Demographics of Housing in Texas and California
The demographics subset of the project will present visualizations of demographics of household owners within California and Texas. These demographics include
race, age, and education background.
Sunburst Chart of Educational Background of Homeowners in Texas and California
The following visualizations present a sunburst chart of the educational background that household owners of Texas and California have:
Insights
From the visualizations above, we are able to make the following insights:
- California has more homeowners with a bachelors degree or higher than Texas does.
- California has more homeowners with a college or associate's degree than Texas does.
- California has more homeowners with less than a high school degree than Texas does.
- Texas has more homeowners with a high school degree than California does.
- California overall has more homeowners who have above a high school degree than Texas does.
Histograms of the Races of Owners and Renters of Households in Texas and California
The following visualizations present histograms for both Texas and California and the races of their household owners and renters:
Insights
From the visualizations above, we are able to make the following insights:
- The largest amount of total homes in renters/owners for both state's races was White. In the majority of cases more people owned than rented their home for both states.
- In both states, Asians had the largest ratio between owners and renters.
- In the majority of cases more people owned than rented their home for both states.
- In Texas, a larger number of African Americans made up homes compared to California, but the opposite is true for Asians. California had a greater number of total amount of homes owned/rented by all races compared to Texas.
- In California, some other race made up the second largest amount of total homes while in Texas it was African Americans.
Sunburst of Ages of Household Owners in Texas and California
The following visualizations present the number of household owners within a specific age range in Texas and California:
Insights
From the visualizations above, we are able to make the following insights:
- Texas has slightly more homeowners under the age of 35 than California does.
- Both Texas and California have a significant low number of homeowners of the age 85 and over.
- California has more homeowners of the age 35 and above than Texas does.
- California overall has more homeowners than Texas does.
- California and Texas both almost have the same number of homeowners within ages 35 and under to 44.
Icicle Chart of the Race of Household Owners in California and Texas
The following visualizations present an icicle chart of the races of the household owners in Texas and California:
Insights
From the visualizations above, we are able to make the following insights:
- In both states the largest race of home owners was white.
- For both states the lowest race for amount of home owners was Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders.
- A comparatively smaller amount of African Americans owned the total amount of homes in California when compared to Texas.
- In California, the rest of the races combined had more non-white home owners while, Texas white home owners were over 50%.
- California has over 2 million more total home owners than Texas.