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Business and tech professionals are most likely to own a home in the Houston region — and that's relatively consistent from a decade ago, according to a real estate analysis shared exclusively with Axios.
The big picture: The occupations with the highest homeownership rates in Houston mirror national trends, per the National Association of Realtors analysis of census data.
Zoom in: Sales and real estate saw the biggest jump in homeownership, rising from 56% in 2014 to 63% in 2024 — reaching the national percentage.
- The percentage of education and social services employees who owned homes dropped from 68% to 64% from 2014 to 2024, now below the national trend of 67%.
Reality check: Homeownership varies widely on local housing affordability and job mix.
- "It's not just about jobs. It's really about where those jobs are located, and how affordable housing is in those markets," NAR principal economist Nadia Evangelou tells Axios.
The bottom line: "There are not enough homes at the price point people can afford to buy, and that's pushing even strong earners out of homeownership," Evangelou says.