Katy, TX
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Katy, TX: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 250,975. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet KATY-TX · Katy, TX 4 ZIPs · 250,975 pop · #2587/25278 · Harris County and Fort Bend County
INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-MAJOR · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID
- INC-TOP $115,349
- RANK-TOP #2587/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Tomball
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 72% owners
- POP-MAJOR 250,975
- SPREAD-MOD 77449→77494
- HOME-MID $362,900
Nearest income peer: Tomball, TX (+ $559 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Katy
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Katy on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Baytown · lowest
Baytown · lowest
$63,954 median HH income
- Spring · near
Spring · near
$109,777 median HH income
- Richmond · near
Richmond · near
$114,302 median HH income
- Katy · this city
Katy · this city
$115,349 median HH income
- Tomball · near
Tomball · near
$115,908 median HH income
- Kingwood · near
Kingwood · near
$117,422 median HH income
- Cypress · highest
Cypress · highest
$131,563 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Katy, TX sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a major-metro population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 10%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 250,975
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $115,349
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 4 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $115,349 and home value $362,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 48.3%.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Katy as a pure owner town.
Within Texas, Spring Branch is the closest lower-income city and Purmela the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Katy.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Katy differ
Katy's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $87,808 in ZIP 77449 to $148,720 in ZIP 77494, while home values span $255,900 in 77449 to $476,200 in 77494. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.7×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.9×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 7 points
77449 to 77494
77449 to 77494
77494 to 77449
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Katy residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Katy: the largest, 77449, is only about 38% of 250,975 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Katy
Citywide ZBP: 7,537 establishments, 94,045 employees , annual payroll $4,946,312k (~30 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 77494 (3,399 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (1,317) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .
ZIP Codes in Katy, TX
These ZIP codes straddle Harris County and Fort Bend County, so county-level figures split Katy between several administrative records. See the Harris County roll-up →
Katy sits in the upper half of Harris County and Fort Bend County on income: Houston, Spring and Pasadena report less, while Sugar Land and Cypress report more. Baytown marks the far end of that range at $63,954, 45% below Katy.
Side-by-side: Compare 77449 vs 77450 →
Katy roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Katy, .