Population & Demographics
The Woodlands, TX
The Woodlands is home to 121,002 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 47,928 resident workers commute each day.
121,002 residents
Median age 40.6 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
The Woodlands population & demographics
Who lives in The Woodlands — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in The Woodlands
How The Woodlands breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across The Woodlands
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across The Woodlands.
These figures are for The Woodlands proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How The Woodlands commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
The Woodlands
47,928 commutes, one dot at a time
The Woodlands
Where 47,928 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in The Woodlands, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into The Woodlands.
Top industries
The sectors that employ The Woodlands’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
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