OUR REGION · OPPORTUNITY EVERYWHERE™
Six communities.
One connected region.
Region We Serve
East Harris County is home to six distinct communities: Channelview, Crosby, Galena Park, Jacinto City, North Shore and Sheldon. Together, they form a connected region of residents, schools, businesses and community partners.
Explore the people, places and conditions shaping opportunity across East Harris County. Start with the regional picture, then take a closer look at each community.
Why This Region Matters
Opportunity is shaped by the places we call home—and by the connections between them. Across East Harris County, education, employment, housing, transportation and health are connected. Understanding these conditions helps residents, schools, businesses and community partners work toward shared priorities.
Compare population, household resources and access with Harris County. Choose a community to view the available district-area data, or explore all four districts together.
Explore Each Community
Six distinct communities. One shared commitment to opportunity. Explore our community profiles and take a closer look at the people and conditions shaping our region.
Channelview
Discover Channelview’s place in our connected region. Explore population, household resources and access indicators for the Channelview school district area.
Crosby
Discover Crosby’s place in our connected region. Explore population, housing, education and access indicators for the Crosby school district area.
Galena Park
Discover Galena Park’s connections across East Harris County. Explore indicators for the broader Galena Park school district area; these figures do not describe the city alone.
Jacinto City
Get to know Jacinto City’s role in our connected region. Its community profile, local assets and dedicated data will be added as information becomes available.
Data coming soon
North Shore
Get to know North Shore’s role in our connected region. Its community profile, local assets and dedicated data will be added as information becomes available.
Data coming soon
Sheldon
Discover Sheldon’s place in our connected region. Explore population, household resources and access indicators for the Sheldon school district area.
Explore the map. Understand the context.
Use the Kinder Institute’s neighborhood maps to explore local geography and community indicators. Select a geography in the mapping tool before comparing it with district figures.
One Region. Shared Future.
Each community has its own identity. Our future is connected. By bringing residents, schools, businesses and organizations together, EHCEC helps turn shared priorities into coordinated action—expanding opportunity across East Harris County.
From education and workforce participation to housing stability, food access and health coverage, the regional picture helps partners ask better questions and coordinate support. Together, we can build a region where opportunity is within reach.
Reports & Insights
EHCEC · SEPTEMBER 2026
East Harris County: The Opportunity Gap
Our recent presentation explores conditions shaping opportunity across four school district areas and provides the data for the dashboard above.
KINDER INSTITUTE · JUNE 2026
The 2026 State of Housing
Rice University’s Kinder Institute examines housing affordability, supply and the pressures facing households across Harris County and Houston.
Sources & definitions
Source: East Harris County: The Opportunity Gap, EHCEC, September 30, 2026. Figures transcribed from the presentation’s 2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (2020–2024). These estimates are not a count of current residents or real-time conditions.
School district, ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA), city and community boundaries differ. The regional totals shown here cover the four district areas in the presentation. District medians and percentages are not averaged to create missing regional statistics. Margins of error were not provided in the presentation; small differences should be interpreted cautiously.
Housing cost burden: spending more than 30% of household income on housing. Below 200% of poverty: income-to-poverty ratio below 2.00, using ACS Table C17002. SNAP participation refers to households receiving SNAP during the preceding 12 months. Housing figures are cited to ACS Table B25140 in the presentation.