Houston, TX Transit Accessibility Data Summary
City and transit system data for Houston, TX load from live data. City Rank is the average of the four A ranks; accessibility status is the composite category label from the city scores file.
Houston
Houston, Texas is serviced by METRO and Harris County Transit. A total population of 4,200,468 is serviced by these systems, among which 11.1% has a disability. This city ranks 29th in overall transit accessibility with a status of Fragmented. Scroll down to explore transit accessibility across four dimensions, evaluate a specific neighborhood using the heatmap, or compare Houston to other cities across the country.
City Rank
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Accessibility Statistics
Individual accessibility measure ranks of Houston, TX. These ranks are based on the transit systems in the following section.
City Level Data
Individual accessibility measure ranks of Houston, TX. These ranks are based on the transit systems in the following section.
Measures how many destinations (jobs, services, amenities) are reachable within 30 minutes by transit. Higher scores reflect more connected locations.
Analyzes the financial cost of travel as the the average fare per trip.
Measures how frequently transit arrives at nearby stops — more arrivals per hour mean shorter waits.
Evaluates how well transit systems communicate accessibility features and the usability of their websites.
Transit System Level Data
Transit systems that were included in the accessibility rating of Houston, TX. Transit systems are related to the city their headquartered in according to the National Transit Database.
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All figures are aggregated across the transit service area, which may span multiple counties beyond the city limits. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Total Population
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Age Distribution
Race & Ethnicity
Disability
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Transit Accessibility Heatmap
Enter an address to shade its Census tract by transit accessibility. Switch the heatmap layer to compare the four measures—Adjacency, Affordability, Availability, and Accommodation—where darker tracts score higher. Drag the marker or search a new address to update the data shown.
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Compare Houston to Other Regions
Select one or two regions below. The overall row shows city accessibility rank out of all cities in the dataset. The other rows show raw city-level averages: adjacency index, cost per trip in dollars, arrivals per hour, and accommodation score. Use the sort option to find regions with similar population size, disability rate, or racial composition.
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| Metric | Houston, TX | — | — | Learn More |
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| Overall city rank | — | — | — | |
| AdjacencyCity average composite index | — | — | — | About Adjacency |
| AffordabilityAvg. cost per trip (USD); lower $ is better | — | — | — | About Affordability |
| AvailabilityAvg. arrivals per hour of operation | — | — | — | About Availability |
| AccommodationCity average accommodation score | — | — | — | About Accommodation |
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