OZ State Profile Texas
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Texas Opportunity Zones 628 Total Opportunity Zones 2.9 M Zone Residents 30% Metro 1.5 M Zone Jobs Non-Metro 70% 105 k Zone Businesses Majority Poverty Median Bachelor Adults Not Median Rent Minority Rate Income Degree + Working Home Age Burdened Texas 53% 17% $65,186 28% 28% 35 84% Opportunity 68% 29% $41,460 13% 37% 39 80% Zones Major Cities with the Largest Number of Zones Congressional Districts with the Largest Number of Zones Houston San Antonio Austin Representative District Party Zones Shelia Jackson Lee TX-18 D 54 Louie Gohmert TX-1 R 47 John Ratcliffe TX-4 R 41 Michael Cloud TX-27 R 36 96 Tracts 23 Tracts 19 Tracts Brian Babin TX-36 R 35 To learn more, visit eig.org/opportunityzones // Contact: [email protected] U.S. Opportunity Zones Data Glossary Minority Tracts Percent of census tracts in which the percentage of the population identifying as non-white is greater than 50 percent, per the American Community Survey 2011-2015 data Poverty Rate Total individuals in poverty as a percentage of total individuals for whom poverty status is determined, per the American Community Survey 2011-2015 data Median Income Average median household income, per the American Community Survey 2011-2015 data Bachelor Degree + Total percent of adults age 25 and older who hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, per the American Community Survey 2011-2015 data Adults Not Working Total percent of adults age 25 to 64 not working, per the American Majority Poverty Median Bachelor Adults Not Median Rent Community Survey 2011-2015 data 24% Minority Rate Income Degree + Working Home Age Burdened Median Home Age 56% 30% $40,846 17% 37% 50 80% Average median home age, per the American Community Survey 2011- 76% 2015 data Rent Burdened Percent of low-income, renter- Metropolitan occupied households that spend 30%+ Over 7,800 31.3 million 1.6 million 24 million of their household income on housing, Non-Metropolitan Zones residents businesses jobs per the American Community Survey 2011-2015 data National summary statistics do not include U.S. territories 2011-2015 data was used for the purpose of consistency with the data used to determine eligibility for the majority Opportunity Zones To learn more, visit eig.org/opportunityzones // Contact: [email protected].