South Houston, Texas

South Houston population, 2020 to 2024

South Houston lost 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +115. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 309th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so South Houston is 1.1 times that size.

South Houston covers 3.05 square miles of land, for 5,294 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so South Houston is denser than the typical town.

What county South Houston is in

All of South Houston's residents live in Harris County, which had 5,009,302 residents in 2024. South Houston holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South Houston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South Houston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77587. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where South Houston is

The Census internal point of South Houston is at 29.661000, -95.228400. Austin, the capital, is 156.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pasadena, TX (149,617 people), 4.7 miles away.

Daylight in South Houston

At 29.66° N, South Houston gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near South Houston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Pasadena, 4.7 miles away, with 149,617 people.