed: 17.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 46.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Houston city
- Never married: 29.2%
- Now married: 51.6%
- Separated: 2.6%
- Widowed: 3.2%
- Divorced: 13.4%
1.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +486 (+67.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Houston:
- ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER, PHS (about 28 miles;
ANCHORAGE, AK)
- ALASKA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE (about 28 miles;
ANCHORAGE, AK)
- COLUMBIA ALASKA REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 28 miles;
ANCHORAGE, AK)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Houston:
- TED STEVENS ANCHORAGE INTL (about 34 miles;
ANCHORAGE, AK; ID: ANC)
- KENAI MUNI (about 124 miles; KENAI, AK; ID: ENA)
- HOMER (about 180 miles; HOMER, AK; ID: HOM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Houston:
- BEAVER LAKE (about 5 miles; BIG LAKE, AK; ID: D71)
- BIG LAKE (about 6 miles; BIG LAKE, AK; ID: BGQ)
- VISNAW LAKE (about 8 miles; WASILLA, AK; ID: T66)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Houston:
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE (about 28 miles;
ANCHORAGE, AK; Full-time enrollment: 9,453)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS (about 261 miles;
FAIRBANKS, AK; FT enrollment: 5,034)
- PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 2047 miles; PORT ANGELES,
WA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 2084 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
- WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 2087 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 2,656)
- SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 2103 miles; MT VERNON,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,420)
- EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE (about 2106 miles; OLYMPIA,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,749)
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