Housing in Mid West at a glance
- Population
- about 56,766
- Housing units
- about 29,268
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $266,000Houston: $277,800 (-4%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,320 a monthHouston: $1,361 (-3%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 19.5%Houston: 42.1%
- Homes built before 1980
- 54.5%
- Median year built
- 1978
Few Houston sectors lean on renting as heavily as Mid West, where only 19.5% of households own, the lowest share of all ten and 22.6 points beneath Houston's 42.1%. On price it sits close to the Houston norm: owners estimate $266,000, 4% under the citywide figure, and tenants pay $1,320, 3% below it. Older housing is common, since the midpoint of construction is 1978 and 54.5% of the stock stood before 1980, second-largest in the city. Sharpstown, a neighbour, has even more of it and costs less, at $228,000, while Greater Uptown costs much more at $515,000 and Memorial still more at $733,000. In short, Mid West is unremarkable on price and distinctive on who lives in its homes, and the renter-owner split is what sets it apart. A reader comparing it with Memorial or Greater Uptown would find a housing market made mostly of rentals rather than owned homes, with the owner share in Sharpstown at 25.1% the closest comparison.
Questions about Mid West
What is the median home value in Mid West, Houston?
$266,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $277,800 for Houston as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Mid West?
$1,320 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,361 in Houston (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Mid West own or rent?
Most rent: 19.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 42.1% in Houston (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 18 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Mid West is one of the 10 most populous of 88 super neighborhoods of Houston: estimated population about 56,766 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Houston GIS, Super Neighborhoods (COH_Super_Neighborhoods_view), consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Houston as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Mid West
The closest sectors of Houston, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Houston
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Mid West. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Mid West? Ask for your spot.