Houston and Dallas: where do we live?

[totheskies]

Just a snapshot of the most urban areas of Urban Texas.

Dallas' top five zip codes (most populous)
75217-- 72, 897 inhabitants
75211-- 68, 693
75228-- 65, 688
75243-- 59, 551
75231-- 52, 329

Houston figures
77036-- 76, 146
77084-- 63, 557
77083-- 52, 061
77072-- 51, 716
77015-- 50, 569

http://www.brainyzip.com/state/zip_texas.html where I obtained the figures

http://maps.huge.info/zip.htm a zip code map

It's pretty interesting to note that in the case of both cities, the most populated areas are no where near downtown, but hopefully that is changing. Houston seems to have a large concentration of people in the West-Southwest corner of the city (which is where the most diverse populations live also), while Dallas is a little more spread out. Sorry that I didn't have time to get Austin, FW, or San Antonio, but I'd love to see those figures as well. What are your thoughts? :notacrook:

[Texas Tuff]

I think the high concentration of population in Houston's West-Southwest area has a lot to do with the Texas Medical Center being nearby and perhaps to some extent, Rice University. West University Place and Bellaire for example are very desirable areas to live in. Many homes in that area, which are typically older, sell fast. And it is amazing how many brand new homes are being built on "tear down" lots in those areas of town, usually 2 to 3 story luxury homes on narrow lots that are selling for a lot of money (typically in the 800K to 1 million plus range). Of course there are many other concentrated areas in Houston's inner loop area as well (Uptown, Midtown, River Oaks etc.) that also continue to be desirable places to live for many people.

[KevinFromTexas]

Ok, so I'm going with the numbers that city-data has since they're 5 years newer and also they listed the land area and the densities. These aren't all the zip codes for Austin, and not all of the biggest ones, I tried to get the ones that were big, but that were also denser.

78745 - 54,812 - 13.1 square miles 4,189 people per square mile (2005).
78753 - 45,684 - 11 square miles 4,140 people per square mile. 2005)
78704 - 44,691 - 8.6 square miles. 5,195 people per square mile. (2005)
78758 - 44,247 - 8.6 square miles. 5,124 people per square mile. (2005)
78741 - 42,016 - 7.6 square miles. 5,533 people per square mile. (2005)
78723 - 31,114 - 5.8 square miles. 5,383 people per square mile. (2005)
78705 - 27,719 - 2.5 square miles. 11,301 people per square mile. (2005)
78702 - 23,285 - 5 square miles. 4,665 people per square mile. (2005)
78752 - 18,631 - 3.3 square miles. 5,605 people per square mile. (2005)
78701 - 3,983 - 1.7 square miles. 2,364 people per square mile. (2005)

[Trae]

The densest area of Houston is on the Southwest side near Sharpstown. There are a ton of apartments around there.

[Shasta]

These numbers don't mean jack if you also don't give the land area the zip codes cover. Zip codes vary widely. Heck, downtown's Houston Center has it's own as does Greenway Plaza.

[KevinFromTexas]

These numbers don't mean jack if you also don't give the land area the zip codes cover. Zip codes vary widely. Heck, downtown's Houston Center has it's own as does Greenway Plaza.

Agreed. A source for finding the land area of zip codes can be found here:
http://www.city-data.com/

[KevinFromTexas]

By the way, I just found out those Austin numbers were from 2000. Linked below is the page at city-data.com for my zip code. If you look, the number is from 2000, and the population is the same as the one listed above that I posted in this thread.
http://www.city-data.com/zips/78745.html

[Reverberation]

The densest area of Houston is on the Southwest side near Sharpstown. There are a ton of apartments around there.

The area east of there is known as the Gulfton ghetto. Heck, I even avoid Sharpstown unless its during the day. In high school I was driving down Bellaire Blvd. and some guys in an old Ford Probe cut an illegal u-turn in front of me. I had to slam on the brakes and as they were passing by, the guy in the passenger seat flashed a pistol towards me. Then they just sped off.

Anyways, it may be dense, but its also sketchy.

[Trae]

The area east of there is known as the Gulfton ghetto. Heck, I even avoid Sharpstown unless its during the day. In high school I was driving down Bellaire Blvd. and some guys in an old Ford Probe cut an illegal u-turn in front of me. I had to slam on the brakes and as they were passing by, the guy in the passenger seat flashed a pistol towards me. Then they just sped off.

Anyways, it may be dense, but its also sketchy.

I have never had any problems over there. Sharpstown Mall is one of my favorite malls because it is so cheap.

[totheskies]

These numbers don't mean jack if you also don't give the land area the zip codes cover. Zip codes vary widely. Heck, downtown's Houston Center has it's own as does Greenway Plaza.

Thus the link to the zip-code map :tup:

for Houston only the east side zip-code (the one I live in), and the one that encompasses Bear Creek are of a "sizeable area". The most populous around Sharpstown is also one of the smaller ones on the map. Bear Creek and North Shore are both pretty huge-mongous, but I suspect a lot of land is taken up by parks/ golf courses in the case of Bear Creek, and factories/refineries in the case of North Shore.

[Reverberation]

Eh Sharpstown itself is not that bad, I have never been in the mall. specificaly what I was referring to is the area along Gulfton between Hillcroft and Chimney Rock.

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, isn't new Chinatown in 77036?

[KevinFromTexas]

Thus the link to the zip-code map :tup:

Sorry, I hadn't seen that before. That's really cool by the way! Thanks for posting that.

[sirkingwilliam]

San Antonio Top Five


Zip Code | Population | Land Area | Population/Land Area


78250 | 69,951 | 13.5 sq miles | 5,182 per sq mile



78228 | 61,013 | 11 sq miles | 5,546 per sq mile


78207 | 59,182 | 7.1 sq miles | 8,335 per sq mile



78201 | 49,770 | 7.2 sq miles | 6,912 per sq mile



78227 | 49,015 | 22.3 sq miles | 2,198 per sq mile


San Antonio's largest zip code is 78250.

San Antonio's densest zip code is 78207

[sirkingwilliam]

I just noticed something very surprising, the numbers totheskies is using are from 2000. That's not the surprising part, the surprising part is that every zip code he listed has lost population from 2000 to 2005.

Dallas' 75217 zip code has a 2005 population of 70,220.

http://www.city-data.com/zips/75217.html

Houston's 77036 zip code has a 2005 population of 75,670.

http://www.city-data.com/zips/77036.html

[totheskies]

I just noticed something very surprising, the numbers totheskies is using are from 2000. That's not the surprising part, the surprising part is that every zip code he listed has lost population from 2000 to 2005.

Dallas' 75217 zip code has a 2005 population of 70,220.

http://www.city-data.com/zips/75217.html

Houston's 77036 zip code has a 2005 population of 75,670.

http://www.city-data.com/zips/77036.html

whoa, sorry about that. I didn't realize the numbers were so old.

But it would shock me to think that all of the zip codes have lost population. These are also some of the most diverse areas of Houston, and there is booming construction, especially southwest. Again, the miscount might attributed to general people-shuffling, but you also have to take illegal immigration into account.